The Reaction to Brexit is the Reason Brexit Happened

[Tsiyu]

70. Yes

I sometimes write for British blogs and retailers so I keep SKY news on sometimes to pay attention to what's up.

The morning after (still just nighttime here) I watched one of the news readers have a meltdown as reality hit, chastising the labor dude and commenting in effect that the working class didn't always know what was best for itself.

I laughed my head off.

It's true in America that religion and guns cloud the heads of many of our working class. But I suspect in the Brexit case that the people felt like they were getting screwed either way, but one way was more reprehensible because the 1% benefitted from their misery.

With Brexit they get to see all off the investor class pucker up and freak the fuck out, which can be satisfying even when your own pension is in peril.

Sort of like "If you're gonna keep me down you'll have to stay down here with me."


It was a Sansa moment watching the meltdown. For people who tell the working class that money is no big deal and they should be happy to even have jobs at all, those investors sure think money's a Big Deal when it's hemorrhaging from their own pockets.

Why can't they just be happy to have jobs? Why does the pound have to be valued so high? You can't take it with you and you should be glad a robot isn't taking over your corner office....and all that neoliberal rot....lol



BTW on edit: Maybe it's better to say it was a Cersei moment. I'm certainly not in line with Brexit thought, but I get where that sort of stubborness comes from.

To all those whinging about "muh investmuhnts" all I can do is grin and say: when you show up on a thread about prison conditions or poverty or women's health I'll surely develop warm and fuzzy feelings concerning your "investmuhnts."

Just like in 2008, marginalized people say "meh." On both sides of the pond.