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The UK is much like the US in that democratic processes are co-opted and undermined by special interests to the point that governments engage in suppression of free speech and mass surveillance against their populations. (What’s unique to the UK is that it’s government is largely subservient to the US in the international dragnet.) We are all human and share the same human rights regardless of our nationality.


> The UK is much like the US in that democratic processes are co-opted and undermined by special interests

A judge will not find this comment amusing, or a justification for breaking the law. You can, of course, engage in civil disobedience, but keep in mind it doesn't shield you from consequences.


Precisely, mine is a moral not legal argument against shallow moral appeals to “sovereignty”.


This is true but it is still ultimately up to the British people to fix. 4Chan cannot change the free speech situation in the UK but they can refuse to help the government censors because they are not under their jurisdiction.




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