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One of the failings of cosmopolitanism is the 'bleeding-heart liberal' assumption that everyone who voted Brexit did so out of some deep economic suffering and dislocation.
Can someone explain to me how the English thugs who took it upon themselves to smash up Marseille whilst chanting 'Fuck of Europe, we're all voting out' paid for their flights, match tickets, accommodation, skinful of lager and Stone Island clobber?
I'm just putting it out there that maybe most of the people who voted Brexit don't really have it that tough - they did it for reasons of cultural nationalism. We 'liberal metropolitan elite' are all desperate to avoid that conclusion though.
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It's not really my field, but the philosophy of cosmopolitanism is worth reflecting on in this discussion.
(although I consider myself a philosophical cosmopolitan).