The Hypocritical Elites Deserved Brexit

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PJ Media:

British voters have given a glorious poke in the eye to the vast, amorphous, and seemingly all-powerful entity variously described as “the establishment,” the “elites,” and the “political class.” UK politics is in turmoil following the historic vote to leave the European Union.

 

The Conservative Party is looking for a new leader -- and prime minister -- to replace David Cameron; the presumed favorite Boris Johnson, the Brexit leader and former London mayor, is already out of the running. The Labour Party is desperately trying to get rid of its own leader. On July 4, Nigel Farage -- who as the leader of UKIP changed the face of British politics and almost singlehandedly forced Cameron to hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the EU -- stood down. He told party supporters:

 

I now feel that I have done my bit.

 

Much has been written in recent years about the growing divisions within Western societies between the rulers and the ruled, and the simmering resentment of ordinary people. Those divisions, and this resentment, have been on display in a number of countries. In Europe, the phenomenon has manifested in the protests against “austerity” being imposed on southern eurozone nations such as Greece and Italy, and the growing popularity of parties of the far-left and far-right. In the U.S., it began with the emergence of the Tea Party, followed by the Occupy movement, and the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

 

In the UK, it contributed to the rise of Farage’s UKIP amid growing discontent with the European Union. In particular, anger was fueled by the hardships imposed on working-class Britons as a result of mass immigration; this was the result of EU policy regarding free movement of citizens between member countries.

 

While these disparate movements disagree on much -- Occupy and Sanders are mostly preoccupied with class warfare; they see centralized government as the solution rather than the problem -- they all share a belief that the system is increasingly rigged against ordinary people.

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