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Whoo, from the headline I thought they were trying to frame FreeRepublic.

Looks like Google/YouTube agitprop.

Besides, everyone knows that Disney’s theme parks are the leader.

TikTok is stupid.

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My entire adult life, I have been a technology advocate.

I was one of the first with a CD player, computer, iPod, etc. Interestingly, I was one of the last to get any kind of mobile phone, much less a smart phone.

As I have grown older, I have become alarmed at the uses of technology. I have always understood that there is a duality to everything, and my optimistic nature did not inform me that the negative side might overpower the positive side.

But I believe the negative side HAS in some respects, overpowered the positive side.

Surveillance is one of the biggest ones. But the cultural ones are more destructive at a fundamental level.

When I look outside, and never, EVER see a single kid playing outside with other kids (for many years now) THAT worries me.
When I see a family of four having breakfast together in a hotel restaurant, and all of them are intently looking at their smart phones for the ENTIRE time without even talking to each other, THAT worries me.
When I see "Helicopter Parents" enabled by a cellular connection to their children at all ages from toddler to full grown adult, THAT bothers me.
When I see full grown adult children, who can't make a decision or figure something out, call their "helicopter parents" to figure out what to do in any number of situations instead of doing it on their own, THAT worries me.
When I see cash on the road to being outlawed in favor of a digital currency, THAT worries me.
When I see a Vaccine Passport or some other equivalent, THAT worries me.

I know there is nothing special about me. I thank God I didn't have video games as a kid. I would have been an addict. But I believe the effects of this technology on children from toddler up to full adulthood is extremely destructive.

And this "TikTok" thing is a perfect example of why I think so. How can any normal person NOT be alarmed at this passage? (NOTE: I only accept what is outlined in this article as reality and don't question it, because it comports completely with what I have seen with my own eyes)

"...Psychiatrists worldwide—from the South Atlantic island of St Helena, to New Caledonia in the South Pacific, to almost anywhere on the planet where kids have access to the Internet—began reporting a surge of teenage girls self-diagnosing with Tourette syndrome. Many of these girls are shouting out “beans!” at unpredictable intervals. Psychiatrists in England call these girls “Evies” because their behavior resembles that of Evie Meg Field, whose TikTok videos have earned her more than 14 million followers and more than 500 million likes. In a characteristic video, Evie shouts out “beans” uncontrollably. In an earlier era, the sudden appearance of myriad teenage girls shouting out “beans” might have been called mass hysteria. Today, the preferred term is “social media induced illness..."

And the thing that makes this so frighteningly alarming is that these people have no idea they are being steered, shaped, or influenced by things like this.

Major mistake: “they are looking online for clues and for guidance.”
I looked up to my father, prayed to the Lord and played sports for guidance.

I admit, I’ve stayed away from TikTok, if only because it is a Chinese infiltration tool. But, of course, that makes me clueless about it’s influence and power.

FR keyword: googleagitprop. Did a gay pedarast (pederast?) add that keyword?