I'm not so sure about this. What I can see here is that people were promised wonders over wonders if Brexit happens, that their health insurance gets better, that jobs come back, that foreigners leave, basically that unicorns come and shit rainbows all across the sky.
Guess what. Didn't happen. People are pissed.
Because people neither want Brexit nor staying. They don't give a fuck either way. They want whatever gives them more handouts, and they now want to get what they were promised. And of course that's not going to happen.
May, in her infinite wisdom, jumped full-bore onto the Brexit train once it was running and did what we have seen as the success story of German chancellor Merkel: She has no idea where things are going to go, so she waits for the masses to move, and as soon as they move in a direction, she runs past them and yells "follow me!".
That works if the masses still want what they thought they wanted when you yell "follow me!". Unfortunately for May (and fortunately for the rest of the world), by the time May yelled "follow me!" people already noticed that they were given empty promises and are now pissed. Especially at a PM that claims she doesn't want a Brexit while they want it, and now that they are no longer so fond of the idea tries hard to push it with all her might.
The strategic value of the UK to the US is twofold. First, it's pretty much the only country in Europe that isn't on the verge of giving the US the finger as soon as they can possibly get away with it, maybe with the exception of Poland. And second, if push comes to shove, it's fairly hard to invade England. Hasn't been done successfully for over a millennium now, and counting. It's fairly easy to defend an island.
This. Stay out of my business, I'll keep my nose out of yours, limited to where your business is to meddle with the business of someone else who doesn't want you to.
That's probably not the entire legal code, but a good start.
I think this result has more to do with her pretty much saying that civil liberties go out the window if they stand in her way in her quest for total surveillance of her subjects. I mean, her struggle against the terror.
I think she mistakes the idea of a "state power monopoly" for "we must be the only ones allowed to terrorize the population".
When a country like the UK is led by a bitch saying that she'll simply remove human rights and civil liberties like they mean nothing if they stand in her way to more terror legislation, I'd say that yes, this does affect us at some point.
Especially because one of her primary targets would be "teh intarnets". And as you know, such oppression, if unopposed, quickly spreads to other countries.
Let's face it, the internet is a threat to any politician that wants total control over his subjects. I.e. to every politician. The ones that think they can get away with it will censor it or even shut it down when it gets inconvenient. If you want to defend your liberties, forget your guns. Your first concern should be that you can still talk with each other and communicate your situation to the outside world.
What problem? The terrorist attacks aren't a bug, they're a feature, how else do you convince a population that you can take away their rights if you don't terrorize them first?
Why do you think she cut police force left and right while she was responsible for it? A sizable police force could easily have squashed any fledgling terror groups before they could be useful for her.
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Well, the plan was that the Brexit vote fails. Like the US had no plan for when Trump becomes president, they had no plan for a Brexit vote success.
You don't plan for the impossible, do you?
I'm not so sure about this. What I can see here is that people were promised wonders over wonders if Brexit happens, that their health insurance gets better, that jobs come back, that foreigners leave, basically that unicorns come and shit rainbows all across the sky.
Guess what. Didn't happen. People are pissed.
Because people neither want Brexit nor staying. They don't give a fuck either way. They want whatever gives them more handouts, and they now want to get what they were promised. And of course that's not going to happen.
May, in her infinite wisdom, jumped full-bore onto the Brexit train once it was running and did what we have seen as the success story of German chancellor Merkel: She has no idea where things are going to go, so she waits for the masses to move, and as soon as they move in a direction, she runs past them and yells "follow me!".
That works if the masses still want what they thought they wanted when you yell "follow me!". Unfortunately for May (and fortunately for the rest of the world), by the time May yelled "follow me!" people already noticed that they were given empty promises and are now pissed. Especially at a PM that claims she doesn't want a Brexit while they want it, and now that they are no longer so fond of the idea tries hard to push it with all her might.
She tried to copy Merkel. She failed miserably.
The strategic value of the UK to the US is twofold. First, it's pretty much the only country in Europe that isn't on the verge of giving the US the finger as soon as they can possibly get away with it, maybe with the exception of Poland. And second, if push comes to shove, it's fairly hard to invade England. Hasn't been done successfully for over a millennium now, and counting. It's fairly easy to defend an island.
This. Stay out of my business, I'll keep my nose out of yours, limited to where your business is to meddle with the business of someone else who doesn't want you to.
That's probably not the entire legal code, but a good start.
So, from a US perspective, it's marxist-leninist-socialist-anarchist-... and then some.
May is middle-of-the-road?
Holy fuck, that last earthquake really displaced a few things...
It's easy to be really, really good if you're up against something like that. Compared to her, even Trump looks competent.
I think this result has more to do with her pretty much saying that civil liberties go out the window if they stand in her way in her quest for total surveillance of her subjects. I mean, her struggle against the terror.
I think she mistakes the idea of a "state power monopoly" for "we must be the only ones allowed to terrorize the population".
When a country like the UK is led by a bitch saying that she'll simply remove human rights and civil liberties like they mean nothing if they stand in her way to more terror legislation, I'd say that yes, this does affect us at some point.
Especially because one of her primary targets would be "teh intarnets". And as you know, such oppression, if unopposed, quickly spreads to other countries.
Let's face it, the internet is a threat to any politician that wants total control over his subjects. I.e. to every politician. The ones that think they can get away with it will censor it or even shut it down when it gets inconvenient. If you want to defend your liberties, forget your guns. Your first concern should be that you can still talk with each other and communicate your situation to the outside world.
I think she looks miserable. Maybe just take her back behind the house and put her out of her misery, she's just torturing herself.
And, more importantly, us.
Nobody in their right mind would want to tango with her now. It's like begging to be dragged down into the abyss with her.
What problem? The terrorist attacks aren't a bug, they're a feature, how else do you convince a population that you can take away their rights if you don't terrorize them first?
Why do you think she cut police force left and right while she was responsible for it? A sizable police force could easily have squashed any fledgling terror groups before they could be useful for her.
Don't rejoice yet. The Tories are still the largest party and judging by her (lack of) character she sees this as an endorsement of her politics.
They have no dump in Manchester and London?
Please. In this time and age, if you want to revolt, you don't need any guns. Actually, they wouldn't even help you at all.
Yeah, because May is the epitome of liberalism.
Please, if you want to be stupid, be my guest, but try to do it in the privacy of your home instead of publicly.
Maybe. Does she care? Certainly not.
Could we just tear her up instead?
Those leeches are a hydra. Even if you kill a few of those bastards, there is no shortage of others stepping up.
Just chop off a few heads, that usually scares them straight for a while.
Yup. So the comparison is apt. How many phones have you seen? How many unicorns have you seen?
See?
What permanent solution would you suggest? Mowing down the farmers instead of their crops? Because that's pretty much the only thing left possible.
Good. I hate people. For a moment I was concerned that we could be hurting money, that would certainly have pained me.
What country do you live in? The one that I know would only throw more tax money at those poor farmers to fix the problem.
I don't know what happens to its price, but I know that then we can certainly make American high again.
#MAHA