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non-political is political. Do you imagine that there aren't people making political TikToks? Or that non-political themes don't affect politics? Or that bubble

non-political is political. Do you imagine that there aren't people making political TikToks? Or that non-political themes don't affect politics? Or that bubble control doesn't affect politics?

contrarian1234 3y ago
Sorry, what? How are my dancing Korean girls and cat videos affecting politics?
- itishappy 3y ago
  You're focusing on them instead of politics. "Panem et circenses" is a political tactic.
  - contrarian1234 3y ago
    Gosh, no politics in my relaxing doom-scrolling video app. Is it some nefarious plot to pacify the evil capitalists.. or wait... maybe they just know what consumers want?
    - itishappy 3y ago
      Doesn't have to be a ploy or even intentional, but if boomers watch Fox while zoomers watch dancing... that has political implications.
- colpabar 3y ago
  It's confusing, but I think I can explain. If you are able to enjoy your life and not worry about something for any period of time, you are actually making a political statement that everyone else is wrong and you think they deserve to die. Every problem in the world must be your problem too, forever and always.
- hn_acker 3y ago
  catskul2's comment was very ambiguous, but a charitable interpretation of the first part > non-political is political. Do you imagine that there aren't people making political TikToks? is that you are indeed in a filter bubble of non-political content which exists alongside political content. One example of political content on TikTok within the larger Israel-Hamas war topic was the brief trend of commenting on Osama bin Laden's manifesto called "Letter to America" [1]. If you were (not saying that you are) knowingly ignoring the existence of political content on a specific topic on TikTok, then you would be making an inherently political decision (which does not mean that you should change your decision). [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/osama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-tiktok-trend https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/osama-bin-ladens-lette...
suoduandao3 3y ago
>Non-political is political Is war also peace and freedom also slavery?
- mckn1ght 3y ago
  > Is war also peace Si vis pacem, para bellum > freedom also slavery Total freedom for one includes their ability to enslave others. My point is, you’re presenting false dichotomies to justify another (the political and the non-political).
  - suoduandao3 3y ago
    Is that what I'm doing? I thought I was making an Orwell reference to imply that a peculiar kind of very public gaslighting he warned about is not confined to the slogans of 1984's Party.

non-political is political. Do you imagine that there aren't people making political TikToks? Or that non-political themes don't affect politics? Or that bubble control doesn't affect politics?

contrarian1234 3y ago

Sorry, what? How are my dancing Korean girls and cat videos affecting politics?

itishappy 3y ago
You're focusing on them instead of politics. "Panem et circenses" is a political tactic.
- contrarian1234 3y ago
  Gosh, no politics in my relaxing doom-scrolling video app. Is it some nefarious plot to pacify the evil capitalists.. or wait... maybe they just know what consumers want?
  - itishappy 3y ago
    Doesn't have to be a ploy or even intentional, but if boomers watch Fox while zoomers watch dancing... that has political implications.
colpabar 3y ago
It's confusing, but I think I can explain. If you are able to enjoy your life and not worry about something for any period of time, you are actually making a political statement that everyone else is wrong and you think they deserve to die. Every problem in the world must be your problem too, forever and always.
hn_acker 3y ago
catskul2's comment was very ambiguous, but a charitable interpretation of the first part > non-political is political. Do you imagine that there aren't people making political TikToks? is that you are indeed in a filter bubble of non-political content which exists alongside political content. One example of political content on TikTok within the larger Israel-Hamas war topic was the brief trend of commenting on Osama bin Laden's manifesto called "Letter to America" [1]. If you were (not saying that you are) knowingly ignoring the existence of political content on a specific topic on TikTok, then you would be making an inherently political decision (which does not mean that you should change your decision). [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/osama-bin-ladens-letter-to-america-tiktok-trend https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/osama-bin-ladens-lette...

suoduandao3 3y ago

>Non-political is political Is war also peace and freedom also slavery?

mckn1ght 3y ago
> Is war also peace Si vis pacem, para bellum > freedom also slavery Total freedom for one includes their ability to enslave others. My point is, you’re presenting false dichotomies to justify another (the political and the non-political).
- suoduandao3 3y ago
  Is that what I'm doing? I thought I was making an Orwell reference to imply that a peculiar kind of very public gaslighting he warned about is not confined to the slogans of 1984's Party.