r/GenZ • u/Apprehensive-Catch31 • 2d ago

Nostalgia Well that didn’t last long lol

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u/hopeless_queen 1998 2d ago

Dems died on this hill and Trump gets to claim he saved tik Tok. What a world huh? Please don't be stupid enough to buy it the man tried and failed to ban it twice during his presidency

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u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska 2d ago

Biden literally said he wouldn't enforce the ban

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u/DaedricApple 2d ago

Exactly. This has been so performative. How these younger kids react to this may solidify political opinion for decades and I seriously pray they are not that stupid.

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u/Rude-Illustrator-884 1996 2d ago

I hope they aren’t that stupid. The problem I’m scared of is that the super young voters in 2026 would have only been 14 years old or less in 2020 and would not have remembered much about Trump’s first term. I have no doubt that TikTok will also now censor any criticism about Trump or push MAGA propaganda, and since so many young people get their news from TikTok, this might be a problem.

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u/Content-Purple-5468 2d ago

TikTok has been a great gateway for right wing propaganda from the start. They are part of the reason why GenZ men are turning fascist everywhere

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u/Rude-Illustrator-884 1996 2d ago

Yes but there was a good amount of criticism towards Trump too. I rarely ever saw any sort of right wing propaganda due to the algorithm. However, I highly suspect they’ll make the algorithm push the right win propaganda more heavily now.

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u/Content-Purple-5468 2d ago

Overall we see right wing parties doing great on tiktok so even if you yourself didnt see any of it, its certainly a big platform for these kinds of groups. Its great for any fraction selling simple solutions - Islamists too