PLEASE - Do NOT vote for Conservatives if you care for STEEM
Apologies for the click-bait title, but voting day is today (it's 5 AM in the UK as I write this post)
What are the conservatives (Theresa May) going to do?
- Ban encryption
- Reduce freedom of speech (goodbye Steemit)
- Create a "UK Intranet" (I'm sure Steemit will definitely not be allowed here)
- Privatise the NHS
- Continue tuition fees for students (University is COMPLETELY FREE in most of Europe now...)
- Cut benefits even more
While I don't agree with all of Labour's policies, they're our best bet to stop the UK turning into a dictatorship. I would personally prefer Pirate Party, or even the Lib Dems, but because we have such a terrible voting system, I'm going to be voting Labour.
We're so close to beating the Tories! It just needs YOU to vote! Don't be brain-washed by the right-wing parties.
Maybe that could help a little.
It's terrible, @someguy123! I actually heard Theresa May say on CNN last Sunday after the terrorist attack that the government really needs to look into encryption among other concerns she mentioned. Immediately my mind went to steemit and thought about how the UK government is planning to 'kill' blockchain technology and all others that are encrypted. She must not win! I have forwarded this post already to my friends and relatives living in the U.K. Thanks for sharing. Upvoted & resteemed post. STEEM ON!
And what will the liberals do to fix things? Have you read much about the effects of socialism? Take a good look at Venezuela.
Good question. And good point. I have read everything on this post, not really much in the way of substantive comments. Only name-calling, insulting, and vitriol. Is it common for so many to not actually be armed with facts regarding real policies, laws and legislation made or proposed by Theresa May and their actual short term and long term effects on the citizens of her country as well as neighbors and allies?
Theresa May is authoritarian trash. The problem is, other, less monstrous candidates are not to be seen. None of the options are good.
this is not about left or right, but about freedom of speech.
Theresa May wants to bring in a level of censorship and tyranny to outdo North Korea, and all this after 2 ridiculously fake terror attacks.
Steemit will no doubt be blacklisted if it doesn't comply to her new laws.
Labour and Corbyn ain't that much bettter (they let the snooper charter go through without a whim!) but again the only option is the lesser of 2 evils...
What a bummer. It always seems that those are the only two options.
Having to pretend that Jeremy Corbyn is capable - you now know how certain US citizens felt last election.
I also wrote a post on the "ban encryption" idea that May had here:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@lexiconical/ban-cryptography-theresa-may-s-uk-ludicrous-internet-regulation-suggestions
Theresa may I can tell is just evil. I havnt heard anything good about her yet.
There's nothing good to hear. She's the typical kind of anti-human establishment trash that think they're superior to the rest of us. She used to work for the private central bank the Bank of England, so is it any surprise?
Or just admit that politics is fundamentally broken system and stop participating in it. It doesn't matter who you vote for, the system will still produce bad things. By focusing on the bad things produced by the system, you are just diverting yourself from creating good things and making the world better place.
If voting changed anything they would make it illegal. (Like they are trying to do to crypto wonder why?)
Completely right. If voting was such a threat to the establishment then how come the establishment bullies people relentlessly to get them to vote. Nope, sorry, i'm not going to pick a slavemaster for myself and for everyone else. I have some self respect.
With May out of picture, I hope there is no Brexit and British people avoid upcoming political nightmares... "No Brexit is better than a bad deal"
Conservative must have a different meaning in the UK than it does in the US. Yes I admit I'm an American (technically anyway, in reality I'm an crypto-anarchist)., and I don't pay much attention to the UK. Everything I hear about the UK makes it seem like a lost cause in terms of freedom. It looks like your Conservatives are much like our DemoRepublicans (Democrats and Republicans are basically the same thing in the US...both of them want to destroy Freedom, Liberty, and basically everything good that America used to be). So good on you for being politically active.
Good luck with that. That's like banning math.
That's the wittiest comment I ever heard so far. LOL.
Yep, it's pretty clear that most politicians have no idea how technology works!