The Coming Authoritarianism.
john eden
male pale and stale
Well we all have our foibles and red flags, biscuits.
mixed_biscuits
_________________________
Fascists are manipulating the self-regarding 'anti-fascists' very easily by portraying the opposition as fascist.
You'll end up under the fascists long-term just because you were too scared of being called a fascist in the short term.
On the bright side, at least you can claim that in neither case you have aligned yourself with them, as being under their yoke once they've won will not indicate approbation.
You'll end up under the fascists long-term just because you were too scared of being called a fascist in the short term.
On the bright side, at least you can claim that in neither case you have aligned yourself with them, as being under their yoke once they've won will not indicate approbation.
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
Balkan 176° Bottling Note
The strongest vodka we have ever come across, Balkan 176 comes in a bottle with 13 different health warnings (including one in Braille), mainly because it's at 88% abv. It is produced in Serbia, and is triple distilled and essentially shouldn't be drunk neat, sniffed, held or even owned. You should probably stop looking at it now...
Balkan 176° Vodka
The strongest vodka we have ever come across, Balkan 176 comes in a bottle with 13 different health warnings (including one in Braille), mainly because it's at 88% abv.
www.masterofmalt.com
got a thirst now
Stroh Inländer 80 50cl Bottling Note
Stroh 80 is an intense, fiery spiced rum from Austria, made with all kinds of spice extracts and essences. It is worth trying in warming hot chocolates, or in spicy cocktails such as the Jagertee.
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose: Rich, punchy spices and caramel-like sweetness. Woody.
Palate: Sweet notes of Demerara sugar, potpourri and butterscotch. Very intense. Hints of molasses and treacle.
Finish: Long, musty finish. Nutmeg, cloves and sweetness.
Overall: Incredibly intense.
add to basket, ta
Stroh Inländer 80 50cl
Stroh 80 is an intense, fiery spiced rum from Austria, made with all kinds of spice extracts and essences. It is worth trying in warming hot chocolates, or in spicy cocktails such as the Jagertee.
www.masterofmalt.com
redrum, ruuum
Cut Overproof Rum Bottling Note
An overproof edition of Cut Spiced Rum, sitting at an eye-watering 75.5% ABV. Be sure you dilute this stuff very well - ought to go handsomely with a number of classic mixers...
We reckon Cut Overproof is one of our Best Rums under £40!
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Heavy vanilla and burnt sugar, with a powerful kick of cardamom.
Cut Overproof Rum
An overproof edition of Cut Spiced Rum, sitting at an eye-watering 75.5% ABV. Be sure you dilute this stuff very well - ought to go handsomely with a number of classic mixers...
www.masterofmalt.com
proceed to checkout
john eden
male pale and stale
Thanks for the advice on the ‘fascism’, kiddo.
mixed_biscuits
_________________________
The government has hacked the lefties' brains - not hard to do, it turns out.
Funny how Matt Hancock's useless cloth masks are now a North London right-on fashion statement.
Funny how Matt Hancock's useless cloth masks are now a North London right-on fashion statement.
wild greens
Well-known member
Luckily the vaccine will have killed me long before social credit comes in
wild greens
Well-known member
I posted it in the shit covid thread as well but no-one cared at the time, but for all the talk of covid-related freedom, the Swedes are at the forefront of this tech in Europe
automatingsociety.algorithmwatch.org
They're also in the process of introducing their digital currency far faster than any other European country
www.riksbank.se
But hey ho the internet told me they could still go the pub so it's all good.
*
Social credit is already in place in a variety of ways, though the invasive nature of the Chinese approach is unlikely to succeed here as the Brits prefer to be duped into thinking they're independent instead.
The more subtle implementation allows for individuals to categorise themselves via societal influence, which is a far more effective way of controlling the masses. You could quite easily argue that vaccine uptake is one of them, and I'd definitely agree with you, though how that would eventually be implemented I'm less sure I'm on the "great reset" side of the argument. It doesn't make financial sense.
Personally i think that people involved in these anti-lockdown marches will have been digitally identified and grouped much as the likes of prominent BLM or those who marched when the girl got murdered in the park by that policeman
Its naive to think this isn't already part of society in a covert sense, or that big tech isn't already labelling you and has done for some time. That doesn't effect your fiscal situation yet but wait till amazon coin and instacoin come in and then we'll see.
In a way the divisions in the Tory party work to our benefit here as the ERG will push back against it in national sense, and like always the internal power struggles from each money group within the Tories end up providing mixed direction. So the likelihood of an overt social credit system is quite slim at the moment i would say.
What they do quite happily is create the tiered social system through benefit suppression and ethnic media vilification, which allows people to discriminate or reclassify in a socially acceptable way. I would note that one of the ways that British society could be uplifted would be a large increase in welfare, i.e. a UBI, and interesting to note that this a big bugbear of the anti-lockdown movement.
I would certainly march against a government led social credit scheme if directly implemented, but probably not to watch Katie Hopkins pull a swastika out of her arse
Removing yourself from personally identifiable social media is a strong start if you have the real fear about this. Why not find an IP blacklist and put it in your firewall then see whos watching.
Sweden - Automating Society Report 2020
As the previous Automating Society report stressed, the Swedish government is strongly invested in placing the country at the forefront of the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM). The previous report addressed the AI initiatives that have been in place...
automatingsociety.algorithmwatch.org
They're also in the process of introducing their digital currency far faster than any other European country
Read about the Riksbank’s e-krona project
The Riksbank is investigating whether it is possible to issue a digital complement to cash, a so-called e-krona.
www.riksbank.se
But hey ho the internet told me they could still go the pub so it's all good.
*
Social credit is already in place in a variety of ways, though the invasive nature of the Chinese approach is unlikely to succeed here as the Brits prefer to be duped into thinking they're independent instead.
The more subtle implementation allows for individuals to categorise themselves via societal influence, which is a far more effective way of controlling the masses. You could quite easily argue that vaccine uptake is one of them, and I'd definitely agree with you, though how that would eventually be implemented I'm less sure I'm on the "great reset" side of the argument. It doesn't make financial sense.
Personally i think that people involved in these anti-lockdown marches will have been digitally identified and grouped much as the likes of prominent BLM or those who marched when the girl got murdered in the park by that policeman
Its naive to think this isn't already part of society in a covert sense, or that big tech isn't already labelling you and has done for some time. That doesn't effect your fiscal situation yet but wait till amazon coin and instacoin come in and then we'll see.
In a way the divisions in the Tory party work to our benefit here as the ERG will push back against it in national sense, and like always the internal power struggles from each money group within the Tories end up providing mixed direction. So the likelihood of an overt social credit system is quite slim at the moment i would say.
What they do quite happily is create the tiered social system through benefit suppression and ethnic media vilification, which allows people to discriminate or reclassify in a socially acceptable way. I would note that one of the ways that British society could be uplifted would be a large increase in welfare, i.e. a UBI, and interesting to note that this a big bugbear of the anti-lockdown movement.
I would certainly march against a government led social credit scheme if directly implemented, but probably not to watch Katie Hopkins pull a swastika out of her arse
Removing yourself from personally identifiable social media is a strong start if you have the real fear about this. Why not find an IP blacklist and put it in your firewall then see whos watching.
Last edited:
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
And abandoning all of modern medicine because you're a bit miffed at not being able to go the pub for a few months sounds like cutting off your face to spite your nose.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Do I really need to post the photo of the anti-lockdown protestor with the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign again?
mixed_biscuits
_________________________
This proves my point, really.
mixed_biscuits
_________________________
Sure, if you work from home in a nice pad with all of your family and friends there too, you may not have noticed the full extent of the restrictions...
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Your point is that the anti-lockdown/anti-mask/anti-vaxx movement is inseparable from, and often identical to, the far right?
Funny, that's my point too! We agree on something, then.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I went for the best part of a year without seeing anyone I know other my partner, baby and chronically ill mother-in-law and it took a pretty bad toll on my mental health, as it happens.
So no, I haven't exactly "enjoyed" lockdown.
As I've tried to explain so many times I've lost count, we could have got away with a very short lockdown right at the start if Bozza hadn't been in hock to all the mixed biscuits on the back benches.
mixed_biscuits
_________________________
Point is that tarring the whole with a tiny part of the whole is enough to put off the intellectually immature and irrational. The 'lockdown protests = far right' smear was wrong enough when the protests were a few k but claiming that half a million ppl are nazis is beyond dumb.
mixed_biscuits
_________________________
So why are you characterising lockdowns as 'not being able to visit the pub'?
mixed_biscuits
_________________________
The 'very short lockdown' approach has worked nowhere in Europe
mixed_biscuits
_________________________
The metonymic fallacy is easily exploitable by the authorities/media too: just plant a bogeyman stooge in the crowd and claim they are wholly representative.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
It's not tiny, if anything it's the dominant faction. Look who are the leading lights of the anti-lockdown/anti-vaxx movement - Hopkins, Farage, the Ickes, Piers Corbyn. It's a cavalcade of fashy scum from start to finish.
I don't know why you're even arguing the point, I mean these are your people.