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U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users. (restofworld.org)
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Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

  • American users have flocked to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu in defiance of security warnings.
  • Chinese and American users have engaged in surprisingly friendly conversations about each other’s lives.
  • The influx of American users could burden Xiaohongshu’s censorship mechanism, experts say.
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[–] gubblebumbum@lemm.ee 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Hold up. You think the Chinese are the ones deciding to manufacture low quality products, and not the capitalists who are ordering them that way?

Chinese brands owned by Chinese capitalists operating with consent from the chinese state.

spreading their wealth to those in need

Using planned obsolescence and taking advantage of poor consumer and environmental protection laws to sell garbage to people trapped in a cycle of poverty isn't exploitation? Also China 'invested' billions here too and we didnt get any hospitals. We got china flooding our markets with its shitty goods and chinese 'businessmen' running scam centers.

They value mutually beneficial relationships

they do have a mutually beneficial relationship with our dictators.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

I love that capitalists attacking communists always end up accidentally attacking capitalism. Classic.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago

China is a capitalist country with aspects of socialism. it's not really communist anymore.

No one here is shitting on communists, were shitting on you for a thinking the Chinese are any different than us.

[–] gubblebumbum@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

China is a capitalist shithole but for some reason its biggest defenders are always self proclaimed western communists.

edit: we also have a few militant communists groups that like to blow up chinese nationals working for their govt every now and then.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

What exactly do you think “capitalist” means? Because it sounds like you think any participation in markets is capitalism.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago

What do you think “capitalist” means? It sounds like you think it’s just market participation.