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Silly comparison. Brexit is nothing like when the Romans abandoned Britain. If you want to look anywhere for an example of the "Dark Ages" post Roman Britain is
by vondur 8y ago
Silly comparison. Brexit is nothing like when the Romans abandoned Britain. If you want to look anywhere for an example of the "Dark Ages" post Roman Britain is the best example of it. I don't think that will be the case in the post Brexit UK.
- wahern 8y agoThe Dark Ages never lacked for philosophical or scientific advances. What really defines the Dark Ages is a splintered Europe lacking a relatively cohesive identity and political structure by which ideas and goods could more freely travel. The speed of exchange is what accelerated advancement.[1] The real question is whether and to what extent do shared identity and political structures matter in the Information Age. We're about to find out, not just in Brexit but as conservatives everywhere systematically dismantle the post-WWII order. [1] If it accelerated at all. Again, the Dark Ages seem muddy because there's no singular historical narrative that can be articulated. Because we don't articulate a narrative, we tend to assume the period lacked an historical arc, and in particular lacked an arc of progression.