the tiktok exodus is widely known! for those of you who don't know, i am in high school. i can't count with my hands how many people have talked about it, and that's just in the two classes i had yesterday (exam week, yay). i've already gotten 2 people to download it. they both made accounts and use it now! it's broken the niche internet thing into the real world, at the very least for young people.

on the app front, lots of americans are posting things like "we've been lied to, china isn't that bad!" i've come across so many americans learning about chinese culture and responding positively to patriotic or socialist posts from chinese netizens. it's insane, i'm really amazed at how, for at least a good chunk of americans, china is becoming less demonized.

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 58 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (10 children)

i wish someone had told me this at your age because it's costed me a few opportunities (and i knew it was true because i'm gay, but didn't realize that it's also true for being a leftists in this country): you have to be careful not to espouse these views publicly within the united states because it will trigger someone and sometimes that someone will have the ability to fuck things up for you; so keep your cards close to your vest and hope for a day when you don't have to hide it.

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 26 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Definitely have to be careful. What I try to focus on when I talk to people are just the facts, because those are neutral and indisputable. But if you ever talk to someone who knows they can't argue against the facts, they'll resort to straw man arguments where the conversation then turns to establishing definitions (e.g. What is socialism?)

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 27 points 7 hours ago

I've also made the mistake of taking the bait and debating these people, which in my experience never leads anywhere

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