Every day we get closer to an Orwellian society. The United Kingdom may already be one.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (16 children)

No one in those countries believes that they live in a free, enlightened society...

But the west always portrayed otself in such a light... Now everyone knows their politics are just as ugly as Chinas, Irans or Russias politics.

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    lmfao people literally get arrested for social media posts in UK and Germany

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    My comment likewise touches on the fact that people living under western regimes are disappeared in regular course of business. In fact, there's far more evidence for people disappearing without any reasonable grounds in the west than there are in China.

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    You can literally access the fediverse from China. It's frankly incredible that somebody can be this ignorant. 🤣

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    No, it's because lemmy.ml doesn't tolerate racism the way you fash instance does.

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    I thought we were talking about China as opposed to autocratic western regimes.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    On average, US security forces summarily execute three people a day.

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