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net01 ◴[22 Aug 25 10:33 UTC] No.44982851[source]▶
Ofcom can fine 4chan all it wants, but without UK assets those penalties are unenforceable, they have no power here.

This is why the US dropped tea into Boston to have it's own Freedom.

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blibble ◴[22 Aug 25 10:50 UTC] No.44982943[source]▶
> This is why the US dropped tea into Boston to have it's own Freedom.

the 3% tariff on Chinese tea was seen as oppressive

don't look at what has been imposed this year (without congressional approval)

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zdragnar ◴[22 Aug 25 11:59 UTC] No.44983451[source]▶
The tariff was oppressive in large part because the colonies didn't have representation in Parliament and were allowed limited (and decreasing) local governance. The Stamp, Townshend and Intolerable Acts were a whole lot more than just "we don't wanna pay taxes".
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_heimdall ◴[22 Aug 25 12:28 UTC] No.44983717[source]▶
A similar argument can be made against the tariffs though.

US consumers will be paying the bulk of the tariffs through price increases. We do have representatives in Congress, they just weren't the ones imposing tariffs.

edit: as fun as silent down votes are, it would be interesting to hear where you might disagree

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1. aaomidi ◴[22 Aug 25 14:46 UTC] No.44985319[source]▶
I mean yes the American people should probably consider giving our current government the same taste. But they’re not going to do that because we’ve been trained to be complacent.