evilgenius wrote:I hope this doesn't amount to the first salvos, the philosophical ones, fired in the next world war. The entire concept of the EU was created with avoiding such a war in mind. It might be ironic, based upon how targeted they were in the last war, that the British are the ones putting the first slivers into the union, but maybe not after all. Many in Britain still hold a lot of animosity toward the French, choosing to see them in the historical context of the Napoleonic wars rather than dealing with the current iteration. Germany is viewed somewhat similarly, by those same people.
The best thing that could happen right now, for the future of Europe, would be for Corbyn to suddenly resign.
I know this site tends to love epic doom stories and all, but somehow I can envision a LOT of scenarios between Brexit and World War III. I know the US is moving toward pot being legal, but maybe easing up on the "doomer fantasy bong" just a bit would make some sense.
I'm still hoping that as little progress is made toward a good solution, that in desperation, they'll allow another refererendum -- this time with many voters having a much better picture of many of the issues involved. Unpopular as that might be with certain Brits, it seems far better than "blowing up" Britian economically (metaphorically), and perhaps leading to a partial or full collapse of the EU as well, in time. (Even that being FAR SHORT of WW III, BTW).
Of course, another way this could end up going is to get some kind of agreement/compromise from the EU re the extent and rules for dealing with immigration. But of course, that would imply working together, so I don't hold out a lot of hope for that.
Given the track record of the perma-doomer blogs, I wouldn't bet a fast crash doomer's money on their predictions.