I’m sure the US will do everything in their power to prevent this from happening, but so far they haven’t even been able to destabilize Venezuela. And it’s not for lack of trying. It’s also important to keep in mind that destabilization is primarily done through economic means, and that’s where BRICS becomes so important. As long as these countries are stable economically, it becomes difficult to sow unrest. We don’t know how this all plays out of course, but I think there’s good chance the US will continue losing its grip on Latin America going forward.

Sony a6500 is a decent entry level camera. If you’re thinking of doing landscape photography then you want a wide lens, something like 25 or 28mm is good. If you can afford it, a zoom lens like 28-75mm will be pretty versatile.

Hopefully, enough Latin American nations can all rally together and work with BRICS to develop their economies outside western interference. I recently saw an article talking about how Venezuela’s economy is finally growing again now that they managed to restructure it around US sanctions.

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That’s right, Americans should only use US government approved domestic spyware/propaganda platforms. Get rekt lmao. 🤡

lol it’s like a self fulfilling prophecy at this point

absolutely hilarious that people thought these companies had some actual morals as opposed to just doing virtue signalling for the rubes

https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-economic-impact-report-2024-smb

I don’t think it’s talked about because it’s missing the point, isn’t it? It’s about digital security and privacy. The fact that it’s a social media platform doesn’t make a difference. If a mobile game were able to harvest data inappropriately the same way, wouldn’t the problem be the same?

If that was the actual reason then the same ban would apply to all other platforms like Meta and Google. Clearly, the US government doesn’t give two shits about security and privacy as long as they’re not cut out of the loop.

I imagine because a lot of people use it as a way to run their independent business now, TikTok accounted for $24 billion in gross GDP in 2023. Banning TikTok would be really disruptive to all the people who started using it to run a business, and while they will eventually find a new platform it will be disruptive for them in the short run https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-economic-impact-report-2024-smb

Another reason is that it’s relatively unfiltered stream of information where people can discuss issues like the genocide in Palestine that are censored on US owned platforms. If you don’t see why that’s important I don’t know what else to tell you.

could you update the post to actually include the link? https://www.wsj.com/business/jpmorgan-chase-disables-employee-comments-after-return-to-office-backlash-19199a4a

That’s true. Since now the framing has been normalized, we might as well start pointing out where the problem lies though. In particular, I think it’s useful to note that rich western countries consume far more energy than the global majority, while doing practically nothing to facilitate the transition from fossil fuels.

It absolutely is a good thing, natural diamond industry is largely based on slave labor and it destroys the environment. There is absolutely no reason for it to exist when we can cheaply manufacture diamonds.

Exactly, it’s basically toothless in practice.

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exactly

It wouldn’t because contrary to what a lot of people think, article 5 does not require countries to provide military support. The level of support is decided by each member individually.

Shit like this is another reason why the world is aligning with China against the burger empire.

Thank you for taking your valuable time from sniffing glue to make this insightful comment.