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Re:Hawking: We need to rethink our attitude towards wealth by gonvaled on Friday July 29, 2016 @01:22PM (#12188308)
They are not doomed: the argument is that they would be better off in the EU. And that Britain would be worse off outside. Not that it would be a poor country; it would still be one of the richest countries on Earth. Just a bit poorer.

That is the theory; we'll see what happens.

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Re:Hawking: We need to rethink our attitude towards wealth by pandama on Friday July 29, 2016 @02:59PM (#12189078)
No we won't. We can't see both sides of the comparison in this ethereal plane.
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Re:Hawking: We need to rethink our attitude towards wealth by gonvaled on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:26PM (#12189293)
That applies to each and every decission. If we accept this argument, policy discussions are meaningless.

Let's be less theoretical: if Britain does much better than the EU it could be due to:

1) EU was bad for UK

2) The UK is abusing its new position (tax heaven, ...)

3) ??

If the UK does much worse than EU, this means:

1) EU was good for UK

2) EU is bullying UK

3) ??

So we'll be able to see what is happening.

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