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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Edit: Ignore me because I'm a dummy, but I'll leave my incorrectly US-centric comment up as a learning moment:

They just want to protect their right to property against the Yankee socialists who say you can't own people.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are there many Yankee socialists in Britain?

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You know, major brain fart on my part. I know the post is about UK politics and I skimmed through other comments talking about UK politics, but for some reason I read that comment and thought "This applies to the US."

Sorry, it's been one of those long days and it's not even over yet.

There are quite a lot of conservatives around the world who are ok with enslavement.