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user-inactivated  ·  3137 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why the Brexit is even shittier than you think

I think Britian needs to take a mulligan on this.





snoodog  ·  3137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Politically they seem to be doing just that already

kleinbl00  ·  3137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even that is going to be a tortuous mess.

user-inactivated  ·  3137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Really? I think it'd be easier to do than write up new contracts and policies.

veen  ·  3137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lesser of two evils. I can't imagine ignoring 17 million Britons is going to be easy for anyone involved. Remember the 2011 riots?

snoodog  ·  3136 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think it would be really easy. You probably dont even remember how congress ignored most of the American people and passed TARP to bail out the banks. Hell the media talks about it as a stunning success these days

user-inactivated  ·  3137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pfft. It's Europe. Riots are nothing more than a beloved sport over there.

user-inactivated  ·  3137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I shit you not, Europe's love of rioting is one of the most common things I hear from conservatives in America who hate liberal ideas where I live. I'm neither so I end up playing all fences and see everyone's different views, and I hear way more details about European rioting than I see on TV. Usually links to YouTube and Twitter feeds and crap and it drives me up the wall.

veen  ·  3137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have never heard of something like that! It's true we have hooligans who occasionally riot for fun / as an outlet for aggression, but regular riots are hardly a European thing. I think it's more true that the US has few riots. But you guys have more mass shootings in a month than Europe has (not-soccer-related) riots in a year.

Complexity  ·  3136 days ago  ·  link  ·  

2011, when people made off with mad swag and certainly didn't implicate themselves on social media for later arrest.