• Technus@lemmy.zip
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    19 hours ago

    Even as an American with everything going on here, this bullshit makes me feel bad for the Brits. How fucked up is that?

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      17 hours ago

      We all feel bad for each other. Europe and North America are going down the fucking toilet fast. We’re all implementing authoritarian laws, we’re just in varying stages of doing so or prioritising one thing over another.

      UK is banning porn sites, wikipedia, and protest, US is deploying the national guard to the streets and has ICE acting like the Gestapo. EU is lagging behind the UK but looks to be on track for implementing the same things. Not to mention the widespread indirect support of a genocide.

      Things are bad for us all. But I support the efforts of people everywhere who are fighting to make the future look a little less bleak.

    • themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      19 hours ago

      I think only the UK does this now, the EU is in planning phase. Even the countries that have dictatorship don’t do age verification for Wikipedia. The UK seems to be going through a phase similar to when books were banned because of content and considering that many people read online books this will definitely affect digital book readers.

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        17 hours ago

        Off topic but food in the UK, at least in some parts, is pretty good these days. Whenever I return to Canada from the UK it feels like a step down in quality of food. Their supermarkets have some really nice stuff, there is lots of good international food, and the fast food is way better. The bad food stereotype is a hangover from past times I think.

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            16 hours ago

            Mostly the weather is too hot now, but there are also stronger storms and more floods. So still not great, but in a different way from before.

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      19 hours ago

      I think neither of us should be throwing stones in either direction right now. But yeah, this isn’t great for us at all.