Comments by "Gareth Hart" (@tgheretford) on "serpentza" channel.

Yes - adopt their authoritarian mindset!
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I detest how Governments look toward the management of the Internet and the stereotypical assumption of social order in China as a inspiration for their countries.
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That's starting to change in the UK. There is a push to criminalise offence and criticism of politicians on the basis that "hate" and "abuse" could end up with another tragedy such as Jo Cox MP or Sir David Amess MP. Celebrities want the same treatment. That's why they're pushing for new crime, public order and online safety laws. There is a desire to emulate China in this instance.
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We are starting to see a push to go the other way with removal of liberty regarding gender and someone's partner count in the west - male involuntary celibates.
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Worringly, I am seeing parallels with what I am hearing in this video and the situation within the UK since the introduction of lockdown.
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The Social Credit System will come to the west, sold to us as a way to finally deal with criminality such as knife crime in the UK, anti-social behaviour, trolling, hate speech and discrimination. All run and enforced by private companies under the blessing of the state.
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We're starting to see change in the UK regarding new laws to quell dissent, criticism and protest with police, public order and online safety laws in order to prevent "hate" and "abuse" by stating that we need these laws to prevent another tragedy such as Jo Cox MP or Sir David Amess MP. Celebrities have also called for the same laws for the same reason. Critics of events and interventions in 2020 and 2021 have been put under surveillance by the UK Army's 77th Brigade. We're not at China's level but we're starting to head down that road.
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6:06 - have you seen the recent propaganda that is being pedalled regarding a certain recent worldwide event? Any authoritarian regime would be pleased at how far the (former) free and liberal western countries have fallen, now adopting the very rhetoric and tactics used in said regimes in the name of "safety".
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It's increasingly becoming the same in the west. OnlyFans and other platforms providing a "girlfriend experience" for lonely men is gaining popularity. I call it monetising loneliness and it will harm both women and men. The most disturbing this is that chances are, the men who think they're messaging the woman they've subscribed to are likely speaking to a man, either hired by men to message their subs or posing as the woman with filters and AI.
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In the UK, now in three weeks of lockdown, has an informant society in place. There are people in this country abandoning their British principles and looking towards China for inspiration.
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I would not be surprised if by February, Britain enacts a Wuhan style national lockdown. The rhetoric from SAGE, medical experts in the media, Chinese media coverage in the UK and public pressure on the Government is heading that way, alongside universal mask mandates.
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I look to America and the First Amendment and I want you to cherish it with all your might because the UK is looking toward losing the right to free speech and critique of those in power. Meanwhile I also look to Europe with high taxes but in return, well funded public services. I also look at the US and at Canada and am in awe at the public services you get there compared to what we have in the UK. Meanwhile in the UK I see high taxes but reducing services in return where a small clique is getting rich from everyone else and we now effectively have a one party political system where the only difference is the colour of the rosette and the ribbon.
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Would you like a £100 low-range Chinese phone with a back door, a £300 mid-range Chinese phone with a back door, a £400 non-Chinese mid-range phone made in China with a back door, a £1000 Chinese premium phone with a back door or a £2,000 non-Chinese premium phone made in China with a back door? And all of them will likely visit TikTok, VPN or not, be used on a network that is likely using Huawei infrastructure or components made in China, in your car made with Chinese components and appliances made with Chinese components. All increasingly connected to the cloud and with back doors. Even if it isn't made in China, say its made in Taiwan like CPU's, there is still the prospect they can be hacked for surveillance and espionage. Only recently, two CPU's exploits have been exposed to be patched and there'll be many more. That's the problem.
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A dictatorship and authoritarian state can form, not just of an enemy and a threat, but of peer pressure to be kind, considerate and selfless when enforced on others as both a requirement to function in society and a shaming mechanism if someone deviates from the script. This is why I oppose mask mandates and masks becoming a social norm. This is why I oppose vaccine mandates and passports. And I oppose any psychological or nudge strategy to "be kind" otherwise "you're a threat", "you're dangerous" and "you will harm others" rhetoric is aimed your way. I find the constant reminders to "be kind" and "stay safe (for the sake of others)" to be both pernicious to personal liberty and infantilising to those it is aimed at.
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@pugilist102 No.
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Authoritarian Governments like to target those who don't conform to a status-quo, to create an outgroup and turn the majority against them. Whether that is a woman who wishes to embrace sexual liberation in China or a man who is failing to find a partner as we are starting to see in the west. We've seen this attempted in the UK during the last few days with republican (as in critical of the monarchy) protesters and advocates during the Coronation.
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If everyone is powerless against the CCP, then eventually the CCP will take over everything because there is nothing the world can do and we will all have to endure as the world will not revolt and will face defeat. Western countries have now adopted CCP style ideology and policies in the last few years. This sounds like the CCP equivalent of the black pill. Critique now while you still can, I guess.
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