Quote:
“y way of a gloomy seasonal party game, try this. Take the proverbial back of a cereal box, divide it into six rectangles, and on each one, write a supposed cause of the political turbulence now gripping the west: “the financial crash of 2008”, “inequality”, “racism and xenophobia”, “Tony Blair, basically”, and all the rest. Then get out the gin, maybe put on a Radiohead album, and enjoy hours of doom-laden conversational fun. Were I daft enough to play the game myself, on one rectangle, I think I’d write an explanation so far barely mentioned in the acres of coverage of 2016’s chaos, but one right at the heart of it all: “Ever-increasing complexity, and the diminishing returns it now creates.” It’s not the snappiest conversation starter, I know. But if you’re looking for a grand catch-all theory that ties together Donald Trump, Brexit, and the general sense of a world spinning into chaos, it might not be a bad place to begin.”
“y way of a gloomy seasonal party game, try this. Take the proverbial back of a cereal box, divide it into six rectangles, and on each one, write a supposed cause of the political turbulence now gripping the west: “the financial crash of 2008”, “inequality”, “racism and xenophobia”, “Tony Blair, basically”, and all the rest. Then get out the gin, maybe put on a Radiohead album, and enjoy hours of doom-laden conversational fun. Were I daft enough to play the game myself, on one rectangle, I think I’d write an explanation so far barely mentioned in the acres of coverage of 2016’s chaos, but one right at the heart of it all: “Ever-increasing complexity, and the diminishing returns it now creates.” It’s not the snappiest conversation starter, I know. But if you’re looking for a grand catch-all theory that ties together Donald Trump, Brexit, and the general sense of a world spinning into chaos, it might not be a bad place to begin.”
SOURCE: The Guardian
In other words the unedicated common people don't understand the world as its too complicated for their silly little minds.
It really annoys me how the liberal metropolitan elite continually laud it over the rest of us because we apparently can't engage in an "educated debate". It frustrates me even more when they refer to those without a University education as "uneducated", when in fact they are probably just as if they have worked all their lives.
Why continually denigrate those who didn't vote the way you wanted them to?
Why continually play the game like they have been lied to?
Why continually disrespect those who exercised their right in an open, free and democratic process?
The mind boggles!
The only lessons to learn from Brexit and Trump is that people were unhappy with the status quo and wanted substantial change. The ignored got off their arses and spoke, yet the elite have had it good for so long they don't like it one iota. Why is the debate still about the capability of the voter, rather than about the kind of Brexit we hope to achieve?
People like me are pissed off being ignored, told to shut up because we are bigots, fascists, xenophobes, racists and misogynsts. The stupidity of the metropolitan elite thought the they could shut down debate by shouting down those who didn't agree with them.....the only thing it did do was push it underground. Kicking and screaming made no difference, and now that same elite doesn't have a bloody clue how to mount a comeback to the actions of the silent majority.
