| Shadow1980 said: Hey, way to go Britain. You'll probably tank your economy (the pound is already down a lot) and hurt other nation's economies as well (Dow Jones futures are down 700 points on this news), but at least you'll feel better about yourselves and "Muh sovereignty!" Because in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world, what humanity definitely needs[/s] is for every nation to turn inwards, shut themselves off to outsiders in a fit of apoplectic nativism, and basically do the opposite of the increased cooperation. So three cheers for the rise of right-wing nationalism, anti-internationalism, and nativist demagogues. From Trump to Le Pen's National Front to UKIP, forces that prey on people's fear of "the other" in times of crisis are going to roll back decades of progress in international relations, putting us on a course to isolationist "Fuck the rest of the world, because my country is the only one that matters and what happens over there doesn't affect things here because I said so" tendencies. |
Quite a bit of hyperbole here.
