• Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
    383·
    27 days ago

    When someone says they don’t like to discuss politics, it often means they don’t want to discuss them with the type of person that says shit like this.

  • Zip2@feddit.ukEnglish
    191·
    27 days ago

    Or it might just mean they don’t want to have the same conversations going around in circles about the same things over and over with the same kinds of people.

    Doesn’t mean they want a monarchy either.

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
        41·
        27 days ago

        Exactly. In America, the supreme court is answerable to the president (Trump) who changes every four years on a whim of democracy which is fragile.

        In the UK, everyone is answerable to the King who changes every few decades- and we always know who the next will be. And they don’t get involved in politics either.

        The first step towards fascism would be to replace the King

          • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
            21·
            26 days ago

            The Lords can veto the prime minister if he intents to stop democracy. If the Lords are compromised, then the King can

          • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
            11·
            9 days ago

            So an heir apparent - not the monarch wrote a few minor letters to the government. That’s nothing compared to other people being corrupt.

  • andybytes@programming.devEnglish
    622·
    27 days ago

    There are cool people in the UK, just like the United States, but I will have to say, the UK is fucking weak. It’s so stupid and submissive. And the intelligence department inside of the UK is similar to Israel in that it spies on citizens of other countries for the country that it’s spying on. It’s like a VPN for Imperialism.