SleafordMod

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[–] SleafordMod 14 points 13 hours ago

I don't think age makes people conservative, I think power makes people conservative. If you accumulate wealth and power then you may become conservative in order to protect your wealth from taxes.

Just as others in this thread have said, it's the "fuck you, I got mine" attitude.

[–] SleafordMod 112 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
 

What do you think the solution is for the growing number of people who aren't in work?

[–] SleafordMod 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I suppose that BBC report could be wrong, but I think the BBC are usually pretty accurate, so it could well be an accurate report. It looks like the US, UK, and Australian governments believed that the report was accurate.

 

Tsai, who left office in January, added: “A Ukrainian victory will serve as the most effective deterrent to future aggression.” This suggests Tsai believes that US military support for Kyiv... would help deter China from a cross-strait attack.

[–] SleafordMod 69 points 3 days ago

And there's the soldered RAM and storage, and glued-in or screwed-in battery...

[–] SleafordMod 6 points 3 days ago

I've never banned anybody for saying their view, and I don't think I'd support someone being banned for saying their view, as long as they're being respectful, and as long as they're not advocating anything criminal.

[–] SleafordMod 13 points 3 days ago (20 children)

Personally I would like to be able to talk to people with different views, in a civil manner. But Lemmy.ml doesn't seem to want that. If you post something that they don't like (even if it's a very moderate view and is expressed in a completely civil way) then they ban you. They seem to really hate moderate people.

 

Do you agree with Merkel that Brexit was a "humiliation" for the EU?

I'm not sure if I would use that word, but I wonder what other people think.

[–] SleafordMod 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe they would pay you compensation as if you had been wrongly imprisoned for 32.768 years.

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Archive of article is here:

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/CgjxA

https://web.archive.org/web/20241124021745/https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/turn-away-from-trtrump-eu-trade-uk-voters-pollump-and-look-to-eu-for-trade-say-voters-3388992

Apparently, over 50% of voters think Europe is more important for trade than the US:

Asked 'is Europe or the US more important to the UK' in 'terms of trade', 58 per cent chose Europe and just 34 per cent the States

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I stole this from Reddit