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Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
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I can't help but feel like all I've been hearing from Brexiteers since day 1 is regret - almost like this whole affair was a bad idea drummed up by fashies who wanted away from EU accountability.
But the problem is that regret doesn't do shit to fix anything. By the time consequences show up, it's too late.
So why can't these people evaluate consequences before it smacks them in the face? Why can't they make sure they know what they're actually voting for before they vote?
Because humans are emotional animals that possess the ability to learn rationality, but they chose to not use that ability.
That's true, but it's also important to recognize that when you have a broken system, the average person has to work extra hard to make themselves informed. So obviously each individual voter who made a bad decision, yeah they f***** up, but they were helped along on that journey.
Of course for some it's much harder to choose than for others :) I didn't want to write an essay.
Because propaganda works. It's that simple.
The catch is, it only works in one direction.
Several Leave voter's I know said they voted that way for "change" or to "shake things up", not out of any particular or more definable political reason. I think it's part of the broader disillusionment with politics, or politics at usual, that's become so pervasive.
They don't evaluate the potential consequences because they don't trust the establishment explaining them. They'd rather roll the dice on the unknown, because all they think they do know is the current normality hasn't been working for them.