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    Can’t wait for them to invent some fresh propaganda to justify banning it. What is it gonna be? Prisonniers from ethnic minorities being put to jail disproportionately longer than members from the dominant group so they can perform extremely cheap labour for the rest of their lives?? Oh wait that’s literally the US

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      By the time it gets to that point America will be open mask-off fascists. I mean half the country already is.

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      Why would they ban it? Its not like AliExpress which is been in the market for quite some time is banned

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        They might ban it for some combination of the new Cold War and indigenous capitalist protectionism.

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          Again, aliexpress hasnt been banned and thats chinese owned and is been on the market for a long time now.

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              Being notorious isnt the same thing as being banned. The article even mentions its a question of counterfeit goods.

              Temu took market share because it paid a LOT in advertisements in the past few months, giving out free stuff to first time buyers. At least in the past few weeks, the advertisment zelousness has subsided.

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        I wasn’t so serious about predicting that it will be banned, I mostly cracked a joke that was a reference to the Tiktok ban and sanctions

        You’re right they might not ban it if it doesn’t threaten their interests too much

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          More or less what i was expecting. The only way amy company is remotely going to have a dangerous level of marketshare would basically have to compete with Amazons services, as companies like Walmart wasnt even capable of doing so. Id fully welcome competition, but that wall is extremely steep.