Questions: Society & Politics

The US government says TikTok is a national security risk because the Chinese government can use it to spy on us.

How does knowing that I like watching pretty girls dance while I ride the bus threaten our security? (They collect viewing and location data and surely more.)

How exactly does someone use an app on a phone to spy?

Congressional Report (3 pages)

NY Times Analysis

A Texas man is seeking a court order so he can depose a woman he was dating who traveled to Colorado to get an abortion...

Collin Davis, a resident of Brazos County, filed a legal petition in March stating that on February 20 — the day after he learned the woman intended to obtain the abortion — he retained an attorney, who sent the woman a letter requesting that she preserve all records related to her plans to terminate the pregnancy.

Davis argues that the deposition is necessary to determine whether there was a violation of the Texas wrongful-death statute, which the petition references alongside a Texas civil code that includes among those defined as individuals “an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.” His petition additionally points to Texas’ civil enforcement six-week abortion ban, known as SB 8.

TX abortion case

1. an "Augustinian" view of the world where the forces of autocratic (dictators) evil are fighting with the forces of democratic good and the forces of good must triumph over evil.

2. an anti-oppressive, Empathetic view of the world where the powerless oppressed must be defended against the powerful oppressors.

3. an "anti-degenerate", anti-globalist view of the world where evil degenerates such as globalist elites and immigrants are eroding long lasting European/Christian social traditions. The fight against "degeneracy" must be won at any cost.

4. a clandestine view of the world where a secret kabal of powerful people are manipulating systems for their benefits.

Which of these do you feel fits your view of the world best?

I know realistically it's not going be a 1 or 2, or 9 or 10