UK "Brexit" Referendum

[emdude]

What a shocker. Public schools, colleges, and universities all train people to be favorable towards socialism, communism, and open borders.

You can thank the "social studies" departments for making it all possible.

Wow, ****AmericansSay from a Canadian.

He's not wrong.

Damn public school system, teaching kids to show compassion for one another and not be selfish.

Nothing wrong with teaching that -- what an absurd strawman on what I've said. When material is selectively taught so that people come out in full and open favour of open borders, high socialism, and even communism, one has to wonder what's going on there.

Compassion and selflessness are ideas embedded in the very fabric of Socialism and Communism, not the totalitarian "communism" of China or other authoritarian states, mind you.

If kids are taught to be in favor of open borders and whatnot, then good.  And while I agree that these ideas might not be economically or politically convenient at the moment, they should still be inspired to work towards such goals.

[Photekq]

Damn public school system, teaching kids to show compassion for one another and not be selfish.

Compassion is desirable in moderation. Too much of it is idiotic and dangerous.

[Tym]

Damn public school system, teaching kids to show compassion for one another and not be selfish.

Compassion is desirable in moderation. Too much of it is idiotic and dangerous.

Bet you voted out

[iri]

Damn public school system, teaching kids to show compassion for one another and not be selfish.

Compassion is desirable in moderation. Too much of it is idiotic and dangerous.

Bet you voted out

He's 18 already?

[Photekq]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

[emdude]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

And democracy too in excess can be idiotic and dangerous.  You are probably aware of the quote by your countryman Churchill..

Whether that will end up being the case here is yet to be seen!

[Photekq]

And democracy too in excess can be idiotic and dangerous.  You are probably aware of the quote by your countryman Churchill..

Perhaps, but I don't believe it can be anywhere near as damaging as too much compassion. I'm no fan of Winnie the Warmonger

[redbanshee]

Id like to thank all the people that voted out for tanking all my stocks this morning.... Over $5k hit, and what for? So they can **** over their (and everyones) economy? I dont get it. 

[fohat.digs]

When I was born, Truman, Stalin, and Churchill were considered to be the "leaders" of the world.

Yet it is ever more perplexing to me, by the day, how it is that "socialism" and "communism" which are, in theory, the most egalitarian and compassionate of social structures, ended up, as implemented by 20th-century humans, in the worst and most repressive and oppressive governmental structures in the world.

Clearly, it is the humans that are the problem, not the concepts.

[emdude]

Fortunately, with the way we treat the world and each other, we are but a war or cataclysmic event from solving that problem! 

[Tym]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

[iri]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

Didn't you vote UKIP yourself?

[Tym]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

Didn't you vote UKIP yourself?

I did, but not for out of Europe, just because I didn't want to vote for tories or labour (nevermind lib dems) and was always going to vote remain in the referendum

[iri]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

Didn't you vote UKIP yourself?

I did

Of course you did. I used to get UKIP brochures saying "Tym from England wants you out".

It's ****ing sad when UKIP is the lesser evil.

[rowdy]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

Didn't you vote UKIP yourself?

I did

Of course you did. I used to get UKIP brochures saying "Tym from England wants you out".

It's ****ing sad when UKIP is the lesser evil.

Isn't that true of most elections?

It's a choice between the party you don't want to get in power and the party you really don't want to get in power.

[chuckdee]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

Didn't you vote UKIP yourself?

I did

Of course you did. I used to get UKIP brochures saying "Tym from England wants you out".

It's ****ing sad when UKIP is the lesser evil.

Isn't that true of most elections?

It's a choice between the party you don't want to get in power and the party you really don't want to get in power.

And Cthulhu.  Never forget the Elder God.  Why vote for the lesser evil?

[rowdy]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

Didn't you vote UKIP yourself?

I did

Of course you did. I used to get UKIP brochures saying "Tym from England wants you out".

It's ****ing sad when UKIP is the lesser evil.

Isn't that true of most elections?

It's a choice between the party you don't want to get in power and the party you really don't want to get in power.

And Cthulhu.  Never forget the Elder God.  Why vote for the lesser evil?

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[JaccoW]

Id like to thank all the people that voted out for tanking all my stocks this morning.... Over $5k hit, and what for? So they can **** over their (and everyones) economy? I dont get it. 

Best time to buy extra stock right now.

[chyros]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

Didn't you vote UKIP yourself?

I did

Of course you did. I used to get UKIP brochures saying "Tym from England wants you out".

It's ****ing sad when UKIP is the lesser evil.

Isn't that true of most elections?

It's a choice between the party you don't want to get in power and the party you really don't want to get in power.

And Cthulhu.  Never forget the Elder God.  Why vote for the lesser evil?

I think I'd rather see Cthulhu in power than Nigel Farage as happy as he was when the referendum results came out. Cthulhu Fhtagn!

[swimmingbird]

This is by far the most stupid ****ing **** I've seen this year

This is why stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote


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[Spopepro]

Bet you voted out

Of course I did! After all, I do love democracy.

You noodle... Utter noodle

Didn't you vote UKIP yourself?

I did, but not for out of Europe, just because I didn't want to vote for tories or labour (nevermind lib dems) and was always going to vote remain in the referendum

But those letters... They stand for...

My head hurts.

[Lord of Narwhals]

Yet it is ever more perplexing to me, by the day, how it is that "socialism" and "communism" which are, in theory, the most egalitarian and compassionate of social structures, ended up, as implemented by 20th-century humans, in the worst and most repressive and oppressive governmental structures in the world.

Clearly, it is the humans that are the problem, not the concepts.

It's worth noting that Lenin really didn't want Stalin to take over.

"Stalin is too coarse and this defect, although quite tolerable in our midst and in dealing among us Communists, becomes intolerable in a Secretary-General. That is why I suggest that the comrades think about a way of removing Stalin from that post and appointing another man in his stead who in all other respects differs from Comrade Stalin in having only one advantage, namely, that of being more tolerant, more loyal, more polite and more considerate to the comrades, less capricious, etc. This circumstance may appear to be a negligible detail. But I think that from the standpoint of safeguards against a split and from the standpoint of what I wrote above about the relationship between Stalin and Trotsky it is not a [minor] detail, but it is a detail which can assume decisive importance." - Vladimir Lenin

From Lenin's Testament.

Now for some more on-topic notes:

The Brexit referendum is one of the best examples of why direct democracy tends to be pretty useless.
"We have this hugely important and complicated thing. Let's have the people decide what we do with it!"   smh
Complicated matters such as the EU should be decided by people who actually know what the EU is and does. It just becomes depressingly obvious that people had no idea what the ****  they voted about when Wales, a country so poor that it receives over £500 million a year from the EU, voted leave. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
In the end people are irrational and thus tend to vote with their feelings instead of with their brains. Complicated matters such as this one should be decided by experts (who've been appointed by a representative democracy).

People voted leave for mainly two reasons: nationalism (which is highly overrated) and xenophobia/racism.
This was a win for Farage and all the other UKIP ****s. And now right wing populists across Europe will use this to try to get their countries to leave the EU, it didn't take long for Wilders to suggest a Dutch referendum.


David Cameron, unificator of Ireland, abandoner of Gibraltar, liberator of Scots.

And whilst I'm really not a fan of Cameron he can't possibly be anywhere near as bad as Boris Johnson.

[Photekq]

This is why stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote

The number of times I've seen kids on social media say this...

Would you like to impose rules on who can vote, aside from voting age of course? Perhaps imposing a minimum level of education or level of intelligence would be a good idea. What do you think? Hmm.. but surely by correlation that would result mostly in less working class people and minorities being able to vote.

Honestly, saying that "these people shouldn't be able to vote" is as bad as it gets; you are saying that people who don't share your worldview should have no say in the affairs of the country or the world. Most of the people who I've seen saying this are the same people who call UKIP, Leave campaign fascists and racists. It's hypocritical. Sad!

[Lord of Narwhals]

... same people who call UKIP, Leave campaign fascists and racists. It's hypocritical. Sad!

Not everyone who voted leave is a racist, but everyone who is a racist voted leave.

And I still don't get how people can defend UKIP. They're an inherently racist party, there's absolutely no doubt about it.
Nigel Farage wants to abolish racial discrimination laws ffs! How more obvious can it get?

Mr Farage said it is “ludicrous” that employers cannot discriminate between Britons and someone from overseas.
And when asked if he would retain a ban on discrimination on the grounds of race or colour, he said: "No... because we take the view, we are colour-blind. We as a party are colour-blind."

[Volucris]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

[Spopepro]

This is why stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote

The number of times I've seen kids on social media say this...

Would you like to impose rules on who can vote, aside from voting age of course? Perhaps imposing a minimum level of education or level of intelligence would be a good idea. What do you think? Hmm.. but surely by correlation that would result mostly in less working class people and minorities being able to vote.

Honestly, saying that "these people shouldn't be able to vote" is as bad as it gets; you are saying that people who don't share your worldview should have no say in the affairs of the country or the world. Most of the people who I've seen saying this are the same people who call UKIP, Leave campaign fascists and racists. It's hypocritical. Sad!

I do think the Britain First crowd are racists, and I also think they have the right to participate in their government. Photekq and I are diametrically opposed in ideology, but I absolutely agree that whinging about how democracy doesn't work when you don't get the outcome you wanted is crap.

[demik]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

lol

Road signs.

[dante]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

In my neck of the woods (Suburbia Chicago) the number of Muslim immigrants has noticeably gone up.  Some days I feel like a stranger in my own town.

I'm not against people seeking a better life - I'm just wondering what the tipping point is going to be when people start demanding Sharia law.

[Lord of Narwhals]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

The fear mongering regarding immigration in Europe is ****ing ridiculous.
Let's look at the numbers.
Last year the net migration from non-EU countries to the UK was 188,000. That's a whopping 0.29% of the population. To claim that this is the UK's biggest problem right now and something that must be stopped is ****ing laughable and a depressing victory for the EDL.

[SpAmRaY]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

In my neck of the woods (Suburbia Chicago) the number of Muslim immigrants has noticeably gone up.  Some days I feel like a stranger in my own town.

I'm not against people seeking a better life - I'm just wondering what the tipping point is going to be when people start demanding Sharia law.

My farmer friends in Illinois tell me goat prices have went way up while cow prices are down, maybe it's muslims...maybe its not....

[Tym]

Id like to thank all the people that voted out for tanking all my stocks this morning.... Over $5k hit, and what for? So they can **** over their (and everyones) economy? I dont get it. 

Best time to buy extra stock right now.

Don't worry I've lost 5x that  ) Good times

[demik]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

In my neck of the woods (Suburbia Chicago) the number of Muslim immigrants has noticeably gone up.  Some days I feel like a stranger in my own town.

I'm not against people seeking a better life - I'm just wondering what the tipping point is going to be when people start demanding Sharia law.

My farmer friends in Illinois tell me goat prices have went way up while cow prices are down, maybe it's muslims...maybe its not....

I officially have cancer because I read this.

[SpAmRaY]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

In my neck of the woods (Suburbia Chicago) the number of Muslim immigrants has noticeably gone up.  Some days I feel like a stranger in my own town.

I'm not against people seeking a better life - I'm just wondering what the tipping point is going to be when people start demanding Sharia law.

My farmer friends in Illinois tell me goat prices have went way up while cow prices are down, maybe it's muslims...maybe its not....

I officially have cancer because I read this.

Being in California your going to get it one way or the other...

P.S.: And to clarify I literally had a farmer tell me yesterday goats prices were up due to muslims this all started because the people I was with were discussing Haitian cooking and the farmer butted in. I have no say in the matter as I don't personally have a desire to own any goats or do anything else with them.

[Waateva]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

In my neck of the woods (Suburbia Chicago) the number of Muslim immigrants has noticeably gone up.  Some days I feel like a stranger in my own town.

I'm not against people seeking a better life - I'm just wondering what the tipping point is going to be when people start demanding Sharia law.

My farmer friends in Illinois tell me goat prices have went way up while cow prices are down, maybe it's muslims...maybe its not....

I officially have cancer because I read this.

Ass cancer?

[fohat.digs]

I don't personally have a desire to own any goats or do anything else with them.

I am surprised. Goat is not easy to cook but can be excellent.

[SpAmRaY]

I don't personally have a desire to own any goats or do anything else with them.

I am surprised. Goat is not easy to cook but can be excellent.

We've got the dogs, cats and currently chickens, we've had rabbits in the past I'm just not good with raising animals so I let the neighbors do it and when they ask if we want some pork or beef I buy in. I probably wouldn't turn down trying out some cooked goat I just have zero desire to raise them or buy them etc.

[tp4tissue]

Time to reopen my forex account..

[dante]

Time to reopen my forex account..

Are you going to invest in goats?

[tp4tissue]

Time to reopen my forex account..

Are you going to invest in goats?

Secret....

[henz]

Tp buys ramen stock

[tp4tissue]

Tp buys ramen stock

No, i already ate my own supply... 

[demik]

Tp buys ramen stock

No, i already ate my own supply... 

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You'd be a terrible drug dealer.

Literally one of the rules in the ten crack commandments.

Never get high on your own supply.

[tp4tissue]

Tp buys ramen stock

No, i already ate my own supply... 

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You'd be a terrible drug dealer.

Literally one of the rules in the ten crack commandments.

Never get high on your own supply.

Tp4 Straight Edge.. 

[iri]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

You are right. Scary brown people are taking over. Send help!

[Volucris]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

You are right. Scary brown people are taking over. Send help!

Islam is incompatible with modern society. Nothing about brown people, it's about a religious invasion which will not assimilate. Religion is not a race.

[Waateva]

Sure, the economy is a bit broken for a few years, but in the end the UK will have more control over immigration so that road signs in 5 years are not dual language for English and Arabic.

You are right. Scary brown people are taking over. Send help!

Islam is incompatible with modern society. Nothing about brown people, it's about a religious invasion which will not assimilate. Religion is not a race.

So you're saying the 2nd largest religion in the world is incompatible with modern society?  Never seen someone just write off almost 1/4 of the world's population as "incompatible" so quickly, quite classy.

[swimmingbird]

This is why stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote

The number of times I've seen kids on social media say this...

Would you like to impose rules on who can vote, aside from voting age of course? Perhaps imposing a minimum level of education or level of intelligence would be a good idea. What do you think? Hmm.. but surely by correlation that would result mostly in less working class people and minorities being able to vote.

Honestly, saying that "these people shouldn't be able to vote" is as bad as it gets; you are saying that people who don't share your worldview should have no say in the affairs of the country or the world. Most of the people who I've seen saying this are the same people who call UKIP, Leave campaign fascists and racists. It's hypocritical. Sad!

Hey we trust most decisions to a meritocracy I don't see how this is some huge step towards the oppression of some groups

Hell just give poeple that have post graduate degrees 2 votes instead of 1

Give teachers and nurses 3 votes instead of 1

done

[billnye]

This is why stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote

The number of times I've seen kids on social media say this...

Would you like to impose rules on who can vote, aside from voting age of course? Perhaps imposing a minimum level of education or level of intelligence would be a good idea. What do you think? Hmm.. but surely by correlation that would result mostly in less working class people and minorities being able to vote.

Honestly, saying that "these people shouldn't be able to vote" is as bad as it gets; you are saying that people who don't share your worldview should have no say in the affairs of the country or the world. Most of the people who I've seen saying this are the same people who call UKIP, Leave campaign fascists and racists. It's hypocritical. Sad!

Hey we trust most decisions to a meritocracy I don't see how this is some huge step towards the oppression of some groups

Hell just give poeple that have post graduate degrees 2 votes instead of 1

Give teachers and nurses 3 votes instead of 1

done

[swimmingbird]

This is why stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote

The number of times I've seen kids on social media say this...

Would you like to impose rules on who can vote, aside from voting age of course? Perhaps imposing a minimum level of education or level of intelligence would be a good idea. What do you think? Hmm.. but surely by correlation that would result mostly in less working class people and minorities being able to vote.

Honestly, saying that "these people shouldn't be able to vote" is as bad as it gets; you are saying that people who don't share your worldview should have no say in the affairs of the country or the world. Most of the people who I've seen saying this are the same people who call UKIP, Leave campaign fascists and racists. It's hypocritical. Sad!

Hey we trust most decisions to a meritocracy I don't see how this is some huge step towards the oppression of some groups

Hell just give poeple that have post graduate degrees 2 votes instead of 1

Give teachers and nurses 3 votes instead of 1

done

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Can you please put an HHKB in for accuracy


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[GenKaan]

On one hand Im happy people get to decide things instead of lobby groups, on the other Im sad that the majority value nationalism over everything else
My understanding is that the major reason why they would leave was to get more control over laws and regulations. Something that is at best half true since they will still be forced to follow EU trade laws, while losing all influence over them

Its going to be interesting to see how EU will try to **** England, because just letting them leave I assume is not an option because then more countries will leave