Many people think that there are good socio-political arrangements and there are bad ones. I think this is a convenient but dangerous oversimplification. Any arrangement of power has something bad in it. The question is whether the benefits outweight the costs. And that one changes with time.
So instead of good or bad socio-political arrangements, we have current / productive and outdated / dysfunctional ones.
2016/07/14
Brexit does not have the Way
It is an intrigueing feature of human nature that we have such penetrating wisdom and clarity of mind when it comes to realizing the mistakes of others, while our mental faculties are clouded when it comes to admitting our owns.
A great majority of Europeans see it with profound clarity that the English made a very stupid decision when they choose national sovereignty over the EU. Most of these people, who instinctively recognize the irrelevance of national sovereingty in the 21th century when we are talking about the UK, would be hard pressed to admit the same thing about out their own nation.
That's why we should try to remember. Remember how obvious it is to us that the English are stupid when they voted to leave the EU. Remember how blatantly the Leave campaing had to lie to convince those fools to vote their way.
A great majority of Europeans see it with profound clarity that the English made a very stupid decision when they choose national sovereignty over the EU. Most of these people, who instinctively recognize the irrelevance of national sovereingty in the 21th century when we are talking about the UK, would be hard pressed to admit the same thing about out their own nation.
That's why we should try to remember. Remember how obvious it is to us that the English are stupid when they voted to leave the EU. Remember how blatantly the Leave campaing had to lie to convince those fools to vote their way.
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