I agree, by and large.

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But I think it is deeper than that. These people, like Trump voters, have been left behind by neoliberalism and thrown their lot in with exactly the wrong sort. But Labour has done itself no favors by selling out.

But there always will be people left behind. There is almost no way everyone can benefit equally from any sort of free market system. The EU was an attempt at least to do that. In some cases, the labor and environmental laws were better and stronger than what existed before. And a lot of people benefited. But as always, sometimes they benefited at the expense of others. This was not a good vote; it will be terribly disruptive and in the end, the extreme right may end up in charge, which will be bad for everyone. Think Kansas or Wisconsin. Those are the kind of policies that will be in place.

I also think progressives need to stop labeling people who don't vote as we do as nothing but racists. It is far more complex than that.