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> I should have seen what happened to Jeremy Corybn in the UK and treated it as a canary in the coal mine. Brexit was a canary for Trump but that was also igno
by iso1631 5y ago
> I should have seen what happened to Jeremy Corybn in the UK and treated it as a canary in the coal mine.
Brexit was a canary for Trump but that was also ignored
Certain groups have used the UK to refine their methods (cambridge analytica etc) to use on the big prize.
- nebula8804 5y agoYes but people can be forgiven for not seeing how Brexit would have affected how the US turned out. Something like that had not happened in this current generation's memory. >Certain groups have used the UK to refine their methods (cambridge analytica etc) to use on the big prize. We like to think they are wildly different from each other. Turns out the two countries are still very similar in values and mentality.
- iso1631 5y agoEven more so with the internet increasing communication. Social problems from the US have been imported to the UK because of wide spread communication between people on both sides of the pond and a mostly shared language.