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I don't think we're that desperate. However, the economic suffering and dislocation is a far easier and more palatable to deal with than cultural nationalism. If we go out and lift people up to a better standard of living then we get to play out an internal version of the white saviour trope. If we go out and try to tackle ignorance, ingrained racism and bigotry then we're just getting into a knife fight in a phone box.
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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.