Cras wrote:
Cavey wrote:
I always find it fascinating to note how terrified the Left is of giving the people an actual, real say about stuff, as opposed to leaving such things to technocrats, men in grey suits (more pink berets needed?
). The Right just doesn't have this problem.
Politics, economics, and social policy are
difficult. An opinion isn't good enough when it comes to something so critical to the future of the nation. There is nothing more important than to ensure that the people making such an enormous decision know what it is they're evaluating and know what the potential ramifications would be. It is overwhelmingly clear that on both sides, the vast, vast majority of the populous is incapable of understanding a decision this momentous (and I include myself in that category). Delegating the responsibility for this decision to the general public is utterly irresponsible. More, delegating the decision to the fucking media is criminal.
Have a referendum on whether we should change the national anthem, or have a bank holiday for St George's day, by all means. Don't have a referendum about whether or not it's a good idea to bet on black or red with the entire future of the nation.
Nah, I'm not buying that. Yes, governance is difficult - democracy is difficult. Took thousands of years of human history to arrive at this point; dictatorships and the like are so much more convenient, no doubt.
This strikes me as ridiculously defeatist; you are, in effect, saying that the public are way, way too thick to even understand the basic pros and cons of being in the EU, and what - in basic, summary terms - would be the likely ramifications of staying or leaving. Well, I'm sorry, but this utterly patronising attitude of the
Left makes me want to vomit; people need to remember that MPs, civil servants, ministers serve the public, and are wholly accountable to the public.
This pessimism that people can't even be educated - this whole "can't do" attitude..? Somehow it's "irresponsible" to let people have a true, democratic say in their futures? I'm no Brexiter, but no wonder their campaign is gaining such traction, with sentiments like these. People are sick of this nonsense, and not just in the UK either.