

(The) argument that (children can’t buy internet) (…) is also bullshit
You can’t just say it’s bullshit and not provide a counter argument. Are you insinuating that children will use their parent’s internet? Fine, but how does that change for VPNs? They can’t buy a VPN subscription either, so they would have to use their parent’s VPN accounts, and then the age verification has been bypassed anyway.




It’s not like Chinese capitalists don’t hold any power in China. Capitalists and non-capitalist bourgeois hold their wealth in USD. (And the working class also have a lot invested into their savings, though in RMB). So it’s unpopular to do anything to drastically affect their savings. But on top of that, China and Chinese businesses obviously trade currency with the outside as a matter of operation. What are the effects on that trade if the world’s wealthiest country suddenly completely recontextualised the value of it’s currency?
(I liked the meme by the way).