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Britain is a failed state. It might be the first truly modern state to properly fail. Many will blame Brexit, but the writing has been on the wall for decades.
by debacle 3y ago
Britain is a failed state. It might be the first truly modern state to properly fail.
Many will blame Brexit, but the writing has been on the wall for decades. Most of my friends in Britain have been either biding their time for retirement, trying to go literally anywhere else, or in a deep sort of quiet depression, usually aided by alcohol. These are well to do, white collar workers.
It will be interesting to watch the country decline. Will we see the rise of extremists in Parliament? Will Parliament even matter? Will Britain become a proxy for reverse colonialism in the way that Italy has? Can the financial might of London persist, or will there be an exodus?
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- dragonwriter 3y ago> Britain is a failed state. It might be the first truly modern state to properly fail. The UK is nothing like a “failed state” (the monopoly on legitimate violence is not seriously in doubt.) It may be experiencing decline in relative economic condition, but that’s hardly novel.