British here. You’re right. It’s the culmination of decades of intentional misinformation and stoking the fears of the racist and stupid. Appealing to the politicians spreading this (e.g. Farage) is useless. Appealing to the public is useless.

I heard a story about a friend of a friend who thought that one million immigrants entered Britain every day. As in, the population would literally double in two months if this was true. But not only did he not realise that, he repeated the “fact” to other people.

Obviously a lot of us are fine. But Reform is leading in the polls and people believe shit like that so the reality is most of us are not.

And this from the press release:

In its long history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has honoured brave women and men who have stood up to repression, who have carried the hope of freedom in prison cells, on the streets and in public squares, and who have shown by their actions that peaceful resistance can change the world. […]

When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist. Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.

Sweden really isn’t “infected by far-right populism”.

SD is the 2nd most popular party? According to this. And obviously are actually in government

What the fuck are you smoking and are you sharing

We needed to act with urgency when this horror started over a year ago. We failed.

But you know, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now.

We still won’t do it though.

As individuals, all we can do is boycott Israel, protest our own governments’ inaction and if you ever see Netanyahu, spit in the bastard’s face.

No it’s fine! I think if you stick you fingers in your ears and shout “project fear!” a few times into the mirror you will summon the spirit of Boris Johnson to get brexit done and give you £350 million a week for the NHS

I would absolutely not travel to America while Trump is in power. I’ve wanted to visit again since his first term, but fuck the extra border hassle (+ now the risk of getting sent to gitmo or El Salvador or god knows where for criticizing dear leader) and also fuck supporting an economy he will take credit for.

I feel bad for all the businesses who did nothing wrong. But we live in capitalism and I can’t vote/protest there so 🤷‍♂️

Biden: