Miscellaneous Thread V

New York's not in Canada.


Just so you know.

The working class who complain that immigrants are taking their jobs?

Tell me about it.

No you're just making a red herring of my analogy. What's eating alone and transport got to do with it? And lol at claiming you shredding it.

No democracy is about people having a say on who represent them. Go and have a look at the definition. No one has ever campaigned for people to have a say in every single decision because people realise that it is absolutely stupid and very unpragmatic

They'll be the first to moan when their benefits are cut

I find with the referendum there's a definite class divide.

The working classes who've had more first hand exposure to immigration, e.g competition for unskilled minimum wage jobs, lack of affordable housing are going to feel differently to people like us who've been to uni, work in white collar jobs and are saving for a house deposit. They aren't going to care about savings, pensions, house prices etc falling in value off the back of Sterling's high volatility because they won't have any of those things. They're going to look at what's going on and think "what has the EU done for me?"

Really pisses me off when people say the EU is a dictatorship that's unelected etc when we have an unelected second chamber, a Parliament that isn't representative of the people it supposedly represents, and soon to have a Prime Minister/Cabinet with no mandate to govern. We've effectively had our future decided by a load of uneducated idiots who've been fed a pack of lies.

Don't even get me started on the impact this'll have on the city. I'm due to be made redundant in October and i'm absolutely *****ing it now. How am I ever going to find a job in the financial sector when we'll almost certainly be entering recession?

but no point crying over spilt milk.

Unless you're in finance or business

The number of people I know who didn't even vote is painful tbh. Was so easy can't see why or how you could have just not bothered. I was in and out () in about 5 mins.

If they don't have an informed opinion then perhaps better to have not voted. Bit of gamble otherwise.

What makes it worse is that people actually sided with the likes of Boris Johnson and Katie Hopkins.

Most of them wanted to vote Remain that I aware, and are now annoyed at the result. I still think people voting informed or otherwise is a good thing, its gives politicians every reason to connect with the electorate and be inclusive.

That being a good thing would be dependant on Remain being the long term correct decision.
I see your argument, but with the these campaigns become less about sincere connections with the electorate and more just efficient, effective methods to convince people to vote for you- with tools such as fear mongering and propaganda.