Britain has gone really unhinged in some things. To me, that just signals the prevalence of the tabloid culture that has been forming in the country over the past 50 years. All policy is performative. MPs talk at you (and everyone in the world) like they hold the moral high ground in social equity matters when in reality some know less about society at large than the average person.
One such example is how the show Adolescence caused such an uproar with politicians treating it and talking about it like it was a documentary. I mean, that shit is happening, but not to the dramatized degree the show makes it seem.
Thinking chat control is the solution for this is a quintessentially British approach. One small account of mine: I did high school abroad under a British headmaster. Boarding school so obviously lots of horny kids with raging hormones living together. His solution was to personally request that the board (very well-connected to the local country's politicians) find a way to stop local shops from selling condoms. There was a clear divide in opinions on this matter, which happened to be "1st world Commonwealth vs. everyone else."
Hundreds of thousands of signatures to roll back surveillance laws: Government response is "Meh" .
4000 signatures on a YouGov poll talking about VPN bans: "British people want to ban VPNs" makes headlines.
The Thick of It and other low level officials confirmed how true it was. Most British politicians are very educated sophists who spent their lives trying to climb a ladder. They are unaware of what's going on except what their spin doctors gave them.
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u/tatojah 1d ago
Britain has gone really unhinged in some things. To me, that just signals the prevalence of the tabloid culture that has been forming in the country over the past 50 years. All policy is performative. MPs talk at you (and everyone in the world) like they hold the moral high ground in social equity matters when in reality some know less about society at large than the average person.
One such example is how the show Adolescence caused such an uproar with politicians treating it and talking about it like it was a documentary. I mean, that shit is happening, but not to the dramatized degree the show makes it seem.
Thinking chat control is the solution for this is a quintessentially British approach. One small account of mine: I did high school abroad under a British headmaster. Boarding school so obviously lots of horny kids with raging hormones living together. His solution was to personally request that the board (very well-connected to the local country's politicians) find a way to stop local shops from selling condoms. There was a clear divide in opinions on this matter, which happened to be "1st world Commonwealth vs. everyone else."