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> My take on it is that this is the bed the YES voters made, and now they are lying in it. But that's exactly my point, you're seeing this as a person having m
by RugnirViking 3y ago
> My take on it is that this is the bed the YES voters made, and now they are lying in it.
But that's exactly my point, you're seeing this as a person having made a foolish decision, and now suffering for it.
But there is no such person mentioned in the article. It's an entirely imagined hypocrite.
I imagine all of the people upset that they no longer have EU food standards voted to keep the EU food standards...
The people mentioned in the article are from london and are eating "Ardennes-style pâté". They are not, as a class, people who voted for brexit. In the article, one of them complains about the nationalistic fervour of others that led them to this point.
I don't imagine there are any brexit voters out there who feel anything other than pleased about the appearance of "not for EU" labels. They probably feel it supports long-suffering local farmers, and will serve to stimulate the production of things in the UK as opposed to importing it from eastern/southern Europe. Whether they are right or not is entirely immaterial to my point, which is that people who know very little about matters persist in feeling superior over people they don't understand the motivations of
- archagon 3y ago> I don't imagine there are any brexit voters out there who feel anything other than pleased about the appearance of "not for EU" labels. Sounds to me like you’re also imagining what hypothetical Brexit voters would be thinking.