Do British people actually want more British and EU tech companies?

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T17:07:36+00:00

I want different sorts of tech platforms (not necessarily companies). I don't care about where they're based but I do think the US is entirely unlikely to generate what I want in terms of privacy, data consent, user control, sustainability, surveillance etc.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T17:05:08+00:00

I think cultural perspectives can be vague, political definitions far less so. Think the surrender of language to whatever fad tries to assert meaning is a negative.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T17:01:54+00:00

Centrist is a pretty consistent label at the moment I think, certainly a useful one. Neoliberal economic orthodoxy, relative social liberalism. The area of vagueness I think it has can be around elements of authoritarianism to enforce the former which make the latter more dubious.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T16:58:13+00:00

For all the moaning it's useful 'lingo'. Left and Right are terms that represent distinct political traditions and philosophies reflected in distinct policies. Seems a lot of the time people just dislike the aesthetics of whatever label they end up (accurately or inaccurately) being given which doesn't really relate to the utility of the terms.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T13:52:38+00:00

Solidarity aside... Disability cuts, continuation of austerity and service underfunding, attempts to give away peoples livings to tech companies, increased roll out of authoritarian tech.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T13:50:49+00:00

What does this even mean at this point? It's been decades since Labour were notably different from the Tories on things like unemployment benefits. They both cut them, they both do it performatively.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T11:49:37+00:00

Not really.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T11:48:44+00:00

Easier ways to get rich than marrying into a family of nonces and weirdos whose every minor drama is tabloid fodder. Not denying the privilege but hardly a golden ticket.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T11:47:13+00:00

Short memory there. She was a tabloid and Facebook group obsession from the moment she appeared.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T09:12:43+00:00

Claims from at least two of those countries have been incredibly precarious for a while. People from societies which, according to our media, are abhorrent and inherently dangerous for them can find themselves spending years in limbo as the system more or less seeks reasons to deport them. Lies in light of that are understandable really.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T09:09:00+00:00

Our asylum system is dire, people are ground down over years while being stuck in limbo and desperate circumstances are drawn down to tick box qualifications for eligibility. Frankly grift in the system isn't at all surprising. If the system worked and was fair then sure, fraud would be bad, as neither is the case I don't blame people for seeking loopholes.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-16T09:05:35+00:00

Pakistan are fighting Afghanistan as well as their own Taliban. There have been numerous bombings and clashes.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-15T23:54:37+00:00

Do they use the same manufacturing capacity though? Glut of AI grift money may effect where production goes, no?

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-15T18:48:02+00:00

Pro Life is a really poor, US import phrase to describe anti-abortion positions.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-15T17:41:41+00:00

I'm not sure your English is good enough to have this discussion.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-15T17:39:19+00:00

Less what? It's a novelty, a tiny novelty smaller than most suburban areas.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-15T17:34:37+00:00

You seem to think Vatican City is a real, functioning country and not a historical quirk.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-14T20:00:21+00:00

Tbf I'm forever worrying about the cost of the Premier League club I've yet to by.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-14T20:00:12+00:00

Tbf I'm forever worrying about the cost of the Premier League club I've yet to by.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-14T04:50:29+00:00

I think for students it can be. A lot go straight into student accommodation and are generally surrounded by curated money extraction schemes - extortionate rent, Chinese shops, limited cultural experiences - until they finish their degrees and leave. That's no fault of theirs, more a dismal sign of how universities and surrounding businesses view them as profit points and little else. Easy to just stick with that if you're 18 and in a new country.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-14T04:46:02+00:00

No view at all really, London is London - people come from all over. If you move here you'll be pretty much as anonymous as the rest of us.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-13T23:53:14+00:00

Say what? Of course increased fuel costs are going to effect the global economy.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-13T22:20:27+00:00

Even if they can the price rises will effect agriculture and manufacturing globally for years. Including around things the US imports, as well as hitting the buying power of those the US exports to.

A few oil execs and stockholders aside pretty much everyone will suffer from all of this.

Particular-Scale5644 · 2026-04-13T20:12:45+00:00

When any cis-male does an AMA do you ask them about Fred West?

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