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Did anyone doubt what experts said? I was under the impression that most voters knew about it and still wanted to go ahead with leaving the EU, because they fel
by yAnonymous 10y ago
Did anyone doubt what experts said? I was under the impression that most voters knew about it and still wanted to go ahead with leaving the EU, because they felt their arguments weighted more heavily than economic concerns.
It's possible that both sides are correct.
- DavidSJ 10y agoYes, people doubted what experts said. Brexit, along with several other contemporary movements such as Trumpism, have been driven by a profound distrust of the establishment.
- djschnei 10y agoWhich is entirely understandable, no? (Hate trump personally, Brexit is a win though)
- sievebrain 10y agoThe term "expert" in the referendum debate almost always meant economists and referred to the long range economic impacts. You don't need to be an expert to know the EU will find all kinds of weird ways to try and "punish" the UK for leaving, you just have to listen to men like Juncker. Instead of convincing people their ideas are good, they are 100% focused on maximising the pain of disobeyed Brussels. None of these sorts of things were unexpected by anyone who voted out.