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US Senate approves potential TikTok ban
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You don't see legislative pushes for that yet. I know this might be difficult for some people on this website to accept, but the video game sector probably isn't anyone's first priority in terms of geopolitical hegemony. PC gaming is popular and lucrative, but the user base isn't exactly on the same scale as phones, PCs generally, or social media. TikTok is a threat to Meta and Google monopolies in a way that League of Legends isn't to any of the big five. That's not to say that Microsoft might not eventually push for it, but Microsoft has never had the kind of monopoly over the video game space that they have over desktop OS. Huawei is a similar threat to Apple and Google's mobile monopoly, which is why they're targeted.
The idea that the poor powerless US is being led around on a leash by a secret cabal of "zionists" is superficial and backwards. Zionism functionally only exists as an extension of the US imperial project. If the Zionist occupation stopped serving US strategic interests, it would collapse overnight. It isn't capable of independently sustaining itself. It's obvious that anyone committed to US imperialism would be similarly committed to protecting its investment in the occupation of Palestine as a forward operating base for US military objectives. The US government is not being "infiltrated" or "tricked" by a "foreign power", as universally flattering as that explanation is to American vanity. It's a popular cope because it gives US citizens a superficial explanation for why they have no influence over public policy, while allowing them to maintain the delusion that their country is actually good if not for the dangerous foreigners secretly corrupting the righteous American spirit.