EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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freddo
If I understand things correctly, Brexit voters together are made up of at least 4 different groups:
1. Far right types motivated by anti Islamic sentiments
2. Wealthy aristocratic types (and aspirational aristocrats) wanting to take the U.K. back to feudalism, concentrating power
3. Retirees who are no longer in the economy and don’t need to think about their future income
4. The disenfranchised non-Londoners who have few skills and are at greatest risk from freedom of movement.
Did I miss anyone? Which ones are really motivated by racism?

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JWestland in reply to @freddo
1 directly, in theory you can be anti-islam and not racist, but in practise the overlap seems very small
2 not directly but usually utterly blinded by privilege and some will be xenophobic (furrins know your place!)
some of 3 (again maybe not directly they are just being scared to believe the UK will be overrun by imaginary hordes).

Racism is rarely overt, so the stereotype of open racists (maybe 10%) does not further discussion much, as there are many more that "want control" and are sorta ok with the hostile environment, as they still vote Tory. The result is the same.
1. Lexit voters that disagree (rightly) with some stuff the EU has done and think Brexit will deliver a socialist utopia in the UK

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