Fuck Rowling. I know she isn't solely to blame for this but she is part of it
Democracy is already dead in the UK since the genocide. The rule of law means nothing.
I think the true collapse of democracy will come with Reform UK or Restore Britain.
The acceleration of the collapse, yes. It'll be too late to stop it then. Might be already.
We need a revolution in the UK
With a First Past The Post representative allocation system and no Constitution (so, for example, the current government which got a bit over 30% of the votes cast has over 50% of MPs and thus can make or change ANY law they want in any way they want since nothing is limited by a Constitution that can only be changed with much more than a simple 50%+1 majority), a head of state who gets their position by inheriting it and an unelected second parliamentary chamber, the UK has never been a Democracy.
Oh, they harp on and on about how they're "The oldest Democracy in the World", which is exactly the kind of compensation you would expect when a certain quality isn't actually true, same as when some people go around claiming they're beautiful, charming or intelligent - if you have it you don't need worry about convincing others that you do.
I've lived in a couple of countries in Europe, including over a decade in Britain, and that country is mainly bullshit (very poshly and elegantly done - just check the way the BBC uses Manufacturing Consent techniques to promote Israel or their constant spinning of news about foreign affairs into "we're much better than them" Nationalism) and the LEAST democratic of all was Britain.
Okay Europe, show us Americans how it's done. Fix this shit.
I agreed with the sentiment. However, UK is not my country, the UK is not in the EU. So there is not much political pressure I can generate.
Europe is pretty fucked too. MAGA inspired political parties (many, if not all, sponsored by tge same people who support MAGA) with the same idiots or evil people you guys have in America in several countries... the future's unfortunately looking VERY bleak. :/
Basically the world is fucked. Its bad only going to get worse I can only assume this is the start of a trend that is going to take a 80+ years to run its course... Fuck me
I think you're being way too generous with that estimate there. We're probably gonna be extinct before that
Yup. We were born just in time to see the world around us crumble from idiocy and vileness. It's happening everywhere and looking at the newsat this point is just... exhausting. You are told to dustract yourself and find community - which is great! - but THIS is still the reality we are moving towards.
Unless there's a pandemic of intelligence out of nowhere, it's probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe.
Although we are going through an extinction event, and I suppose if it's one severe enough to kill anything over a certain size, humans will probably go along with it.
it’s probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe.
yeah, the modern world is mostly defined by full employment, which comes from technological progress. so unless there's a new invention to kick something to start of the scale of the industrial revolution, yeah large-scale employment (with meaningful pay) and with it democracy are done for. intelligence isn't gonna change anything about it unless it can bring said inventions.
maybe spaceflight can generate some jobs but i don't think it would be enough, only a step. yeah, we're heading for a new medieval age. better get cushy with it.
propaganda against lgbtq+ always increase when there is internal economic turmoil CAUSED BY THE same politicians railing on anti-lgbtq+ people as a distraction or START some nonsensical war or sabre rattlling.
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