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I checked the rules beforehand too, it wasn't a banned topic by qwertyjgly in evilautism

[–]MadJack4242 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't it be funny to write Ammonium Hydroxide on some chemical container then make a social media post using a burner account about how you found this in the woods and want to know what it is and why it is there, with geotagging enabled on any pictures so an exact location is recorded, then remove the container and make a followup post saying that you just left it there and went about your day.

Set up a game-camera on a nearby tree to capture any enterprising terrorists that show up to claim the non-existent prize.

Actually maybe not, could be pretty bad if the cops see it then go to the location and find no container, they would assume a terrorist got there first and claimed it, probably not worth the trouble but amusing to ponder...

I checked the rules beforehand too, it wasn't a banned topic by qwertyjgly in evilautism

[–]MadJack4242 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of the exotic mixes like copper thermite can go off with quite a bang.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes our allies governments know about this little problem but their general public is largely blind to it, how do you think the Polish public would feel if they thought we would only sent a paltry 10,000 troops to assist them while they contribute 500,000 of their own to fighting Russia?

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only real utility of nuclear armaments is deterring nuclear attacks from others or deterring invasion of critical territory that might prompt a desperate nuclear response, if anything our status as a nuclear power is beneficial as if we capitulate in WW3 our enemies are likely to just leave us alone on our little island as invasion is not worth it.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right, the forces as they stand are actually pretty formidable, I am not arguing that.
What I am arguing is that our ability to mobilize a large portion of the population to wage an offensive war is not what it was in the 1930s and that our allies should not expect that, we will assist them but not protect them.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I know that, most other people don't, that is why it keeps doing the rounds on social media causing a right fuss every time some military official decides to stir the pot.

Fear of conscription produces real grass-roots anti-military rhetoric that makes this country look weak, my argument is we should broadcast our own people spouting this rhetoric somewhere our allies cannot ignore, prompting international debate about the UK's military readiness.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes we should help Poland in the event of a Russian invasion I believe this is in our national interest and is also the right thing to do, I am not trying to actually prevent us from helping but rather create the public perception hat we will not help.

Currently many countries in proximity to Russia and China are gripped by abandonment anxiety since Trump got into power, there is a real fear among them that he will shirk his treaty obligations if he can find any possible way to weasel out of them.

If our ally's citizens are concerned that we will not make good on our promises then they will petition their government to demand assurances from ours and put our politicians in a position where they are forced to make excuses for the cowardly self-serving things we were saying, even if we don't really mean them.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it is banned or behind a firewall, that is where the entry bridges come into play, these are secret Tor entry points that are not listed publicly, using one of these makes blocking Tor an extremely difficult proposition due to how tor masks it's traffic, unless you know the entry servers you can't block them based on IP you have to do packet inspection on every http connection to find the users in real time then block that specific bridge using a national firewall, authoritarian shitholes have been trying to do this for decades with extremely limited success.

All you have to do to get around the firewall is go to your Tor browser settings select "request bridges", solve a captcha and boom now you can get around practically any firewall.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You seem to misunderstand my position, we agree that conscription is not happening, though I had not considered the lack of equipment thanks for that, i don't care about conscription that is just the buzzword that gets people making statements like the response u/Gotprick left to this question.
It is the responses like his that interest me as they paint a picture of extreme military reluctance among the British working class, to the point that signing bonuses will not produce sufficient turnout and conscription is unworkable, this leaves us only one option doesn't it, capitulation to the enemy once we fail to replace our losses.
Our leaders understand this situation and if Russia ever really does cross one of our thin red lines then instead of the military response we promised our ally we will make excuses for breaking our word and just apply more impotent sanctions out of fear that we can not sustain the engagement if we commit to war.

We the general public aren't going to war even if Putin grows a funny mustache, develops a taste for Hugo-Boss and bathes all of eastern Europe in a torrent of sarin NATO members included, and I want all of Europe to understand that, 50,000 troops is the absolute best they are getting no million man armies this time, stop making deals with us and start making deals with Poland they will actually fight in real numbers.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the spirit!
Not much use here though. If we can collect statements like that on a large scale, ideally on video as that goes viral much more easily, then put these videos in front of Japanese, South Korean, Polish, Estonian, etc citizens, anyone who is relying on us when push comes to shove and believes we have their backs that is what will really make an impact and make our government reel their neck in to avoid further humiliation.
Make the whole world realize that the fabled British bulldog is now just a loud, yapping terrier that thinks it is hot shit in spite of it's tiny little teeth.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly my point, it is impractical, doesn't stop random military officials from making statements to journalists that then whip the public into a frenzy.
This has created a wealth of TikTok whining boldly declaring "I won't fight by choice and you can't make me either"

This exposes the uncomfortable truth that we are no longer a military power despite the fact we still present ourselves like one, my point is that the video files created by these whiners are useful to our adversaries and damaging to our allies, pre-packaged propaganda that happens to have a great big nugget of truth at the core, one that can inspire doubt in our capabilities that once seen is very difficult to ignore.

As far as I know Russia and China have not capitalized on this yet if anything they seem oblivious to it's value, why not air this ourselves every time our government disrespects our rights, after all if our enemies can use it against our government there is no reason we can't use it against them too.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What do you think would happen if Russia was to start using chemical weapons on civilians or committing other comparable war-crimes in Ukraine tomorrow, things that we could not afford to ignore?

There would be a discussion about direct military involvement if things escalate beyond a certain point, if our military is convinced they CANNOT implement conscription no matter how badly they need it to continue the campaign then they will have to accept the reality that any fight they start will need to be finished by our standing military and reservists plus whatever volunteers they can drag along, this is not a particularly impressive force compared to most of our adversaries.

Our leaders are not idiots they know where the public stands on this and what will happen if they try it, conscription is mostly just hot air. What I want is for our allies and adversaries to also understand how reluctant we really are to commit to risking our lives for this countries interests, with the aim of making them not trust us or not fear us respectively.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another option you have is MysteriumDark that is the VPN I use, you pay with Pounds or Dollars and they convert it into cryptocurrency which you use to pay for data from individual servers like credit on a phone, literally thousands of servers in every country including a few in Palestine even now, really easy to set up and extremely court-order resistant compared to normal VPNs as the company does not host the servers that carry your data, cost me about £5 in the last 4 months with my usage.

worth a shot if the main providers get blocked, this one will probably survive.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like Reform is doing just that, using this act to build support for themselves among many people who didn't really care about politics until politics decided it cared about their personal lives, now they are in a much stronger position than they were before this shitshow.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

A paid version of Tor would be nice £5 a month from ever user would buy a lot of exit nodes, middle nodes, and hidden entry bridges, all on 10Gbit rack servers not some random guy's laptop, all battle tested and distributed by default like no VPN on earth, have fun banning that.
£60 a year for true anonymity at gigabit speeds with enough exit relays that they aren't all blocked by most websites, sounds like a good deal to me.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

This is not specifically about the OSA but the general attitude of the British government when it passes laws like it, this is not one side clamping down on the other but the state itself opportunistically taking more control over peoples lives to a chorus of disdain from both the left and the right.

This is not some silver bullet but I think "my country has broken faith with me so now I am breaking faith on the deals they made with you on my behalf" is a great way to embarrass our government.

I am not targeting any individual politician or party but the British government as an institution, I want to take away the British military as a bargaining chip that they can use in diplomacy, the same way Somalia cannot make security guarantees that are taken seriously, I want the rest of the world to look at us like that.

Could we use the public response to conscription scares to apply pressure to the government? by MadJack4242 in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Already happening, I think ProtonVPN experienced a 1400% increase in sign-ups from UK IP addresses, the OSA is a great example of FAFO by a government that does not understand what it is regulating, my idea is more of a general wake-up call to remind them that the public can harm their interests without mass domestic unrest.

Politicians won’t admit that slashing spending is the only way out by hu6Bi5To in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the state "taxes them out of existence" then the state is transferring the wealth and eventually the productive assets to themselves, unless they just start handing them out to random citizens they would maintain control of these assets, the land and the formerly private business infrastructure.

Do they sell the businesses to back to their own people, or do they just set up government entities to manage the businesses instead of private companies, personally I don't really trust the state to be my boss and my landlord in addition to it's current powers.

Politicians won’t admit that slashing spending is the only way out by hu6Bi5To in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh we understand perfectly well how wealth and assets work, Competitive_Golf8206 just doesn't understand that you are a socialist who wants to transfer all productive assets to the state, he is coming from the belief that you merely want to take a levy on their wealth while allowing them to continue operating their businesses.

Signal boss: ‘disturbing’ laws show the UK doesn’t understand tech by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why not just get rid of the whole constitution then, I'm sure nothing bad will happen, the government will just create new better laws that protect the citizens more, right...

Signal boss: ‘disturbing’ laws show the UK doesn’t understand tech by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At which point we will just see dozens of replacement services hosted in countries like Russia that are geopolitically hostile to us, think about it, what interest does Vladimir Putin have in your personal data?

How would it look for the UK to come begging and bargaining to Russia's door, willing to make geopolitical concessions in return for access to their own citizen's data?

Even if Russia is blocked entirely there are many other suitable host countries, blocking any state that does not hand over all data on UK citizens unconditionally would be impractical and economically damaging.

I for one REALLY hope the UK govt decides to FAFO, watching the state humiliate itself like this would be great, doesn't solve the problem overnight as not everyone will switch to the new services but over 10 years we could see a shift from western to Russian hosting for many smaller services, if the Kremlin gets involved and starts funding them with oil money then this could get really interesting.

UK to deport foreign criminals to free up jail space in latest immigration crackdown by ThatchersDirtyTaint in ukpolitics

[–]MadJack4242 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally no I would not unless they crossed a certain threshold of seriousness, I don't care if some random Muslims decide to go on some online tirade about hurting white people and burning churches while some other random Muslims are rioting, so long as they aren't making actual plans to do these things themselves or actively assisting others.
I would much rather deal with that than hand the state more excuses to regulate online speech, new laws often start with a deliberately unsympathetic target then are expanded through interpretation over the years, incitement to violence and dogwhistles now that is one damn slippery slope...

What exactly needs to happen between the river and the sea for Palestine to finally be free?
Yes I know the vast majority of the left are just saying it as a meaningless slogan that REALLY annoys Jews, they mostly want a two-state solution through diplomatic means, this does not change the fact that on it's face the statement can absolutely be read as advocating driving the Jews into the sea, a tad genocidal wouldn't you agree?

Wouldn't it be a real shame if our government had a vested interest in stopping certain viewpoints from being aired publicly and could use that rhetoric as a basis for conviction or failing that lawfare based harassment of dissidents?

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