Turkey is in the customs union without being in the EEA right?

You’re probably right. Things like joining the customs union probably won’t happen until at least the next government in 2029.

I think there is probably less of a chance of the US being malicious towards the UK (e.g. sending assassins to murder Brits), compared to the risk coming from Putin’s regime.

The UK has had its own attacks from the Russian state (the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal). Given that they invaded Ukraine (despite denying that they would), who knows what they will do next.

Yeah I guess the invasion of Ukraine didn’t happen. It’s just a “propaganda” myth isn’t it.

You have communist symbols on your profile so I guess you’ll believe whatever that ideology tells you to believe.

Anyway, you’re obviously stupid. If you were intelligent you’d be able to make points without talking about dogs.

I’m not a massive supporter of Starmer, I think he’s just relatively sensible, and I also think it’s unlikely that Britain will have a more left-wing prime minister any time soon. The prime minister after Starmer could definitely be more right-wing. Maybe it will be Badenoch, or Jenrick, or another Tory.

Maybe you suffer from some sort of purity complex where anybody who isn’t Mao Zedong is an enemy to you. If so then that’s just fucking stupid, not least because all those communist leaders let their people suffer immensely. You’re just a moron aren’t you?

Fair points. I guess I don’t mention Lemmy much online anymore anyway. If I mention it to somebody in real life I guess I’ll tell them there are multiple servers to choose from.

You believe whatever your instance tells you to believe because you’re a slave to an ideology

I’m not, so I think for myself, which you are seemingly incapable of.

True. I don’t think I would recommend someone to look at Hexbear or Lemmygrad. Maybe I would mention Lemmy.world as the easiest entry point to Lemmy, and the existence of other servers like Feddit.org, Lemm.ee, etc.

I’m replying again because your posts are moronic. I didn’t say that Starmer is my favourite politician of all time, I just think he seems relatively sensible. If I were to be an obedient dog then I would conform to whatever your shitty instance wants me to think, just like you do.

Can Trump’s incoming administration really be said to stand “for the little guys” when it’s full of millionaires and billionaires?

Good points. Maybe if I’m trying to explain Lemmy to someone I should just link them to a list of servers, like the one here, so they can pick a server for themselves.

Fair point, thanks for the advice. I thought it was right-wingers who were meant to be arseholes, but on Lemmy it seems that some (not all) left-wingers are arseholes too.

You’re genuinely a complete freak

Yeah fair enough. I’m just thinking some people might not want the hassle of deciding between instances, they might just want the most popular one, because popular things are usually reliable.

But yes there are obviously good reasons to use different instances, like I am using a British instance so I can easily see stuff from various British communities. I think I only found out about my instance by lurking lemmy.world though.

Fair points. I just think some people won’t want the hassle of weighing up different instances, they might just want the instance with the most content and people, because I guess the most people implies reliability.

As for reasons for picking an instance, yes those are valid reasons. I picked this British instance so I can see all the British stuff when I view local posts, and other stuff when I view all posts. From another instance I guess I’d have to check every British community on feddit.uk manually.

Yes I reported your post because normal people, in civil conversation, don’t refer to other people as animals. My hope with Lemmy is that people can be civil and polite but for some reason you didn’t want to be.

It looks like I was right to report your post because the mods seemed to agree that it was a bad post.

Do you get anything out of being this upset on the internet?

Fair enough. Some people might just want the most active instance though.

What the fuck is wrong with you