China should flood the U.S. with addictive social media apps, to decrease American students' ability to compete in math and science

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0BZero1@reddit

This is the exact reason why TikTok was banned in India

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Soopersoup16@reddit

Gee, this sounds oddly familiar! I wonder why?

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Excellent_Cod6875@reddit

This sounds like the plot of a South Park episode on TikTok

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XROOR@reddit

I’m old enough to remember parents said the same things about 8-bit NES

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flopsyplum@reddit (OP)

The NES doesn't send you push notifications 24/7...

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I think this time it’s different, pixels on a screen can be addictive, But adding in AI, push notifications, and hijacking dopamine to levels never possible before, I think brain rot is actually credibly. For comparison, I don’t think playboy will desensitize the youth, but hardcore porn can. It’s the same idea.

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Robot_Graffiti@reddit

Also, this song from 1991: *Television, the drug of the Nation* https://youtu.be/jdi1Wbqr6Gg

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Then_Slip3742@reddit

The NES was a _little_ different though. You didn't have it in your pocket, and it didn't constantly buzz and light up to demand your attention. And your friends came round your house to play it. But I take your point, there's always a moral panic.

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Beautiful-Owl-3216@reddit

China has a different mindset. They want their trading partners to be affluent and successful so they can afford more of the high quality products they sell at reasonable prices.

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owenwilsonsnose@reddit

Its called Tiktok

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chiaboy@reddit

And YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, etc….

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Deora_customs@reddit

And now TikTok is banned (in the US)

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Dhegxkeicfns@reddit

I assume this is a rhetorical post though.

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ZrxXII@reddit

satirical yes

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abdallha-smith@reddit

You just described TikTok

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onehandedbraunlocker@reddit

And Facebook, Instagram and all the others.

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Lil_Shorto@reddit

But those are american, seems like China doesn't need to do anything then.

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onehandedbraunlocker@reddit

Yeah, that was the whole point. America making things harder for America. Again.

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themagicflutist@reddit

Yeah, op is a little behind.

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billwood09@reddit

Literally TikTok

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UseDaSchwartz@reddit

The US currently can’t compete.

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limbodog@reddit

We did that to combat the taliban. It worked quite well at reducing their recruitment efforts.

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Mysterious_Main_5391@reddit

They already have

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Holiday-North-879@reddit

Everyone knows that but nobody will listen

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No_Science_3845@reddit

China doesn't need to do anything, we're gonna make most Americans retarded on our own.

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blueskiess@reddit

How is this crazy

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shponglespore@reddit

It's so completely unnecessary. All China needs to do is sit back and watch us fail on our own.

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LunarLeopard67@reddit

Gen Z in the Anglosphere is already so stupid they make apes look like physicists

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Kflynn1337@reddit

Aren't they doing that already?

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ALinIndy@reddit

Do you know what’s cheaper than all that? 6000 lbs of fentanyl.

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pandaSmore@reddit

You only need one qpp.

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chewwydraper@reddit

See how TikTok’s algorithms work in the west vs. in China. This has already been happening.

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Waveofspring@reddit

Pretty sure that’s what they’ve been doing. Go look at the Chinese side of tiktok and you will see a more educational and well structured algorithm

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-Raskyl@reddit

They already have, maybe stop using those apps and pay attention

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rocketbosszach@reddit

Woosh

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longiner@reddit

Why limit it to Americans? Why not just flood the whole world and make money while they're at it?

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artfuldodgerbob23@reddit

I hope this is satire and you're not a complete fucking idiot.

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nyafff@reddit

They don’t need to.

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