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This is America's version of Brexit. People are getting what they voted for and they'll be very unhappy with the consequences.
by rybosworld 1y ago
This is America's version of Brexit.
People are getting what they voted for and they'll be very unhappy with the consequences.
- locallost 1y agoUnfortunately it will lead to further manipulation, as nobody can accept it's their fault. The world is in terrible shape.
- vdupras 1y agoAmerica is in terrible shape. The world without it as the World Police/Bully is not necessarily worse.
- locallost 1y agoUnfortunately since the rhetoric worked in the US, copycats have been multiplying in the west, and it's been working. Whatever the forces at play are, they seem to be the same everywhere. Discontent is a fertile ground for manipulation.
- vdupras 1y agoFortunately, they're copycats, plural, so it won't be a hegemonic force.
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- tim333 1y agoDid they really vote for that? I'm not American but have been quite surprised by the ever changing Trump tariff lottery. Brexit on the other hand was kind of predictable.
- diego_moita 1y ago> Did they really vote for that? Yes, even if they don't know it. You don't sniff cocaine with the intention of getting addicted to it. But you get addicted if you take it and you should know that. So, in the end, you do sniff cocaine to get addicted. You don't vote to a demagogue to get shafted. But you get shafted if you do so. Therefore ...
- ChrisRR 1y agoUnfortunately brexit meant that a hell of a lot of people behind the scenes scrambled to keep life running as usual, so that brexiteers could just say "See? Everything's fine"
- tim333 1y agoI think the brexiteers are saying this is no good - they didn't do it properly. One of my disappointments with it all as a remainer was I thought at least the brexiteers will be happy but they were miseries before and miseries after as well. There's quite a lot of scrambling just to keep most stuff going as you say.