and is why UKIP is rising in the UK

There you go

UKIPs rise in the United Kingdom is one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen in politics

The US has been remade before.

This is true

There is a discussion of secession from the crown happening in Australia right now

It would not be unbelievable that some kind of socialist groundswell could atleast turn it into somethign resembling a commonwealth country.

and that's one of the most frightening things for me to imagine at a time like this

Does the crown really matter that much?

not really

I got the impression that Australia was independent in all but name.

not at all

we still have a crown appointed Governor General

and that (i believe) holds favour in high courts

laws stopped being influenced by the crown a couple of decades ago

I'm just wondering what would change to where it's so scary.

Would it be a symbolic loss that might affect defense or trade relations for example?

If we were to secede from the crown

We would be open to our country losing all freedoms that are implied right now

We have too many far left radicals in the media, our left wing is spineless

Our greens are commies and hate freedom

We already have “hate speech” legislation

I think that describes the entire anglosphere to be honest.

The US just lost it's strongest, largest defender of free speech, which means it's probably only a matter of time before it gets limited. Said defender already lobbies against firearms.

Possibly

Who’s that?

ACLU

Not in america, people confuse anglosphere with commonwealth, quite a bit.

It's technically worse than a loss. They're going to probably turn their cannons on the 1st amendment directly.

This is our hate speech law

Offensive behaviour because of race, colour or national or ethnic origin
(1) It is unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if:

(a) the act is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people; and

@NETORAREMASSACRE I include US in anglosphere. It's all English-primary countries (including some upper class parts of India)

It’s the most subjective bs

It is part of the anglosphere, However, it seperated from the crown

Oh, I'm aware. I've seen editorials like this one: https://thoughtcatalog.com/tanya-cohen/2015/04/its-time-to-put-an-end-to-anti-choice-speech/

Literally discussing if abortion makes sense is "hate speech"

I don't really care what your stance is on abortion, discussing it is not something you just ban.

why it's weirder when US either bends to the church or the crown, it should be doing niether.

It’s so stupid man

The problem is the left rejects open discussion

Oh I know. Alot of that BS floats around the various "human rights" NGOs like Amnesty International.