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This example doesn't mean what you think it means.

Depends.

If you are trying to show a repeatable process, whether that's just DIY or microbiology, a video is dramatically better than an article.

I always love it when people turn up to explain why we technically have a functioning democracy.

Truss being an absolute moron didn't help.

The problem isn't full support, it's active hostility of those who are "loyal" to Johnson.

It wasn't all coal mining.

We lost over 2 million manufacturing jobs at the beginning of the 80s.

The hate of Thatcher, imo, was less about "the country" and more directly about the impact on people's communities and direct personal relationships.

But looking back, Thatcher tactics were at times borderline fascist.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/03/miners...

Erm, no they don't.

I grew up under Thatcher in 80s Britain (also 70's but too young to see it).

Britain's problem with labour unrest was rooted in other problems. Ironically, one being a problem we are seeing again now - massive inflation.

Yes, you can definitely 'solve' the problem of industry strikes by completely destroying the industry involved.

That's one option.

Looking from the outside, I think US political discourse IS far more hostile.

Britain won't accept things like Politicians being harassed, or one politician calling for other politicians to be harassed (and that's before we even get to anything Trump related).

And the amount of references I see to "civil war" when wandering across anything relating to US politics (i.e. not zero) is disturbing.

Looking at American politics from the outside, I feel like (in most cases), you're lucky if your elected representatives know how to spell the names of common vegetables and know that the US doesn't share a border with Afghanistan.

I think you need to read more into Thatcher and what happened under her to understand why some sections of society reacted like this.

I don't know a huge amount about Regan, but I doubt you can really compare them.

Britain in the late 70s and early 80s had huge issues which Thatcher addressed, but in hugely contentious ways, in some cases destroying entire industries and their communities.

The structural impact of some choices she made are still present in British society even now, decades later.

Some people still own things, just not you.

There is a post on Reddit related to this with a load of examples of a worrying stance.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ufvjmj/comment/i6w...

Russia has about 150M people. Ukraine has about 50M.

If Ukraine refuse to cooperate with Russia and fight a guerrilla war, there is absolutely no way they can hold the whole country.

Press 'X' to doubt.

Does it though...

I've drunk fresh raw milk.

In my singular, ancedotal experience, nothing happened.

Onviously that means everything is fine, and we should all be drinking it, all day every day.

The US may not care about Ukraine, but I assure you that Europe does.

'We have had a second videocall with Peng Shuai' levels of corruption.

We're here talking about it though.

Hope you don't play tennis.

Could end badly for you.

The west is, to a large degree, institutionally captured.

Consumer boycott is the only solution.

Surely it's selling presidential favours? The whole Hunter art work stuff is ridiculously dubious...

And yes, equal concern for any president. Trump largely cared mostly about stuffing his pockets full of money.

That's a wild over exaggeration.

Tyre waste arguments seem like absolute nonsense.

Honestly don't understand why anyone would use their services unless they had to.

You usually get what you pay for...

"Doesn't do anything bad"

Now, here's a man who's never read much literature.

It's also instituted a very oppressive social credit system and runs an enormous censorship apparatus that it will be increasingly able to turn outwards in the future.

Its really about their ability to destroy Western democracy - which is already happening.

The BBC is a state broadcaster, not just a news agency. It has social goals.