Like many others, I tried out the Fediverse when Reddit nuked third-party apps.
I hadn’t used Reddit’s third-party apps in some years, but the debacle just showed to everyone that Reddit is a for-profit company, and they’ll always put profits ahead of users’ interests.
I don’t think Streeting wants the UK to go to war. I think he’s saying that the UK should invest more in defence.
Think about this: why did Russia invade Ukraine instead of the Baltics? Probably because the Baltics are in NATO, so Putin knows it would be much more difficult to annex Baltic land, because the whole of NATO would potentially defend the Baltics.
Better defence doesn’t start war; it deters war.
I know this thread is old but yes I agree with you.
I’m now trying out Piefed because I’m not a fan of the Lemmy developers. I’ve seen some of their mod actions on Lemmy.ml and I don’t agree with their perspectives.
For example, I think imperialist behaviour done by any nation (US, China, Germany, whoever it is) is bad. It means exerting control over people who don’t want it, and can’t vote against it. But the Lemmy.ml mods seem to think that imperialism is fine when it’s done by China or Russia, and imperialism is only bad if it’s done by western countries.