OH MY GOD let's get several things straight about Brexit

[Igel]

65. Imposing views is all well and fine.

And has a long history in the progressive movement.

I like to think for myself, thank you. (I don't support Brexit, but can easily understand why some would. Then again, I understand why Latvia had non-progressive language and cultural policies in the '90s and '00s and why Mayans resented the destruction of their culture in the '80s and '90s and decided to do something about it and why many Tibetans resent the imposition of so many Han and of Mandarin on their culture. The English are as indigenous as the Tibetans or the Mayans or the Latvians, and you respect indigenous cultures or you don't.

(Similarly, you respect populist demands for reworking the system to suit them, as many here on the right and left want, or you go with a technocratic view in which experts and their opinions as to what's best for the masses holds sway. What I find unconscionable was in the '90s when many progressives thought the Mayan defense was okay but the Latvian defense of culture was evil. Or the idea that populism is good except when it's not our brand of it. Most populism is foolishness dressed up academician's or a prophet's garb.)