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what even is that supposed to mean?
An end to the status quo, which a great number of people were fucked off by.
Not that cutting your own leg off is a great end to the feeling of 'same shit, every day', but hey, it was something that shook things up a bit!
I suspect the SQ can never compete with the endless possibilities of something new, even if a large number of those possibilities end with dear voter picking through the rouble of a radioactive wasteland, a la Threads.
tl;dr referendums are fucking stupid.
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I don't think you're wrong, clearly that is the case for a lot of people. But logically speaking, why is that so?
Considering that the quickest way of angering a large number of people in the UK is to raise the price of a Greggs sausage roll by 20p, or to raise parking charges, one would think that something potentially having a direct impact on the price of goods, and their salaries, would be extremely relatable. Whereas 'taking back control' - what even is that supposed to mean? 'Controlling our borders' - the UK doesn't even have a border like the southern US one where you have a large number of people trying to get through every day, so who exactly is feeling so directly impacted by this that the importance of the economy pales in comparison?
I think a possible answer to that is that to a lot of people, 'the economy' is a bunch of large companies that have been shown to do very well almost regardless of what is going on otherwise, and that don't pay taxes properly etc. Meaning that if you warn people about an impact on the economy, they might not really make the connection to themselves at all - and most (including myself) couldn't care less whether Starbucks makes a few million less in profits next year.