The slur stems from how the Democratic Party campaigns on democratic principles and helping the people, but when in elected they end up not delivering and instead protecting donors & corporate interests. They also do not act democratic. The Democratic Party rigged the 2016 primary so Bernie Sanders would lose to Hillary Clinton. Then in 2020 they rigged the primary again so Joe Biden would win against Bernie Sanders. Then in 2024, Kamala Harris became Democratic nominee, even though she was never elected.
The Republican party is the same, there's nothing republican about them.
chomp•30m ago
I mean, it’s ran by Larry Ellison and the Saudis, so I don’t think this is surprising. But good research nonetheless.
CaptainNegative•27m ago
Does he also run a time machine? He bought TikTok only earlier this year.
someotherperson•23m ago
Worth mentioning that Oracle has been hosting US TikTok data since 2022.
outside1234•26m ago
I mean I think we can expect that from the then Chinese and now Billionaires that own it
blindriver•15m ago
Given the fact that the Republicans won, doesn't that actually make sense? More people consumed the pro-Republican content because they intended to vote Republican.
krapp•7m ago
If it were the other way around people would be accusing the CCP of trying to rig the election for the Democrats, but sure. When it helps the Republicans I guess there's nothing to see here.
hallole•6m ago
Good point, but the article does say
> "ideological imbalance occurs regardless of a user’s initial political interests"
But yeah, even in the absence of any kind of algorithmic bias, I'd still expect there to be an imbalance for the reason that you point out.
giarc•5m ago
It's probably a bit more nuanced then that. You have to look at the people that use Tiktok... are they generally more left or right? I don't know the answer. I would have said they are younger and therefore more left leaning, however, I think that's becoming less and less true.
throwawayffffas•1h ago
clipsy•41m ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_State...
tristanj•34m ago
The slur stems from how the Democratic Party campaigns on democratic principles and helping the people, but when in elected they end up not delivering and instead protecting donors & corporate interests. They also do not act democratic. The Democratic Party rigged the 2016 primary so Bernie Sanders would lose to Hillary Clinton. Then in 2020 they rigged the primary again so Joe Biden would win against Bernie Sanders. Then in 2024, Kamala Harris became Democratic nominee, even though she was never elected.
The Republican party is the same, there's nothing republican about them.