LESSON: Don’t let the U.S. Government steal a company, even if from a foreign entity and backed by an adversarial government. Just wait until they come for you and your company. I know firsthand. Don’t let corrupt politicians hide behind patriotism and security platitudes while manipulating the mass public from their true intentions. Defend Freedom of Speech and Property Rights even if you despise the property owners. Or sell it to all American Citizens!
William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!”
Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”
William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!”
Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
― Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
No one is more patriotic than the Martinovich’s and our tight circle of service academy graduates, yet I continually am shocked to see the public’s human instincts to follow propaganda, hysteria, illogical reasoning, and unlawful justification as long as it’s for our side.
Full disclosure, I don’t participate in Tik Tok, probably because I’m not bright enough and too damn tired to spend any time on that, but this platform’s security and privacy issues can be easily rectified by our smart young coders in three days. The rest is political gain while we are still exchanging $billions with China, sending $billions to countries you can’t even find on a map, and depositing $trillions into off-budget programs you will never know about. All your money. Reminder, the government has no money. It just takes yours.
America must learn again how to lead by example, as President Reagan reiterated, “America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.” We cannot be politically expedient. We cannot destroy capitalism and disguise it as national security. Leaders show their greatness most when they uphold American principles in the face of challenges and challengers they despise. I’m sure you understand that Google, Amazon, and Facebook steal 10x more information from you, and do you believe they are not adversarial to your safety and freedom?
Lastly, if we force Tik Tok to be sold to our billionaire class, as is being negotiated now, we will have doubly destroyed our principles and reinforced the elite ruling class of this smaller and smaller globe.
Here’s an idea: If we can’t get our corrupt politicians to follow the law, let’s divert $20 billion of your money which is currently being sent to promulgate wars and hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide, and buy Tik Tok. Then give it the American people, who own this country, implement 100% civilian capitalistic control of the company with laws stopping the government from interfering, and have the United State people run and grow the company with all profits returned to the American public, and pay a fair royalty to the Tik Tok founders in the name of capitalism for this win-win partnership.
Be better than the rest. Take back control. This country belongs to you, by definition.
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