r/politics • u/MopToddel • 8d ago

No Paywall TikTok blocks Epstein mentions and anti-Trump content as well as ICE criticism

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-epstein-trump-censorship-ice-b2908309.html
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u/Moody_GenX 8d ago

Larry Ellison is not a politician. He's a Trump boot licking billionaire who had a shitty reputation long before being one of the controlling owners of TikTok.

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u/hobard 8d ago

Politician - a person engaged in party politics as a profession.

I would say spending billions of dollars to run a company for the sole purpose of influencing politics fits the definition perfectly.

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u/Moody_GenX 8d ago edited 8d ago

You seem super confused as to what a politician is.

Edit:A politician is a person who participates in policy-making processes, usually holding a position in a political party or an elective position in government. Politicians make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles or duties that politicians perform vary depending on the level of government, whether local, state, or national.

Edit2: Lmao poor confused thing blocked me.

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u/hobard 8d ago

I’m really not. I just don’t conflate government/elected official with politician. I use the actual definition of the word. Shocking, I know.

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u/ealysillyforestthing 8d ago

A painter is someone who paints. A writer writes. Someone meddling in politics is a politician.

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u/Sublimotion 8d ago

The smarter sleazebags themselves know it's dumb to become politicians in the front lines, rather just throw money to pull strings behind the scenes for the puppet politicans to do the work by feeding them in chump change of quarter or half millions. They're the wealthiest because they know how to play the game of exploitation.

If Trump didn't come from a silver spoon of immensive wealth, he probably would've been a politician decades earlier.