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This is untrue. The current British government hold no beliefs in empire or British international superiority. They wouldn’t all have so much of their personal

This is untrue. The current British government hold no beliefs in empire or British international superiority. They wouldn’t all have so much of their personal wealth stored and invested offshore if they did! Our government appears to feel deeply entitled, but is insular and defensive, not strident and bold. Nonetheless, I don’t think it is necessarily wrong to create a landscape of legal uncertainty for foreign Big Tech: why would any government not have laws saying “we welcome your business but you must understand that our laws are incompatible with some laws of your home country, and to continue to trade here you agree not to follow those home regulations?” Otherwise the most dominant country in the world simply exports its law through foreign business expansions. And I hate to break it to people but US law is not a strict subset of best practice.

ben_w 3y ago
> Our government appears to feel deeply entitled, but is insular and defensive, not strident and bold. Hm, you justified well, perhaps the current lot aren't quite as bad as the recent few governments from the same party. > Otherwise the most dominant country in the world simply exports its law through foreign business expansions. I think they do, at least a bit? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_effect That said, I have for a while now felt that the internet messes with the pre-telecommunications concept of Westphalian sovereignty. No idea how that is going to end up. > And I hate to break it to people but US law is not a strict subset of best practice. As a Brit living in Germany, I absolutely agree. That was one of several reasons why I chose Berlin rather than the Bay, post-Brexit.
- bemusedthrow75 3y ago
  > perhaps the current lot aren't quite as bad as the recent few governments from the same party. Worse on every other metric, unfortunately!

ben_w 3y ago

> Our government appears to feel deeply entitled, but is insular and defensive, not strident and bold. Hm, you justified well, perhaps the current lot aren't quite as bad as the recent few governments from the same party. > Otherwise the most dominant country in the world simply exports its law through foreign business expansions. I think they do, at least a bit? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_effect That said, I have for a while now felt that the internet messes with the pre-telecommunications concept of Westphalian sovereignty. No idea how that is going to end up. > And I hate to break it to people but US law is not a strict subset of best practice. As a Brit living in Germany, I absolutely agree. That was one of several reasons why I chose Berlin rather than the Bay, post-Brexit.

bemusedthrow75 3y ago
> perhaps the current lot aren't quite as bad as the recent few governments from the same party. Worse on every other metric, unfortunately!