Sorry if this is controversial, but I’ve heard some people saying (title) and that it’s ironic that after the American government tried so hard to ban the little red book of the cultural revolution from being in everyone’s pockets, now it is in everyone’s pockets again in the form of an app on their phones.
I’m sure the first thing people will say is, it’s a social media app similar to TikTok, which is why Americans are flocking to it in the wake of (and in anticipation of) TikTok’s ban for reasons related to CCP interference. It’s not literally the writings of Mao Zedong, in any way. But I think it’s more of a symbolic idea of what it represents. It’s also very interesting that the first choice of an app to replace TikTok was one that seems even more closely associated with China than TikTok is; I wonder if Red Note actually takes off in America that it will be banned as well otherwise it may have just replaced the perceived problem with another one.
It’s just insta and tiktok, it has no Maoist ideology lol
Nice try China!
If you think an app has a Maoist ideology because of its name being a reference then there’s no help for you…
You’re hosted on lemmy.selfhostcat.com, cat in Chinese is Mao. You nearly got away with it China 🕵️♂️
lol, that’s funny.
-9000 social credit score
…No, it’s a social media app.
If you’re referring to the title of the book, it’s called “Quotations from Mao Tse-tung”. “Little red book” is an English nickname and Chinese people don’t call it that, so the app name would not be a reference.
From relevant Wikipedia page in Chinese: "因为最流行的版本用红色封面包装，文化大革命中通称「红宝书」
Which translates to: “Because the most popular version had a red cover, it was commonly known as the “Little Red Book” during the Cultural Revolution.”
Edit: typo
I mean, the name is obviously inspired by the historical little red books.
The app is also literally called Little Red Book as an alternative name
What do you mean an alternative name? That’s it’s name
You should buy a copy of Mao’s little red book though.
Buying a free book is the most capitalistic thing you can do. Here it is
https://www.marxists.org/ebooks/mao/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_Tse-tung.pdf
I’m old. And I like physical media. Sue me.
Is red note like the death note for astroturfing?
A PDF of Mao Zedong’s little red book is the digital version of Mao Zedong’s little red book.
Makes sense.
The law if not explicitly for TiKTok but every app with over a milion users.
Yes the American government tried to ban a book I can get for $6 on Amazon Prime. Why do people believe these things?
The American government doesn’t even ban books, that’s a (Southern) state government thing
*sort of, not really.
They may ban books from being stocked in school or public libraries, that’s it, but they can do fuck all about the books being sold or disseminated freely by anyone else, anywhere else.
I would not be suprised when the US tries to ban that book
I don’t think so.
But if it really has leftist ideology and good discussions in it, unlike the mostly centrist slighty left-ish discussions in social media like Reddit, that would be awesome.
Is it really so? Then I’d join it to see the discussions
serpentza video on this topic.
That guy is a racist idiot, don’t link or watch him. His video intro forever was making fun of his Chinese wife’s bad english
Also parrots westoid talking points blindly IMHO
Analysis is very weak.
Thanks I forgot about that one too
I don’t think you understand the definition of the word racist.
That guy and his bf are both racist and just talk about how bad China is while living here.
