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It's never to late to rejoin, we've all learned a lot about foreign propaganda in the last decade.
by bflesch 9mo ago
It's never to late to rejoin, we've all learned a lot about foreign propaganda in the last decade.
- tonyedgecombe 9mo agoWe need a whole generation to die off before that becomes likely. In the mean time we should move closer when the opportunity rises.
- bflesch 9mo agoDon't be so sure that the next generation automatically gets less indoctrinated. Facebook at least documented content interactions out in the open. With tiktok you don't notice what kind of content someone consumes. There are tens of thousands of people working a full time job just to influence people in democratic countries to act/vote against their interests. Then we have hundreds of thousands more in advertisement industry with their own interests, mainly in line with goals of US companies. There is reason for optimism because if everyone is on tiktok it becomes "uncool" again but still it is a very dangerous tool.
- bloomingeek 9mo agoI'll bite on this one. I've been saying to anyone who will listen here in the states: my generation, the Boomers, needs to die out and/or get the hell out of the way. We're trashing almost everything because of a cult of hero worship.
- fnimick 9mo agoWhile I used to agree with you, based on the most recent polling, Gen X and Gen Z are both farther right than Boomers are these days. So we're fucked long term too.
- hdgvhicv 9mo agohttps://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53923-how-would-britain-vote-at-the-start-of-2026 https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53923-how-would-brita... Look at age breakdown
- yetihehe 9mo agoSomeone at Davos commented "It took you 7 years to negotiate your way out, it will take you 7 years to regret and then 7 years to negotiate back in".
- consp 9mo agoAll while losing all goodies and setting the economy back a decade.
- Nextgrid 9mo agoBut the remaining wealth of the country has successfully been extracted in the form of overpriced and not-fit-for-purpose utilities, transport companies, taxes, and so on and given to corporate interests. From their perspective it's a resounding success.
- hdgvhicv 9mo agoDidn’t need Brexit for that - it’s been going on for decades.
- blibble 9mo agowith most of the privatisations triggered by EU law!
- LightBug1 9mo agoI wouldn't strictly put all of them at the feet of the EU. While what you say is true, the Conservatives were frothing to privatise whatever they could. Labour just went along with the process (and I'm no Labour supporter either). The one I won't forgive was our water. I believe we're the only developed country to have privatised our water, with disastrous consequences. And that one can be squarely laid at the feet of Margaret 'Fucking" Thatcher (real name).
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