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The UK has arguably had an authoritarian bias for a long time, under the guise of being paternalistic. I wouldn't say it's always a bad thing, as many times th
by ljm 5y ago
The UK has arguably had an authoritarian bias for a long time, under the guise of being paternalistic.
I wouldn't say it's always a bad thing, as many times this does work in the society's favour (e.g. consumer protection laws, various other regulations), and the loosening of the restriction works against it (e.g. the course of events that led to the Grenfell Tower fire).
Of course, you also get stuff like this, the various porn bills that surface every few years, and the Snooper's Charter. This is the real Nanny State stuff.
The UK simply has a different perspective on how government should work. Arguably because it's had a thousand years to figure it out.
- mathverse 5y agoIt is not only UK. It is NZ and Australia as well. It is really weird to watch these countries to mimic CCP controlled China without all the benefits that CCP managed to pull off.
- cal5k 5y agoCanada as well. All Commonwealth countries seem to be reading from an identical script at this point.
- mathverse 5y agoI did not know thar about Canada. Thought it is a bit on the rational side of things compared to the other 3. Sad to hear that.
- _0ffh 5y agoI'd go even further and say most western countries, because I think the US and EU are headed in a similar direction. My guess is that they see trouble ahead and want to get a firmer grip on power, so they're trying to get the kid gloves off as stealthily as possible. If they could, they'd go full CCP before you can say "communo-fascism", but they can't, because then they'd have to deal with too much push back at once.
- seoulmetro 5y agoThe script is definitely coming from America. And the first scene is trial of virtual control.
- tonyedgecombe 5y ago>It is really weird to watch these countries to mimic CCP controlled China without all the benefits that CCP managed to pull off. I can criticise my government which citizens in China are prevented from doing. This puts us a long way apart.
- seoulmetro 5y agoYou don't actually understand China or Australia if you think they are similar. They are not. They have similar puppets they put on their hands to make the general population think a certain way, they may follow the same single act, but they're not similar.
- mathverse 5y agoYou just described one trait they have in common in terms of similarity. Of course they are different but have certain similarities. The EU? Not so much.
- seoulmetro 5y agoEveryone has a couple traits in common. For example the EU regulate several very minute things that anyone in the EU must follow. Like how the Chinese regulate the sale (or ban of) certain luxuries.