I'm not saying you're wrong, just that people should know better. I had to leave my home country due to something similar. But an electorate who believes without any critical thinking every lie they hear on the media will make this sort of mistake again sooner rather than later.
Of course the leave campaign lied and deceived. All politicians lie! People have a responsibility to learn the facts before they vote.
no, we have a responisibility to hold the people in power to account for their actions. We have the ability and the power to force changes to the rules of campaigning (of which there are police investigations happening regarding the torys breaking the election money rules) and we should use them to force campaigns to run cleaner with facts than this shambles.
"all politicians lie!" does that make it ok? cause "everybody does it!"? or does it mean we need to force them to get a fucking grip and stop being like that?
I couldn't agree more. Now how do we hold them responsible when the entire government is corrupt from the floor up? I wish I could see an option not involving blood and tears, but sadly I don't see it. And people in Western societies are too comfy eating their Doritos on the sofa and watching TV to confront the problem. Politicians know this well, and take full advantage of it.
If at least people made an effort to see through the lies, we could have different outcomes, but it seems they don't even try. How come so many people overnight realized they made a bad choice? They had months to figure it out, and the truth was there the whole time.
I'm not saying you're wrong, just that people should know better. I had to leave my home country due to something similar. But an electorate who believes without any critical thinking every lie they hear on the media will make this sort of mistake again sooner rather than later.
Of course the leave campaign lied and deceived. All politicians lie! People have a responsibility to learn the facts before they vote.
no, we have a responisibility to hold the people in power to account for their actions. We have the ability and the power to force changes to the rules of campaigning (of which there are police investigations happening regarding the torys breaking the election money rules) and we should use them to force campaigns to run cleaner with facts than this shambles.
"all politicians lie!" does that make it ok? cause "everybody does it!"? or does it mean we need to force them to get a fucking grip and stop being like that?
I couldn't agree more. Now how do we hold them responsible when the entire government is corrupt from the floor up? I wish I could see an option not involving blood and tears, but sadly I don't see it. And people in Western societies are too comfy eating their Doritos on the sofa and watching TV to confront the problem. Politicians know this well, and take full advantage of it.
If at least people made an effort to see through the lies, we could have different outcomes, but it seems they don't even try. How come so many people overnight realized they made a bad choice? They had months to figure it out, and the truth was there the whole time.