This is the problem. Ppl voting on big, noble themes like sovereignty & not understanding all the EU does.
Well, its a parody. Ask them how they went abt researching the economy & see if they say 'but sovereignty!'
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What I’ve heard are variations on ‘we expect an economic hit, maybe a social one as well, worth the risks anyway’.>
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The main factors I hear are, yes, sovereignty, but more immigration, and the EU's opaque unresponsive bureaucracy.
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The issues they have with the EU seem genuine, and there doesn’t seem to be a path to addressing them from within.
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One can certainly argue that Leaving is worse, but pretending the Leavers are just pointless idiots isn’t that.
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I'm not arguing that leavers are pointless idiots. I'm arguing that grand themes with understanding or plans no good
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A lot of the remain motivation was equally tribal & one grand theme of globalism & because-im-not-a-racist.
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I'm arguing against the anti-experts with grand themes who have not thought things thru & have no plan.
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BTW, I’m with you entirely on the ‘expert’ thing. Anti-intellectualism exists, but isn’t much help here.
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