06-23-2016, 10:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-23-2016, 11:01 PM by Eric the Green.)
(06-23-2016, 09:06 PM)Dan 82 Wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/...live-maps/
Looks like "leave" has a decent chance of winning, in area where the results have come in leave is doing much better than expected.
Yes; unfortunate. A boost for folks like Anthony, Classic Xer and Cynic Hero. I'm sure we'll hear from them here, trumpeting the Brits and Trump. Down with globalism; down with immigration. Blame the Muslims for everything. Deregulation. Trump is not out; fear is a big motivator for older voters. They turn out better. I have predicted that nationalism could see a resurgence in the next couple of decades. But these fearful folks can't turn back the tide in the long run. We are one species and we live on one shrinking planet.
We humans are still fools. In 1810 the romantics concluded that humanity is not yet capable of liberty, as Kenneth Clark reported. We are still not much further forward. In 2014 the Americans voted to let the lunatics take over congress. Democracy is certainly no guarantee against stupidity in government. Even in Britain. Not that royalty is any better, or the military rule that Cynic Hero wants. And assassination is still as much a campaign tactic now as it was in Caesar's time.