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Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan
(www.theguardian.com)
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At least you’re more of a free person than in stupid nanny-state Australia
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
You have no fucking clue what you're talking about
Enlighten me then.
Just have a quick look at the global freedom index
It's quite readily available
Sure, mass surveillance, corporations have more rights than citizens, rigged anticompetitive economy, and a two tier justice system. Sounds super free.
Are you talking about the UK? Because then I would agree lol
Texas, perversely, actually has a ton of nanny state bullshit laws to control the population.
Ok, what are those? I would bet nowhere near the degree of Australia. You have to wear a helmet to use a bicycle, or else you get fined lmao
Can't buy liquor on Sunday, weed is still strictly illegal, no public-driven initiatives, this bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Senate_Bill_12 , the "bathroom bill", there's a real pattern of enforcing a very particular cultural identity through legislation and selective enforcement. It's almost like the state that liked slavery so much it seceded from two different countries to keep doing it has long-standing issues with respecting anyone but wealthy white Christian men.
He's a racist, right-wing child who thinks that firearms will make his dick bigger
Idiots like this are the worst thing about Australia
Hey, they're the worst thing about America too!
He lives in paradise, and yet he's such a loser that he yearns to live under the boot of 'Murica
I think it's because he's stupid
It could be something else, but Occam's razor and all that
I guarantee that he hasn't spent enough time in' Murica to know what life there is really like
Unfortunately, I have