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> Has society really become this dangerous that we must deploy these things? No but the people have become so alienated and afraid as to demand it anyway.
by SequoiaHope 1y ago
> Has society really become this dangerous that we must deploy these things?
No but the people have become so alienated and afraid as to demand it anyway.
- vixen99 1y agoMaybe that's true but there's also the down-stream effect of a persistent public voice telling us 'we should be ashamed of this country's (UK) past'. If accepted without examination, this view has rather obvious consequences as revealed in a poll from 2024 tt '17 per cent of British people would “willingly” fight for the UK in a war'. Other polls have found similar results. Why care about public order? https://www.thenational.scot/news/24076378.just-17-per-cent-people-willingly-fight-uk-poll-finds/ https://www.thenational.scot/news/24076378.just-17-per-cent-....
- pydry 1y agoThere is barely any demand for this from the public and a fair bit of pushback. This is something the government is just trying to ram through regardless.