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The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

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Re: The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

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Do you disagree there's a big implication here? Normally I'd agree with you.

I do; my suspicion is that it's people who didn't vote, trying to figure out what will happen in the near future.

Just FYI, participation was above 70%. ("The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than 30 million people voting. It was the highest turnout in a UK-wide vote since the 1992 general election" - BBC)

It's pretty safe to bet that a lot of those searches were from people who voted.

Re: The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

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Swiss culture is very small-c conservative, with heavy value on making rational, pragmatic decisions. It is no surprise that they have a system which reflects that, and performs well for that population.

Very conservative and paternalistic. Swiss women only got the right to vote in 1971. Is that indicative of a rational population?

Rational, democratic process can be conservative and slow to adapt.
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