I don't know what the answer is but I don't think it has anything to do with China. I think you're correct in saying that it is dumbing down our generation. Everyone I know is on it nonstop. You open it and it's just people doing dumb shit. Never downloaded it myself and never got the appeal.
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Yea, total time suck. I just wonder what this means down the line when they inevitably decide bitcoin usage is a matter of “national security”. Simply Bitcoin did a great pod on this topic yesterday. When the answer is government intervention, makes me wonder what the question actually is.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simply-bitcoin/id1596756460?i=1000606347043