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		ryanmcbride 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after... Yeah unfortunately we live in a gerontocracy so it's the same people in charge today that were 25 years ago :(

pjc50 6 months ago [–]

UK not quite as bad as the US age wise, but the real issue is the media who demand all sorts of illiberal things.

Rupert Murdoch is 94.

hinkley 6 months ago | | [–]

And living on pure spite.

dv_dt 6 months ago | | [–]

I think this illustrates that in the UK its that the plutocrats like Murdoch are still the same people as 25 years ago

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