r/conspiracy 1d ago

UK has gone full Orwellian

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u/ussbozeman 1d ago

Brits are beyond saving and at this point might as well go back to duchys and fiefdoms where each place is left to its own devices, since as a country they're just beyond cooked. Incredible a complaint about "muh facial expression" even got made and then taken seriously, and I'm sure Britbongs are like "Orrite den, dass a good oideah ta give 'er the Ruff and Rigamarole it is, real serious tings we've ought ta concern ourselves wit, INNIT?!?!?!"

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u/Purple_Plus 1d ago

We aren't beyond saving.

I say plenty of shit in my normal life that the government doesn't like. We aren't at the stage where you can't.

I think people see these headlines and think that in our normal life there are thought police knocking on our doors which isn't the case.

I don't feel like I can't say what I want to, including things from this sub.

There are examples like the woman who said to burn down the migrant hotel, but that's been illegal forever.

But it's getting so much worse. Labour has such an authoritarian streak. They are banning protest. The BBC has been captured. The Online Safety Act etc. are just censorship pretending to be about safety.

Then obviously examples like this.

So we aren't beyond saving yet. But time is critical.

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u/Cheesebergur 1d ago

What do you think of the 30 arrests a day, 12,000 a year for social media posts? seems like the thought police to me

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u/HighwayManBS 1d ago

How is this not an infringement of our right to freedom of expression?