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Not at all. Bluesky is heavily left/liberal. X is heavily conservative. This is why bluesky is immune from the regime’s ban

Free market will always produce the best outcomes. Too much information goes into setting a price to be able for humans to dictate them. The soviets thought they could centrally control prices and look what that led to. Extrapolate that same thing, to all other organisations.

Nope, it’s because it’s pro-Labour, pro-state. For all the other platforms he is following the same playbook that authoritarian governments always use: Create the problem (stranger danger), sell the solution (more authoritative surveillance state), repeat.

Private companies are always better than public, for a plethora of reasons. State planning and centralised control does not work, and always leads to terrible outcomes Anyone that thinks otherwise hasn’t read enough history. (Sorry to be blunt; but it’s true).

This is a bad example as even though they are “private” they have not been a truly free / private market. They’ve been kind of a state sponsored monopoly which has allowed the worst of both worlds. The failures of the system aren't born out of open-market competition; they are born out of a deeply flawed regulatory framework that gave private companies the perks of a monopoly without the market discipline that forces normal businesses to perform.

Yes - over 12000 since 2023 The thing is - these new powers never get reversed. You may agree with it now, but what happens in a few years if someone you disagree with gets into power? Would you trust Trump with a totally censored internet?

Anonymity online in my eyes is vitally important, especially in a country where we are seeing thousands of arrests per year for criticism of the government. I don’t want to live in a police state. I don’t want to live in a society where people are assumed guilty and not innocent. As I said…This is nothing to do with child safety, and everything to do with silencing political dissent.

Yes. It is. The state wants total control. It is in the people’s best interests to resist this. Has been proven over and over again throughout history. Both fascists and communists alike would love a subservient, observed population. Read some George Orwell to see a fictional glimpse of that this is like. With all of these kinds of things, if you give an inch, they take a mile and then continue to take more and more.

The nonces are all on Blue Sky, the one app they didnt ban because it suits their political agenda

It’s infringing on freedom. it’s treating people as guilty, even when innocent. It’s authoritarian, draconian and dangerous. Make no mistake, Starmer is doing this because he knows the country is growing more and more unhappy with the government.

Can safely say confidence has nothing to do with it. Confidence makes strikers snatch at their shot and miss chances.. it doesn’t make them forget how to kick a ball, mistime their headers, pass it to no one, etc.

Exactly.. he’s pretty much already said this. His ‘social media ban for under 16s’ is not a ban for under 16s. It is a ban on *selected* social media for EVERYONE. Until you identify yourself And it’s specifically targeting the platforms that show dissent against the current regime. (Blue sky, hive of the left wing and child predators) is absent from the list

This is a stupid argument. All of those would exist without the state, they’d just be run a lot better because there would be proper incentives.

I’m absolutely fine thanks, just sick of paying so much tax and getting zero in return except more taxes and government overreach

The UK state can no longer reliably heal you, house you, answer you, innovate, or maintain local services. But it can still bill you, tax you, summons you, and enforce against you. Name one thing the modern British state still does well for normal people?

They’ve been magic so far I am guessing they’ll run out of steam, but this has been amazing

I actively hope he does too. It’s not just you. Guy is a snake

Bugger. Thought he was gonna get a second at the end there.

YEEEEESSSS MY GOAT 🐐

BRING ON CYLE OR WE RIOT

Amazing news, was so solid last season. One of the best full backs in the champ for sure.

feel sorry for auxerre

Very very poor from him. Club stuck by him, despite him being a crippled waste of space. Then he fucks off. Hopefully we can sign someone decent. I’d even be happy with a good loan tbh.

It touches absolutely everything. Not just the military. No exaggeration to say tens of billions are wasted on this (and other) fucking nonsense. I genuinely believe with my whole heart that if people could see how the government spends our money, we would all be in agreement that raising taxes is not the answer. Because it’s FUCKING ridiculous. We HAVE to fix the crazy spending and lack of common sense before they steal more money from people. You wouldn’t give a heroin addict an unlimited credit card. You’d fix the addiction first.

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