Comments | anne_arthur: Death of a Russian doll.

anne_arthur

Death of a Russian doll.

Jul 24, 2016 20:00

I haven't posted on here for ages - I haven't even logged on for ages. Sorry. This is more of an attempt to post for the sake of posting than anything - that, and, I hope, something of an exorcism ( Read more... )

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mary_j_59 July 30 2016, 15:00:05 UTC

I was utterly shocked by the results of this vote, and am now worried for the future. Like you, as a "Trek" fan, I never saw unity as a drawback, nor a possible one-world government as evil. The rise of nationalism combined with a very toxic racism in both our countries is horribly worrying. I do hope everything will be all right.

Anyway, excellent post. I'm thinking a united Ireland might be a positive result of this vote, and I'm also pleased to see the strong support for Jeremy Corbyn. Many of us Bernie supporters are turning to Jill Stein of the Green party, who also offers a humane vision.

But the world does seem a horrible mess. I hope you and yours are okay and that things will get better. Two friends from England came to see me at the library last week, and they told me many of the "leave" votes were based on a lying campaign, and that there's a lot of "voter's remorse", as it were. They also said it was a reaction against the very hurtful and wrong-headed austerity campaign.

anne_arthur July 30 2016, 23:18:12 UTC

Thank you! I'm not sure how much 'voter's remorse' there is - it's a such subjective thing. There are plenty of stories, but then 'Leave' voters counter with people they knew who voted remain and now regret it, so who knows? I thought the lies on the leave side were quite egregious. There was a lot of suggestion that Turkey would be fast-tracked into EU membership, thus opening the door to Europe not only to Turks but to Syrian and Iraqi refugees as well - that was one that particularly annoyed me. And the famous £350 million that could be spent on the NHS, which continued to be used even after it was shown to be false. More worrying still, for me, was the contempt for 'experts' - they were (obviously) 'elite' and as such, clearly in the pay of all sorts of shady people or groups determined to trample on the 'little man' - so only information coming from those clearly on your side should be trusted. This does seem to be part of a very disturbing trend that the internet has fostered ( ... )