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Lorenz
No wonder people here voted out. Looking at the demographics of the vote, old and conservative people voted out - clearly destroying the future of the younger generation against their will. Those who are comfy with their golden pensions,
sitting at home listening to a 60-year-old rock band are making the decisions about something they don't even understand. Thank you...
So if I hear you correctly, the older conservatives who voted to leave are to ignorant to understand the referendum to exit the EU. Of course you understand each and every one of their individual situations and life styles and you know what's better for them.
Hummmm, does that sound a little like Elite Brussel bureaucrats dictating the best laws and mandates on how you should live your life. See any parallels here.
Yes, I think they are too ignorant to understand what all of this really means. The world got really complicated really fast and a lot of older people (older, less educated, countryside) just don't get it anymore. They want simple answers for complicated problems. They are in their "Daily Mail" bubble, only seeing simplified headline news. The problem is very much the same in many European countries.
It's old vs. young, educated vs. uneducated and city vs. countryside. I grew up feeling European, speaking different languages, working in different countries - most of my friends live all over Europe. We share a common view, a common perspective. It's being DESTROYED by grumpy, simple old people. I know this is @#$%& arrogant to say, but I really don't know how I would possibly bridge that gap anymore. How would they understand if they lack the knowledge, the information and the willingness to discuss?
The populists now win, because they tell their voters "it's ok the way you are and we understand you". I see how that appeals vs. my arrogant view, but it's not a solution. Our problems won't be solved by Trump, Le Pen, Farage, Strache, et al, but our common future as tolerant societies are in serious danger.
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Wild Slivovitz
Interesting to hear that these enlighted "young" and "educated" people like Junker, Barroso and so on managed to build a prosperous society like for instance in Greece...
But maybe it's true, those old folks in England just can't get it!!
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keefriff99
you're a proto-fascist.
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meck1211
British Premier league clubs has to pay mor pounds to buy best players from german bundesliga.
That alone is worth it.
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keefriff99
you're a proto-fascist.
Thx!
If you use the word "proto" in that sense you're totally ignorant about the meaning of it (hint : it has a Greek ancestry).
But it says a lot about you : you use the libtard patois and everyone who doesn't think like you is a fascist. Good job...
Now next time you stand in line at Starbuck's while you wiat for your white Mocha please repeat 50 times "that guy at IORR is a krypto-fascist, a krypto-fascist, a krypto-fascist..."
Linguistically you'll be closer to the truth. Intellectually you're totally stranded on a lot of levels but hey I'm not your Dad to put back on the right tracks...
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Goldsmith
I find it fascinating that anyone would consciously vote for less freedom, less democracy and less self-determination and then label those on the opposite side of the debate ignorant and attempt to make their opinions illegitimate. It is truly fascinating…
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mtaylor
But again, again and again - EU is the fault. If we didn't have EU, who would then be to blame!!
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nightskyman
Meanwhile, in America...ah, I don't have the heart or the time needed to write a reasoned, educated, and informative response.
However I have been reading a lot of stuff on 'Brexit' and UK/Global economic and political fallout and/or impact. It's fascinating and illuminating but worrisome as I try to understand how it affects me personally.
I'll read on in hopes of finding out.
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Stoneage
Mtaylor: Please remove that picture. It's offensive. And certainly a fake.
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Stoneage
Mtaylor: Please remove that picture. It's offensive. And certainly a fake.
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Stoneage
Mtaylor: Please remove that picture. It's offensive. And certainly a fake.
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Stoneage
Mtaylor: Please remove that picture. It's offensive. And certainly a fake.
It seems some people still can't accept strong, capable, powerful women and must revert to demeaning them by sexualizing them and trying to put them back in that 1950s box. Perhaps pearls and an apron would make them feel more secure of their masculinity. Screw that crap - grow up!
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JadedFaded
That photoshopped picture shows a total lack of respect for women. It reminds me of that horrible photoshopped picture shortly after the election likening the Obamas to apes. Judge politicians by their words, their actions, their policies and beliefs. Do not judge them by their race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
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JadedFaded
That photoshopped picture shows a total lack of respect for women. It reminds me of that horrible photoshopped picture shortly after the election likening the Obamas to apes. Judge politicians by their words, their actions, their policies and beliefs. Do not judge them by their race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
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His Majesty
Watch as the UK makes better what it's poorly informed people voted for. Watch also as it ends up being better off out of the EU. Further still, with or without Scotland, the UK will still prosper byond it's current position.
Why? Because it is just too stubborn, egotistical and annoyingly wealthy to allow itself to fail. A bumpy road, but one it's ruling class will turn around and make good. It has done that so many times through history.
I hate the ruling class and the whole UK class system, but it is very effective at generating wealth... usually via the broken backs of poor people from some corner of the world, sometimes even in their own back garden and usually for their own benfit.
The EU will end up worse off for the UK leaving it than the UK will for leaving the EU, simply because the UK is so used to the very kind of challenge it currently faces.
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treaclefingers
so to paraphrase, you're banking on a wing and a prayer.
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treaclefingers
so to paraphrase, you're banking on a wing and a prayer.
Are we using google translation? I read that differently.