Re:Fear is America’s top-selling consumer product
by ben_w on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:10PM
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Sadly, the Brexit outrange is different on each side: the Remain outrage is at perceived incompetence by the UK government, while the Leave outrage was directed first at Remainers and now at the EU.
Given the tone of discourse, I am increasingly concerned about the possibility of a literal civil war in the UK — although not sufficiently concerned to think it unavoidable at this stage.
Re:Fear is America’s top-selling consumer product
by pyroinferno on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @09:44AM
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The whole world can laugh at the US, but that's not going to solve any of their own problems.
"Leaving the EU" is a valid political worldview/goal, whether you agree with it or not, however the specific "implementation" known as Brexit has proven to be a scam, because it's not an implementation at all: politicians manipulated and lied their way to victory, and once the referendum was over they made no effort to hide that their plan was "by the way, we have no plan". Because there was no responsible preliminary assessment of the cost and outcome of Brexit, let alone any roadmap, people on both side of the issue are realizing their politicians are navigating on sight, with no map or compass, during a process critical for the future of their country. A process they triggered. In that situation, isn't outrage warranted?
As for Trump, well, it's not a UK thing. The whole world is laughing at the US.