Modern history, maybe not, but historically, the British Empire was the worst.
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Nalivai@lemmy.world 20 hours agoOh, as not great as they are, they aren’t even close to being as bad as US.
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Kage520@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I think he is saying they are following the same path, just a few steps behind. So if the US is running over a cliff, the UK will probably consider that a blazed trail and head in that direction too.
So yeah, the US sped up. Doesn’t mean the UK isn’t trying to follow.
MdRuckus@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
They literally arrest people for cat calling in England.
PlungeButter@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Yes, sexual harassment is a crime.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
You’re both selling them short. The UK is awful in ways that the Americans can only aspire to. They are each doing their own horrible things, just trading a bit of horrible culture now and then.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Which ones are those? I struggle to come up with something that US is doing better than the UK. The whole freedom of speech issue might be the one where at least it’s not that obvious, but I would argue UK is just more upfront about it, and even though more topics are explicitly forbidden in the UK, you wouldn’t be dissapeared from the streets by an unmarked van about it, so I would say it’s still better.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
You clearly haven’t been paying attention. Both have a ton of issues. You could argue either is worse, but I don’t think anyone watching would say they aren’t on similar paths. The UK in particular has a lot of holdover issues from never fully reforming their government and only slowly transforming from monarchy to constitutional Republic, and still carrying all the baggage, like the house of lords for example.
TimbukTuscan@reddthat.com 9 hours ago
Cope harder. UK is in the fast lane to authoritarianism alongside the US.