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New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

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Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

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Post by rayiner »

anigbrowl wrote: post #86
zuzululu wrote: post #18

None of this should be surprising unless you've been just gobbling up whatever you heard through mainstream media. Britain is at a breaking point. There are existential questions to be asked: Is Britain British without British Bourgeoisie that have lived there for thousands of years with new arrivals that have no commmon culture or connection to the land? Can Japan be called Japan without Japanese that have lived the…

These questions aren't comparable. Japan had a crash modernization followed by a brief outburst of violent colonialism, which they thought was the style at the time but was actually in decline almost everywhere else. Britain had an empire that lasted hundreds of years, and whose greatest legacy is linguistic and temporal system dominance. Having spent centuries proclaiming itself to be the literal center of civilizat…

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Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

#92

Post by anigbrowl »

po1nt wrote: post #77
10xDev wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Japan never colonised India, Japan never colonised an African nation, Japan never colonised a Caribbean nation. Britain overnight cannot have a fresh start from its past, even the royals have ties to other nations. The England that was always English never existed and its history will always be rooted in the British empire (where the sun never set).

Well Britain didn't genocide the Chinese. And all the countries colonized by Britain are now better of then those that weren't. Look at ex-Rhodesia.

I'm not sure that creating mass addiction and collapsing the Chinese economy by forcibly industrializing and scaling up the opium trade was so much better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars

Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

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Post by delichon »

mrguyorama wrote: post #46
slashdev wrote: post #37

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That’s way too simplistic. Not all immigrants are good. Many cost society more than they contribute. The right kind of immigrants are good.

Paint me this picture of an immigrant who costs more than they contribute.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GRkMGTgX0AEFhVp.png

This is for Denmark.

https://inquisitivebird.substack.com/p/the-effects-of-immigr...

Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

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Post by gadders »

rayiner wrote: post #91
anigbrowl wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These questions aren't comparable. Japan had a crash modernization followed by a brief outburst of violent colonialism, which they thought was the style at the time but was actually in decline almost everywhere else. Britain had an empire that lasted hundreds of years, and whose greatest legacy is linguistic and temporal system dominance. Having spent centuries proclaiming itself to be the literal center of civilizat…

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Post by gadders »

10xDev wrote: post #89
gadders wrote: post #88

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I obviously hurt your feelings but thank you for the facts that clearly changes everything.

You didn't hurt my feelings. You came on here and boasted about how weak your country was.

Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

#96

Post by 10xDev »

anigbrowl wrote: post #86
zuzululu wrote: post #18

None of this should be surprising unless you've been just gobbling up whatever you heard through mainstream media. Britain is at a breaking point. There are existential questions to be asked: Is Britain British without British Bourgeoisie that have lived there for thousands of years with new arrivals that have no commmon culture or connection to the land? Can Japan be called Japan without Japanese that have lived the…

These questions aren't comparable. Japan had a crash modernization followed by a brief outburst of violent colonialism, which they thought was the style at the time but was actually in decline almost everywhere else. Britain had an empire that lasted hundreds of years, and whose greatest legacy is linguistic and temporal system dominance. Having spent centuries proclaiming itself to be the literal center of civilizat…

The comparisons between the two nations are always superficial. When you peel the layers of nonsense off, it is just white supremacy with a mediocre attempt at masking it.

Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

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Post by 10xDev »

gadders wrote: post #95
10xDev wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I obviously hurt your feelings but thank you for the facts that clearly changes everything.

You didn't hurt my feelings. You came on here and boasted about how weak your country was.

>You didn't hurt my feelings. You came on here and boasted about how weak your country was.

This is a very bizarre response. Don't mind if I screenshot this and write an email. Very strange behaviour.

Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

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Post by rayiner »

10xDev wrote: post #96
anigbrowl wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These questions aren't comparable. Japan had a crash modernization followed by a brief outburst of violent colonialism, which they thought was the style at the time but was actually in decline almost everywhere else. Britain had an empire that lasted hundreds of years, and whose greatest legacy is linguistic and temporal system dominance. Having spent centuries proclaiming itself to be the literal center of civilizat…

The comparisons between the two nations are always superficial. When you peel the layers of nonsense off, it is just white supremacy with a mediocre attempt at masking it.

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Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

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Post by 10xDev »

rayiner wrote: post #98
10xDev wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The comparisons between the two nations are always superficial. When you peel the layers of nonsense off, it is just white supremacy with a mediocre attempt at masking it.

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>if people don't want parts of London to resemble Delhi,

Well, there you have it. These people always shoot themselves in the foot.

The other guy thought I was Indian and told me about how "weak" it is only one response later as well. Interesting, I suppose Indians are currently the most socially acceptable to be racist towards.

Re: New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds

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Post by f33d5173 »

ceejayoz wrote: post #40
ptaffs wrote: post #25

At the time "polls" predicted a Remain win. Between the vote and the eventual Brexit along with protests, there was a government petition for a redo and a Remain optimism that a re-do would flip the result. For this poll to me meaningful, I would expect to see declining support for Reform. But the opposite is happening. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/revoke-artic...

A change of this magnitude probably should've been like an American constitutional amendment; a stricter requirement than 50%+1 vote.

What percentage of the vote was required to join the EU? The EU effectively constitutes a relinquishment of sovereignty, but that's not how it was sold to citizens, they were told that they could leave at any time.
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