Maybe I'm missing something, but can anyone explain to me how Britain leaving the European Union is a bad thing?
How is it "bad" for a nation to assert its sovereignty?
How is it "bad" to put an end to laws affecting a nation's citizens being written by people who are not citizens of that nation?
Last I heard, somewhere in the neighborhood of 80% of laws governing the Brits are written OUTSIDE OF BRITAIN. That's akin to Canada and Mexico writing U.S law. I don't know what anyone else thinks, but I'm pretty sure I'd rather the U.S. write U.S. law.
So far, the analyses I've been hearing about this historic vote have all been placing the "blame" for Britain's exit from the EU squarely on the older voters, particularly those over 50. They voted overwhelmingly for exiting.
Some talking heads have said they voted for the exit because they won't have to face the consequences. They'll be dead before the consequences reach their fullest. In other words, they were being selfish.
I have a different take on it. Perhaps the elder voters were doing what they could to protect the nation as best they knew how. Just maybe - and this is just a shot in the dark - they understand better than the younger voters (under 39 voters voted overwhelmingly in favor of staying in the EU) that a nation not governed by those with its best interests at heart isn't much of a nation. It's entirely likely that they didn't see a British future worth looking at and rejected that future.
Maybe, just maybe, our elders actually know what they're talking about.
Perhaps we should start listening to what they have to say. ~ Hunter
