| Personal freedom v obligation to your country 10:52 - Jan 16 with 651 views | saint901 |
I was discussing with a group of young (under 30) people yesterday, the situation in the US regarding Tik Tok.
In a nutshell, the US authorities were about to impose a ruling which would have prevented Tik Tok from updating its app and from selling the app to new users via the usual routes. The app would therefore degrade over time and become unusable. And why?
Theory 1 - the owners of Tik Tok are Chinese and may be forced to hand over data to the Chinese Gov't.
Theory 2 - the owners of Meta, Amazon etc want to crawl up the backside of the orange buffoon who will return the favour by stopping Tik Tok, to drive business to Meta/Amazon et al.
For this post I think it's not really critical which theory is more correct than the other.
The group I was speaking with - some used Tik Tok and some not - were in general outraged that a Gov't might do something to curtail their absolute right to do as they please. The concept that the action might be something that was "better" for the country was thought to be irrelevant if it impinged in their freedoms.
My own children (not Tik Tok users) do seem to have no regard for our history (in fact are often ashamed by it) and consequently linking what might be good for the country with a minor inconvenience for them is not a price they consider worth it.
I was if not shocked, at least quite disappointed at what I saw as a selfish attitude.
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| Personal freedom v obligation to your country on 17:04 - Jan 16 with 491 views | Block8 |
Unfortunately we seem to live in a me first world now and it's not confined to the young! | | | |
| Personal freedom v obligation to your country on 17:17 - Jan 16 with 474 views | kentsouthampton |
Times and attitudes change, you can either accept it for what it is and get on with your life or you can let it fester and become some internet bore. |  | | |
| Personal freedom v obligation to your country on 17:30 - Jan 21 with 126 views | saint901 |
| Personal freedom v obligation to your country on 17:17 - Jan 16 by kentsouthampton |
Times and attitudes change, you can either accept it for what it is and get on with your life or you can let it fester and become some internet bore. |
Don't have an issue with changing times. Don't have an issue with young people being a little "bold" with the older generation.
However not all change is good.
Some changes are - in my view - likely to damage many of the things I care about.
For example, we in the UK are I think generally thought of in the world as being honest (too honest sometimes) and fair and able to balance positions and make a choice that is as free of bias as we can allow.
That reputation relies upon the younger generations building on it into the future.
The internet is a dangerous tool here and many younger people would rather believe some unattributed, keyboard warrior, with unknown motives spouting his/her particular version of the truth than actually listen to those who may have a bit more experience.
I can't change that but iut does not mean that I should not try to point this out to people. | | | |
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