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Comment by pembrook

9 days ago

So if we’ve agreed with OPs assessment that the problem in the UK is the government attempting to seize more power…how will becoming subjects of yet another government body that is even more powerful and less beholden to the people…help things?

The EU might be better on digital privacy right now, however the emotional winds of the political mob change often and many people in EU government feel differently. The EU is also an aging population of technologically illiterate and immigrant-afraid retirees. I wouldn’t expect much different coming from them in the future.

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wnevets  9 days ago

> So if we’ve agreed with OPs assessment that the problem in the UK is the government attempting to seize more power

Most of the OP's assessment that I quoted is about the UKs failing economics

  • pembrook  8 days ago

    Which directly mirror the EU's failing economics.

    Both have collapsing demographics, collapsing social welfare systems (turns out forced government pension payments thrown into low yielding bonds for people in their 20-30s who should be 100% equities is a bad idea), non-competitive taxation policy, and decades of underinvestment in risk assets that have starved their business community of capital needed to innovate or grow.

dgroshev  9 days ago

This government didn't even bring this law up, it was enacted in 2023. The law had a two year implementation deadline, which just expired. It's pretty understandable that the government trying to take the country back on track didn't get to repealing the law (relatively minor compared to what's on the legislative agenda), which would require a full trip through both houses of the Parliament.

FirmwareBurner  9 days ago

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  • dgroshev  9 days ago

    > violent

    Any stats showing uniquely high propensity for violence?

    > uneducated

    Any stats here?

    > incompatible with your culture

    Any data here? My MP is not white and was granted asylum, what incompatibility are you talking about precisely?

    > illegal immigrants

    People seeking asylum aren't yet illegal, the legality of their stay is decided when their case is heard.

    The reality is that travelling over multiple countries and crossing the channel just to claim asylum in a country someone wants to be in requires a ton of determination, bravery, and desire to improve one's life. Way more bravery than anonymously spreading xenophobia online.