The UK makes me sad.

[Charlotte Kitty ✅]

I'm just not looking forward to my council being run by Reform. At best they'll just mess everything up through lack of experience.  At worst will just make division even worse and life here more difficult.

[Petunia]

Wasn't this supposed to be the safe place? Oooops, Have I gone and done it again!

It still is safe.

I don't think anybody has said anything outrageous or imflammatory, nobody has forced their political views, it's all just frustration at the system.

I do tend to think that the internet and social media have a big influence on how things are run.

Pollies seem to spend a lot of time reacting to the latest thing going on, the public tend to group around like minded views and get their news from a biased source that fits their own narrative, and instead of working toward a longer term.solution the pollies end up dealing with short term appeasement.

Plus, the very rich seem to be manipulating almost all the democracys that remain.

I'll get my coat.

[Dances With Trees]

Lucky for us (as in U.S.), the Russians didn't steal the last election; algorithms did.

Which is a euphemism for the 'filthy rich.'

[Lori Dee ✅]

the Russians didn't steal the last election; algorithms did.

I was going to point out that you misspelled "oligarchs".

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