Am I wrong in thinking that the recent pushes by the UK and the EU to censor the internet and compromise encryption is entirely because of the Ukraine war and Israel?
I think Europe realized that, in order to arm up and make their population willing to sacrifice themselves for the state (and for Israel), they need to establish absolute control over what people are discussing online. Essentially establishing the "totalitarian" system they keep projecting onto their geopolitical enemies.
I do think this site will eventually be blocked in most Western countries, and the recent Israel flag struggle session doesn't really matter in that regard.
The US will choose fascism as they have been steering in that direction for decades now. The Europeans will choose fascism to own the Russians and to quell dissent over worsening living standards and eroding rights. Both of them will do so to protect Israel. And this requires total control over what content people are allowed to see, meaning that sites like Hexbear will be prime targets.
And the more "leftist" liberals will be caught by complete surprise by the shift. You can already see it in the hapless, clueless fools in the UK who call their "representatives" to tell them that they are concerned about the forced age verification in the UK. They get the same canned response every time. All their points are ignored, yet they don't get the hint. They scratch their heads as their vaunted Labor government shifts further and further to the right, ignoring polls and public opinion.
And then they are bewildered at the rest of Europe following the same playbook. They can't comprehend it. Isn't the EU supposed to be their Last Hope (TM)? What happens when that hope is extinguished?