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

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174. One would think the British Isles are being towed to the middle of The Pond and readied for sinking.

There are OPs screaming that xenophobia and tribalism are the "new norms". Tell me when they stopped being the OLD NORMS. People are crying over the fact that last night, British youth lost the ability to live and work in over 20 different countries. No they didn't. They only thing that happened last night is that a vote was taken. The vote will put in motion events that will take over two years to unfold completely.

This is nothing more than the biggest divorce short of the breakup of the Soviet Union. They're splittin' the sheets. After the negotiations are over, each side will get the best deal possible for both sides and life will go on as it always has.

I'm a simple guy. I see things in simple terms, usually to my detriment but... I have always seen the EU as an attempt at a United States of America type of wish for Europe. It's taken over two hundred years for our federal government to cast a shadow so wide as to be seen as a national one. The federal government now governs daily life in all 50 states and is pretty much seen as a national government as opposed to a federal one. In my opinion, the EU tried to go from a type of federal government to a national type one whose purpose is to manage every aspect of life in Europe in less than two decades. Bad move, and here is the result.

I wish people would stop hyperventilating over it though. You can see what damage the speculators have already wreaked over a vote being taken but no material change coming in the near future.