Needless to say, we (WF) wouldn't desire a return to the USSR. Even just 141 arrests is unacceptable, because it's infinitely more than there was in the first 200,000 years of human existence: zero.

That aside, the fact the UK, a nominally 'liberal' and 'democratic' country with no dictator and no one-party system, is so adept at controlling their citizens, goes to show Ted was right about technology. It's not ideology that guides society; technology, for better or [mostly] worse, is what shapes society. An anti-tech movement must remain entirely focused on the destruction of industrial tech if it wants to achieve real change and real freedom. 🌲