Just Saying | Here’s proof that the world has gone mad
In a world that feels increasingly like the twilight zone, where not much makes sense anymore but everyone carries on with business as usual, here are some prime examples of madness
TikTok travesty
Have you noticed what has happened to media coverage of TikTok, along with public discourse and general commentary on the American takeover of China’s phenomenally popular short-video platform in the United States?
Everyone is talking about the deal that will keep the social media app alive for 183 million American users by transferring ownership from Chinese internet giant ByteDance to a consortium of covetous US companies under the auspices of President Donald Trump’s administration.
They will buy an 80 per cent stake in a newly set up entity to run TikTok’s US operation, thereby putting a stop to insidious spying by the dastardly Chinese on millions of vulnerable twerkers and assorted exhibitionists.
Apparently, ByteDance should count its blessings that it is getting a bang for its buck, otherwise it faced banishment on national security grounds.
But wait a minute, what about the enormous elephant in the room that no one even mentions anymore?
This is a Chinese-made product that has been such a runaway success globally with nearly 2 billion monthly active users, and is so ahead of any competition anyone trying to make America great again can throw at it, that it has to be seized or banned by the empire.
“You’re doing so well here in our country that we just can’t stand it anymore. So either we buy you out or we kick you out, free enterprise and liberal international order be damned.”