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A Boring Dystopia

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[โ€“] splonglo@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Not only is the ruling wrong - it is the very thing it claims to be opposing. It is itself an act of terrorism, carried out with the intention of inspiring fear in the British public to further a political agenda.

In every way, the British government is replicating the actions it accuses PA of - except that the scale of harm to British society and the terror inspired is magnitudes greater, and performed in service of the opposite political goal.

This is a terror attack by the government against the British people.

The British people's opinion and will are the thing from which the goverment gains it's only source of legitimacy - and they do not line up with the government on this issue.

But evidently the government believes in a different model of legitimacy: they believe that legitimacy is derived from the mere fact that they hold power. In the mind of the government and it's supporters, the difference between a terrorist organisation and a legitimate government is just power and only power. To them, right and wrong has absolutely nothing to do with it. They think that they are winning, and that they are going to get away with it. Nothing else matters.

[โ€“] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 22 hours ago

But evidently the government believes in a different model of legitimacy: they believe that legitimacy is derived from the mere fact that they hold power.

*Macht macht Recht"

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