From age and ID restrictions on the Internet, to charging rappers with “terrorism,” the U.K. is demolishing the most basic civil liberties. If we let them, U.S. leaders may be close behind.
From age and ID restrictions on the Internet, to charging rappers with “terrorism,” the U.K. is demolishing the most basic civil liberties. If we let them, U.S. leaders may be close behind.
Come on… Things have been getting worse for a while, but this is a huge turning point
I’d still like to see the numbers comparatively
What are you talking about? What numbers?
Numbers are a tool. This is apples and orange drink, you can’t reduce this to numbers
Whatever the fuck that means
It means that you’re asking for a metric that will not inform the subject at hand. Even worse, it will muddy the issue even more and mislead people
Math is a tool, and if misused it does damage, like any tool
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The last actual huge turning point was Citizens United and the ability to outright own politicians. What we’re seeing now is the slow-turning boat finally catching up with that last big destruction of democratic rule.
But further back than that, people like Reagan and his administration laid a large percentage of the groundwork that made all this possible.
This is actually as bad as citizens united. They’re trying to end free speech entirely