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I understand the supporters of Brexit but I believe they are making a huge mistake. Europeans have a convenient scapegoat they blame for the global impact of liquid capital. The creation of the EU coincided with the beginning of liquefaction, so now they have convinced themselves that if the EU is dismantled, time will turn back and all that’s fluid will congeal back to solidity. They will waste precious time futzing about with the EU, taking it apart and putting it back, and getting into endless independentist quagmires instead of figuring out what to do about the actual issue.

We are lucky in North America that we don’t have such an easy scapegoat. The “tax the banksters!” and “build a wall!” substitutes for the European “leave the EU and everything will be peachy-rosy” are too weak to distract anybody for a significant period of time. As a result, we will start figuring things out sooner and will be far ahead of everybody else in the world. 

8 responses to “Brexit”

  1. el Avatar
    el

    Poor “Labor Parliamentarian Jo Cox has died as a result of gunshot wounds.
    The shooter is in custody.”

    Israeli news site reports Jo Cox and the shooter talked RE Brexit, with Cox supporting remaining in EU.

    COX ONCE TWEETED “Immigration is a legitimate concern, but it’s not a good reason to leave the EU”

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  2. susan gilbert Avatar
    susan gilbert

    Jo Cox is reported to have been shot, stabbed and then kicked as she lay dying on the round, by a man who is in favour of Britain leaving the EU. He is said to have shouted ‘Britain First’ which is the name of an unpleasant, extreme right wing group.
    Jo Cox was a recently elected MP, an enthusiastic humanitarian and an experienced charity worker, who championed refugee families. She was also a wife and mother with two small children.
    Is this appalling murder an indicator of the barbarism that we might face if we leave the EU? Maybe not quite, but it shows us how some maniacs would like to support it. Luckily most people in the UK can’t get hold of guns.

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    1. cliff arroyo Avatar
      cliff arroyo

      “Is this appalling murder an indicator of the barbarism that we might face if we leave the EU? ”

      I’d say it’s probably more an indicator of what the UK might face if it doesn’t. All the indicators I can perceive are of rising itnernal tensions within a half dozen EU countries that is likely to erupt into something ugly. Does the UK want to be a part of that?

      “most people in the UK can’t get hold of guns”

      No, just the deranged, immoral monsters who really, really, REALLY want to shoot someone. I’m not sure if that’s the optimal policy.

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  3. David Gendron Avatar
    David Gendron

    So the pro-Europe autority is really afraid to lose to reach this point.

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    1. David Gendron Avatar
      David Gendron

      authority…

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    2. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      Yes, they are terrified, promising all sorts of economic disasters as a result of a possible Brexit. The anti-EU feeling grows, and that’s not surprising.

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  4. cliff arroyo Avatar
    cliff arroyo

    When London’s new muslim mayor talks to his co-religionists, it’s women to the back of the bus.

    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/16/women-sent-back-khan-remain-speech/

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      This is sad. I hoped he’d turn out all right. 😦

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