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Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies by dingo_bat on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:31AM (#11969235)
That's quite a stupid reason to be angry. I would hope that people living in UK would understand the meaning of democracy.
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Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies by jacquesm on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:42AM (#11969317)
At a guess, they do. And democracy with 'simple majority required for huge changes' may not be the best recipe to get buy-in from those that are dragged along.

So I fully understand the anger, if it weren't for the recent Scottish referendum that would be a different situation, but that did happen and for the Scots this must be extremely bitter right now.

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Re:Brexit wins. An illusion dies by omginternets on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:45AM (#11969339)
"majority rules" is often conflated with democracy.
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