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Oracle’s TikTok Deal Pours Trump Toxin Into Capitalism
Rewarding your friends in business is the hallmark of countries like Russia, not America.
Inside job.
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Is this really what it’s come to?
Two companies, one American and one Chinese, make a deal. The deal is contingent on U.S. government approval. It is difficult to see the U.S. company’s justification for doing the deal — it sells boring-but-necessary software to businesses while the Chinese company is a quirky social media phenomenon beloved by teenagers.