• DragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Take Britain in Particular: what the hell has this country ever done for young people? Starting in 2010 Britain has been speedrunning throwing every all the things that made it worthwhile (and Britons were richer than Americans in 2007), and Brexit was a huge middle finger to young people. Turns out the big dream of UK ‘patriots’ is to replicate any random flyover red state in the US.

    IIRC, Britain under the Tories has just done what the US is doing: treating the young like second class citizens who’s opinions don’t matter and what do you know, the country looks and acts like a retirement home.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      5 months ago

      I think that if brexit was done by somebody like Corbyn, then it could’ve been a good thing. It could’ve allowed UK to do a lot of nationalization of the core industries and pass socialist policies that wouldn’t be allowed by the EU neoliberal policies. Unfortunately, it was done by ghouls who used it as an opportunity to do a massive wealth transfer to the top.

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          5 months ago

          Countries that are part of EU have to comply with EU regulations, and those have a significant impact on domestic economic policies.

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              5 months ago

              Sure, that would be a different way to exit, and probably a smarter one to be honest. Cause you could keep leveraging EU trade agreements until they cut you off, while flaunting the rules. That would make the transition a lot smoother than cutting yourself off the way UK did.