141 sats \ 2 replies \ @davidw 29 Dec 2023 \ on: The War on Informality bitcoin
Great post. This was a large factor in my decision to leave the U.K.
Found myself self-censoring in the face of what is described. As soon as you step off the train in London, it's a constant battle for your own sanity and thoughts. It's an anti-human city.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @0fje0 OP 29 Dec 2023
a constant battle for your own sanity
After only a few sentences into the piece, I felt like he was describing Orwell's 1984.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress 30 Dec 2023
How would you describe the U.K. outside of London though? I have some fanciful dream that somehow in the northern villages you can find some semblance of that old Great Britain, of the moors and the highlands that I daydream about (coming from a former colony here in the South Pacific).
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