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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was an incredibly stupid idea pushed by foreign propaganda and complete morons. So, it seems this is one example of what happens when people do something incredibly stupid.

[–] danielbln 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also a cautionary tale about the effectiveness of external destabilization efforts.

[–] Tar_alcaran 72 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dont underestimate the role straight up racism played in the brexit vote. It wasn't just foreign propaganda, and much of the propaganda was enabled by racism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It was interesting, as a non-European, to see the explosion of anti-Eastern European racism that happened in the UK in the lead-up to and after the Brexit vote.

There were a bunch of anti-Polish posters and incidents of harassment and violence that occurred about the time period. Being anti-Polish in particular, at least for somewhere like the UK, seems so bizarre to me.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

And too much natioalism.