Brexit had a role. The weeping and wailing began the night of the referendum. By the next morning we were confidently told by the press, Reddit, and Twitter tha

Brexit had a role. The weeping and wailing began the night of the referendum. By the next morning we were confidently told by the press, Reddit, and Twitter that millions of Leave voters were already regretting their vote, and that another referendum was thus the only fair/democratic/correct thing to do. (That even if such millions of Regretters actually existed that does not mean that a revote would occur is a minor technicality.) Since "they" were for Brexit "we" must be against it, with "it" thus resulting in an ever-firmer embrace of all that the EU says and does. Since then we've seen every single ailment in the UK blamed on Brexit (while every single time the UK does better than continental Europe blithely ignored), even while similar pressures/desires elsewhere are ignored. Macron admitted in 2018 that the French would probably have voted to leave in a UK-style referendum. <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/21/emmanuel-macron-uk-yes-no-brexit-vote-mistake https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/21/emmanuel-macro...>