17 million voters of 60 something million voted for it. The other quarter or so of the population that voted, voted Remain. And on the basis of that quarter of the population that voted, we left. It’s ridiculous, embarrassing, stupid as shooting yourself in the foot.
It’s even darker than that - a lot of the leave votes were elderly folks who voted how their newspapers told them to (daily fail was a big “LEAVE” proponent).
Those people are, mostly, dead or trapped in the later stages of dementia now.
I’m not defending that way of thinking, it just seems to be what often happens.
As an example, it took a lot of work to limit secondhand smoking in my country. I remember in the 90’s when cars and houses were sometimes thick with smoke, even with kids present, and even though people already knew the risks of secondhand smoking. People thought it was bullshit that they weren’t allowed to smoke inside bars and restaurants, on the train or while waiting for public transport. Everyone knew that it was wrong to subject other people to secondhand smoke but to a lot of people it was just the way of life, and therefore right.
I can’t even remember the last time I saw someone smoke in public, and I think most people would consider it unacceptable to smoke around children, but it has taken decades to get to this point.
uh, because it was a referendum of the people and 17 million xenophobic idiots voted for it.
17 million voters of 60 something million voted for it. The other quarter or so of the population that voted, voted Remain. And on the basis of that quarter of the population that voted, we left. It’s ridiculous, embarrassing, stupid as shooting yourself in the foot.
It’s even darker than that - a lot of the leave votes were elderly folks who voted how their newspapers told them to (daily fail was a big “LEAVE” proponent).
Those people are, mostly, dead or trapped in the later stages of dementia now.
If enough people do something wrong, it becomes right.
Eat more shit, billions of flies can’t be wrong!
That sounds like some justification right out of the Nuremberg trial.
I’m not defending that way of thinking, it just seems to be what often happens.
As an example, it took a lot of work to limit secondhand smoking in my country. I remember in the 90’s when cars and houses were sometimes thick with smoke, even with kids present, and even though people already knew the risks of secondhand smoking. People thought it was bullshit that they weren’t allowed to smoke inside bars and restaurants, on the train or while waiting for public transport. Everyone knew that it was wrong to subject other people to secondhand smoke but to a lot of people it was just the way of life, and therefore right.
I can’t even remember the last time I saw someone smoke in public, and I think most people would consider it unacceptable to smoke around children, but it has taken decades to get to this point.
True, but also the dimwits who didn’t vote at all only discovered their moral superiority the day AFTER the vote.