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   Jonathan Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 02:05:03 JST Jonathan Schofield

   This is worth a watch.
   The UK is in the same self-imposed political bind as the US. It’s just different in degree

   https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/112346920945245590

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     Jonathan Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 02:05:03 JST Jonathan Schofield

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     …Some key differences:

     - the UK has far less money involved directly in politics
     - we have 1/5th the population but our economy is about 1/12th the size of the US
     - our oil reserves are roughly 1/24th (I think) and our currency doesn’t flow through petroSterling the way the US is awash in petroDollars
     - we have the NHS
     - we have waaaaaaay fewer guns
     - we don’t yet have the same powerbase among delusional Evangelicals.

     What else?