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low_tech_love | on: TikTok goes dark in the US
This entire thread could be removed and only this comment should be kept. Unfortunately people have bought into this idea that all players in this game are following the rules. The US government is an extremely complex system and there is no way they would have reached a bipartisan conclusion on this if there wasn’t strong (confidential) evidence to support it.
aqme28 | parent | next
> The US government is an extremely complex system and there is no way they would have reached a bipartisan conclusion on this if there wasn’t strong (confidential) evidence to support it.

I'm sorry, but this is not a good assumption. It has not been the case historically.

wildrhythms | parent
LOL, and what is your opinion on the Iraq War? Let's hear it.
BeFlatXIII | root | parent
Downvoted for speaking truth.
airstrike | root | parent
Downvoted for whataboutism
sudosysgen | root | parent
It is a relevant example that directly contradicts the general statement made about the motivations for bipartisan consensus, not whataboutism.