Thoughts on the Sociology of Brexit

[Denzil_DC]

Impossible to get down to four paragraphs on this one, so here are the headings/key points:

The geography reflects the economic crisis of the 1970s, not the 2010s

Handouts don’t produce gratitude

Brexit was not fuelled by a vision of the future

We now live in the age of data, not facts

The least ‘enslaved’ nation in the EU just threw off its ‘shackles’

http://www.perc.org.uk/project_posts/thoughts-on-the-sociology-of-brexit/

[840high]

1. Kick

[BlueMTexpat]

2. Bookmarking for later ...

thanks for the synopsis!

[Denzil_DC]

3. You're welcome

I don't agree with everything in it (not that that matters ...), but it has some interesting insights.

The things I disagree about are fairly trivial. For instance, I agree that we and comedy shows don't help anything by coming across as sneering and striking down at people who have little or no political power, but I don't agree that we shouldn't strike up at pompous politicians and movers and groovers. And one of the figures he feels we shouldn't do this to - the odious Nigel Farage - has just resigned from UKIP after claiming credit for all this chaos, so deserves all he's got coming!

[BlueMTexpat]

4. Like you, I believe

that the "pompous politicians and movers and groovers" should get the oral and written shellacking they so deserve. Every. Single. One.

[bemildred]

5. Yes, good stuff.

I call them factoids.

[Todays_Illusion]

6. I think I saw an article blaming early Alzheimer's disease for the tilt to Brexit. nt

The propaganda and spin creators want to blame racism, I think it is economic and political.