Facebook is an enemy of the people, therefore we should not ban TikTok? Is there any meaningful sense in which Facebook is an enemy of the people, but TikTok isn't? Didn't think so. Facebook may in fact be an enemy of the people, in the sense that it does damage to those who become addicted to social media. But TikTok is no better, and maybe worse.
And, "the enemy of the people"? That was what a communist dictatorship said when they wanted to charge somebody, but didn't have any actual laws to do it with. I find that phrase disturbing in the mouth of the man who aspires to head a democracy that is governed by the rule of law.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 15.6 ms ] threadAnd, "the enemy of the people"? That was what a communist dictatorship said when they wanted to charge somebody, but didn't have any actual laws to do it with. I find that phrase disturbing in the mouth of the man who aspires to head a democracy that is governed by the rule of law.
The only reason he says this is because https://about.fb.com/news/2021/06/facebook-response-to-overs...
FB hurt him so now he slanders them. That's it
An Enemy of the People (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende), is an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ...
In An Enemy of the People, a man dares to expose an unpalatable truth publicly and is punished for it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Enemy_of_the_People
Projection in action. What offends me today is evil, but that may change tomorrow. It depends ...
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica were mighty good to the person who condemns them today.