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Britain had a referendum. With a narrow margin, it came out in favour of leaving a supranational union which the country had joined by stages in 1973 without th
by interfixus 8y ago
Britain had a referendum. With a narrow margin, it came out in favour of leaving a supranational union which the country had joined by stages in 1973 without the people being asked.
Why do all sorts of presumably intelligent and grown up people from all sorts of countries keep on touting this as an omen of the coming of the end of the world?
Does noone - in an article on Brave New World, no less - pause for a moment to consider the irony?
- jamespo 8y agoThere was a previous referendum in 1975
- magduf 8y agoAnd that's fine if Britain doesn't want to be part of a larger union. Large political entities naturally have more power, as they control more resources (natural resources, people, economy, etc.). So Britain can turn into a country similar in economic power to Argentina, while China becomes the new world superpower. I'm sure China is all in favor of Brexit.
- pjc50 8y ago> Why do all sorts of presumably intelligent and grown up people from all sorts of countries keep on touting this as an omen of the coming of the end of the world? You might conclude that everyone has been brainwashed .. or maybe all these people have looked at the issues themselves and are becoming increasingly worried about what the answers might be? Brexit plans fall apart when confronted with questions like "how is this going to work, exactly?" and "why would they agree to that?"