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60 sats \ 6 replies \ @Bell_curve 20h \ parent \ on: Switzerland will likely vote on a 10 million population cap this year Politics_And_Law

UK recently removed welfare caps, the cap was 2 children per househould, not it is uncapped, because Muslim migrant households need assistance for 3 or more children

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 20h

If you're you and you owe your creditors 1 million and you can't pay up, you're fucked.
If you're the UK and you owe your creditors 100% of your GDP and you can't pay up, they're fucked.

100 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 20h

I agree, UK is trying to destroy itself culturally and financially and in some cases actual physical harm

104 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 20h

One of my buddies from there said the other day "it always gets worse before it gets better".

I disappointed him with my opinion that I am not convinced that this is the low for them. I think that that's a broader problem though: nothing is at the bottom yet but everything I inspect seems in decline.

231 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 20h

I remember a friend from high school said to me, I could never live in England because they don't have a constitution or Bill of Rights