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minus-squareDougHollandlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoHow utterly ordinary and predictable. The only thing unusual is, such deals usually don’t make headlines. This is why we’re doomed.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIt doesn’t have to be that way. Power in the UK is still decided by counting votes, so there’s an outlet for replacing the government without a violent revolution.
minus-squareDougHollandlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoIf that’s true, mega congratulations. I don’t know much about the way things are in the UK. If someone said that about my U S of A, though, I’d chuckle.
How utterly ordinary and predictable. The only thing unusual is, such deals usually don’t make headlines.
This is why we’re doomed.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Power in the UK is still decided by counting votes, so there’s an outlet for replacing the government without a violent revolution.
If that’s true, mega congratulations. I don’t know much about the way things are in the UK.
If someone said that about my U S of A, though, I’d chuckle.