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amelius ◴[] No.43619760[source]
I don't understand people who want to defend Apple in this case. UK is a functioning democracy, and why would you want to put a (foreign) company above that? If you want change, you know the route ...
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rodwyersoftware ◴[] No.43619790[source]
The UK is not a functioning democracy, at all.
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ohgr ◴[] No.43619799[source]
Well it is because the judiciary smacked the secrecy side of it down pretty hard to make sure that it was done in public. That's a pretty strong indicator of a functioning democracy.
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rodwyersoftware ◴[] No.43619836[source]
The UK has not had any real political activity for 100 years. It's all a show.

If the UK represented the British natives then a lot of things would be happening that would get me banned from this website :)

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1. ohgr ◴[] No.43619906[source]
As a British native I feel well represented.

It's not perfect of course. We might take a step back occasionally but this usually results in two steps forward. Some press like only to comment on the backward steps though.