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You are exhibiting all the signs of groupthink, in your weak attempts to make "colonisation" a legitimate description of what is happening in UK.
I'm not left, btw. Just a person with the ability to read accurately and with a preference for fact.
I'm not left, btw. Just a person with the ability to read accurately and with a preference for fact.
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
You are exhibiting all the signs of groupthink, in your weak attempts to make "colonisation" a legitimate description of what is happening in UK.
I'm not left, btw. Just a person with the ability to read accurately and with a preference for fact.
I'm not left, btw. Just a person with the ability to read accurately and with a preference for fact.
No, you haven't.
You have said it is an analogy.
It is a misleading analogy, because it is easily mistaken for literal truth.
Why are you so relaxed about misleading people? 🤔
You have said it is an analogy.
It is a misleading analogy, because it is easily mistaken for literal truth.
Why are you so relaxed about misleading people? 🤔
February 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
No, you haven't.
You have said it is an analogy.
It is a misleading analogy, because it is easily mistaken for literal truth.
Why are you so relaxed about misleading people? 🤔
You have said it is an analogy.
It is a misleading analogy, because it is easily mistaken for literal truth.
Why are you so relaxed about misleading people? 🤔
Oh dear. I seem to have hurt your feelings by saying words mean things.
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Oh dear. I seem to have hurt your feelings by saying words mean things.
That's because the issue is about what colonisation is.
I understand you'd rather use any word at all, no matter how incorrect, and plead "analogy".
What is happening in UK is not colonisation, and it is misleading to say that it is.
I understand you'd rather use any word at all, no matter how incorrect, and plead "analogy".
What is happening in UK is not colonisation, and it is misleading to say that it is.
February 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
That's because the issue is about what colonisation is.
I understand you'd rather use any word at all, no matter how incorrect, and plead "analogy".
What is happening in UK is not colonisation, and it is misleading to say that it is.
I understand you'd rather use any word at all, no matter how incorrect, and plead "analogy".
What is happening in UK is not colonisation, and it is misleading to say that it is.
Love the metaphor.
"AI is just like a disease that ended up, as it spread worldwide, causing serious economic issues requiring government intervention. Killed millions, damaged education, lost jobs."
We tried to stop the disease & undo its effects. Just saying.
"AI is just like a disease that ended up, as it spread worldwide, causing serious economic issues requiring government intervention. Killed millions, damaged education, lost jobs."
We tried to stop the disease & undo its effects. Just saying.
This post argues AI is having a moment similar to when you heard about some illness in China back in February 2020.
Tech workers just watched AI go from “helpful tool” to “does my job better than I do.” Everyone else is next. Get your financial house in order and lean into what’s hardest to replace
Tech workers just watched AI go from “helpful tool” to “does my job better than I do.” Everyone else is next. Get your financial house in order and lean into what’s hardest to replace
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Something that is merely analogous to colonisation is not colonisation.
You are now contradicting yourself.
You are now contradicting yourself.
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Something that is merely analogous to colonisation is not colonisation.
You are now contradicting yourself.
You are now contradicting yourself.
There are many causes of demographic change.
Why do you accept, without any justification, the claim that this demographic change is caused by, or amounts to, colonisation.
Why do you accept, without any justification, the claim that this demographic change is caused by, or amounts to, colonisation.
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
There are many causes of demographic change.
Why do you accept, without any justification, the claim that this demographic change is caused by, or amounts to, colonisation.
Why do you accept, without any justification, the claim that this demographic change is caused by, or amounts to, colonisation.
Not to mention the disinformation.
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Not to mention the disinformation.
After Brexit, I wonder what DOES work.
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
After Brexit, I wonder what DOES work.
Browsed that and remembered a friend funding her expenses on a holiday in Yugoslavia via a couple of Levis jeans. (Severely dating myself here.)
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Browsed that and remembered a friend funding her expenses on a holiday in Yugoslavia via a couple of Levis jeans. (Severely dating myself here.)