Brexit and the future of the EU

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[spacemonkey]

Maybe the world is not as accommodating and inclusive as we think it should be. People really want to be the master of their own fate as much as possible.

[Kane]

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[Philly]

You're not the lone advocate for democracy here. Let's not forget spacemonkey.

[NAB]

[Winchester]

[Kane]

[exploited]

The most interesting part of all this is how the markets are behaving. As the only member of this board that actually wants to lessen the power of the oligarchy, I'm pretty tickled by the panic and irrationality on display.

A learned and measured response would involve waiting to see how things evolve, and would occur over the course of weeks and months, not days - instead we have total chaos, and an obvious attempt to use the market as a means of bludgeoning the British into backing away from this decision.

Of course the various collaborators, fascists and plebs with delusions of grandeur that form the core of this forum would never speak out about this. They have long ago abandoned any pretense of supporting liberal democracy, and instead prefer technocratic oligarchy. The idea of various international conglomerates, private ratings agencies and supranational institutions colluding to alter this decision using the markets will likely be presented as a good thing, perfectly reasonable given what is at stake, etc. etc.

Think about it: S&P has downgraded one of the most stable, safe and historic economies in the world, based on nothing more than a non-binding referendum that hasn't even initiated a process that will take years. The markets are plunging into oblivion, and yet there has been no actual change at all. Tens of thousands of normal people will be grievously harmed by this, and you've got fascists like Comrade and Saz celebrating it. "If they hadn't followed the will of the people, they wouldn't be getting punished like this!" they cry out gleefully. These same people will then wonder why the EU has failed to foster a common identity, then proceed to talk about how democracy is silly and we need to leave these decisions up to the people who are currently either panicking for no good reason, or colluding to destroy any chance of the will of the people succeeding.

Don't worry, though. All subhuman filth will be dealt with in the Great Purge of 2022.

[Winchester]