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[–] yottle@kopitalk.net 28 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

The Trump administration has also been holding meetings with the leaders behind the Alberta separatist movement ( source). At this point I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the US is performing a targeted destabilization campaign against Canada.

 

I remember hearing that, many years ago, Detroit went bankrupt. Well, how's it doing now? Has it recovered okay?

[–] yottle@kopitalk.net 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Brilliant system. Couldn’t fault it.

If you read my original comment, you'll notice that I said the US is far from perfect and I'm not a big fan. That said, it's an incredibly unnuanced take to think that literally everything the US does is evil. They do at least some things right, even if you want to argue that, on balance, they suck. And one of the things that they do do right is their protections of free speech. This prevents a situation where you can arrest people for protesting in support of Palestine, as currently happens in the UK and Australia.

[–] yottle@kopitalk.net 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh, you’re an American.

Say what you will about the US. It's far from perfect. But their legal model for human rights is more robust than many of their peer countries. The fact that free speech is constitutionally protected there is good thing and the fact that free speech is dependent on majority support is a weakness of the UK system; that is, after all, how the UK got themselves into this current situation.

(I'm not American btw, and I'm by no means a big fan of the US. But still, you have to give credit where credit is due.)

[–] yottle@kopitalk.net 1 points 2 days ago

Some heavy bass would still be cool though

[–] yottle@kopitalk.net 18 points 2 days ago (17 children)

Yeah things are really looking bleak over there. That plus their recent attacks on free speech (you can get arrested for supporting "Palestinian action") paint a very dystopian picture for the future of the UK

[–] yottle@kopitalk.net 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What are the odds that the EU would actually accept the UK as a potential member state again? I would assume that they'd just say sorry, missed your chance