Quote Originally Posted by Rival Max View Post
It seems like across the pound you guys are fighting the wave of nationalism too. In a world that is so connected and dependent on others this trend is proving to be disastrous. The future generations are going to need to be better than those that came before because we are all in a hell of a mess right now. Ive been keeping up a little Brexit and it seems like eventually its going to have to be addressed. What I don't understand is why cant you guys just revote. Maybe thate like someone suggesting a revote here if it is i apologize. I just think voting to leave the EU for a variety or xenophobic ideals that somehow gained ground shouldnt throw your country into a potential financial disaster. So could you guys revote? From what I've heard the numbers in favour plunged afterwords. Even voters who voted for it didnt think it should pass.
Voting again should be the logical conclusion considering both sides were guilty of telling fibs and fearmongering, it was a downright immoral campaign that only aimed to divide people in numerous ways, and that's a problem both sides shared. Obviously though, Leave people are adamant that their majority is legit because they won, as I'm sure Remain would be if they won. I'd say we need a vote again anyway, considering a 52% majority is nothing when most referendums before it needed 60% to be taken seriously. There's so many methodological problems with how it was carried out that it drives me insane (and obviously I want Remain to win, so I'm biased in wanting a second vote because of that too). And yeah, Remain's support has pretty much been on a consistent up since the referendum, even if only because the government are doing such a terrible job of cutting a deal.

You're absolutely right though, xenophobia and toxic views towards people and places that really don't deserve them is stupid and only going to cause us harm, especially when most of the people with those views are dead in a decade whilst I can't afford to feed my family. The EU outright saved most of the Northern cities in the UK after Thatcher, who didn't invest in them at all. My hometown is one of those places that wouldn't be half as great as it is now without EU funding, and to just take the funding, thrive on it and then tell the EU we don't want them anymore is abhorrent. I'm ashamed to be British right now, I really am.