I worked on some language in the bill for my Senator. The unifying concern—and my and their concern—was China.
I know when you have a pet war you tend to see everything through its lens, but most Americans—including electeds—couldn’t care less about what’s going on in Gaza or Ukraine.
That’s not now policy works in the US. We aren’t a direct democracy. Policy proposals don’t require “most Americans” to care about it. It only requires most LEGISLATORS to care.
And legislators have zero requirement to explain to the public the real reason a policy proposal happens. The language used in a bill doesn’t have to be the reason it exists. This is how lobbying works.
> Israel was a big enough reason to force Joe Biden out of office
Wow, people really believe Joe Biden wouldn’t have bombed his debate if he just changed his policy on Israel. (Or more seriously, that Kamala was kept out of the White House by this. What a myopic worldview.)
> The actual senators that created the ban
I worked on some language in the bill for my Senator. The unifying concern—and my and their concern—was China.
I know when you have a pet war you tend to see everything through its lens, but most Americans—including electeds—couldn’t care less about what’s going on in Gaza or Ukraine.
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That’s not now policy works in the US. We aren’t a direct democracy. Policy proposals don’t require “most Americans” to care about it. It only requires most LEGISLATORS to care.
And legislators have zero requirement to explain to the public the real reason a policy proposal happens. The language used in a bill doesn’t have to be the reason it exists. This is how lobbying works.
I get that people have pet issues they want to protect, but Israel was a big enough reason to force Joe Biden out of office: https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/postelection-polling
> Israel was a big enough reason to force Joe Biden out of office
Wow, people really believe Joe Biden wouldn’t have bombed his debate if he just changed his policy on Israel. (Or more seriously, that Kamala was kept out of the White House by this. What a myopic worldview.)
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They’re talking about the algorithm that’s used outside of China being banned in China, not TikTok being banned in the US.
> Israel is why we can’t have nice things in America.
I wouldn't say TikTok is a "nice thing" ..
This is a conspiracy theory. The banning of TikTok was discussed prior to the Hamas Israel war.
The actual senators that wrote the legislation publicly stated TikTok was banned because of Israel.
I get that Zionists don’t want that reason stated publicly, hoping to blame China instead, but it’s out there now.
Congress voted on the bill, and congress did not vote yes for Israel, but US interests if a war with China were to start.