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Brexit re-demonstrated that business interests are ultimately secondary to politics, populist politics especially.
by barrkel 10y ago
Brexit re-demonstrated that business interests are ultimately secondary to politics, populist politics especially.
- gaius 10y agoPopulist is just what the losing side calls democracy. See also elitism vs meritocracy.
- Locke1689 10y agoThe difference between populism and democracy is that populists always claim to speak "for the people" even if the people are divided. They'll even take action against the majority and simply claim that all the "real" people are for it.
- barrkel 10y agoDemocracy isn't rule of the majority; that's tyranny of the majority.
- beejiu 10y agoThat is how it should be in principle. In this case, the problem is not the political system, it is the politics. (In other words, you get what you vote for.)
- catawbasam 10y agoExcept I didn't. Neither did a majority of my fellow voters.
- beejiu 10y agoI am specifically referring to the Brexit referendum, where the majority of voters did vote in favor.
- zo1 10y agoThen secede? Have a majority referendum in your respective states about it and tell us how it goes. Either that or admit that part of being part of the union is agreeing with the electoral college and the outcomes that arise from it. As much as I think that the majority Democrat States should suck it up about losing the election, I also think it's fully within their rights to secede if their populace wishes.