don't worry about economic contraction and Scottish independence?
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Replying to @yeselson
Scottish independence is somewhat worrisome, but I think everyone is overrating it as a possibility.
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Replying to @michaelbd
I guess we will all find out about that. But what about economic contraction? Even 2% decline in GDP is a serious hit.
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Replying to @yeselson
It is, I just expect things to be worse for countries that stay in until the actual breakdown of EU.
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Replying to @michaelbd
Do you worry that majority might have had good case against Euro-elites, but for the wrong reason (Ethno-nationalism/nativism)?
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Replying to @yeselson
I’m sympathetic to the nativism, in its moderate form. Big transformations need to be absorbed, not ongoing forever.
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Replying to @michaelbd
I think older white Brits (the age gap is quite interesting) picked the wrong target. They blamed the immigrants, rather than the
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Replying to @yeselson @michaelbd
distant bureaucrats. The EU is screwed up, but exiters have probably hurt themselves economically. Would prefer multi-ethnic
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Replying to @yeselson @michaelbd
organizing to "blame the foreigners" politics--extend communitarianism, in short, rather than homogenize it.
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Replying to @yeselson @michaelbd
"Distant bureaucrats" were in fact targeted -- to a roughly equal degree as immigrants, if not more.
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Michael Tracey Retweeted Michael Tracey
And anywhere from 30 to 40 percent of nonwhite Britons voted Leave.https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/746709768111267840 …
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