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Democracy is a double-edged sword. I may not like the way it cuts sometimes, but no way in hell I'll ever put it down.


>> I may not like the way it cuts sometimes, but no way in hell I'll ever put it down.

Why not? It's not a perfect process and blindly accepting it because 'democracy is good' is dangerous.

Personally I'm against Brexit and don't think we should go through with it. BUT the reason I don't think we should go through with it is that most voters were woefully uninformed or completely misinformed. Both sides were lied to and manipulated. Having a referendum on an issue that experts fail to understand is just plain idiotic. If there was a way to have a well informed vote and it didn't go my way I would accept it without complaint.


I think democracy should be reserved for when people are given the true outcome on the ballot. Here the secret was that the kingdom will dissolve in case of leave. Had people known that the outcome would have been different. I think the will to keep the UK is stronger than the will to leave the EU. That, and the fake news storm about NHS money and whatnot led to this. It's a stolen referendum by the forces that wanted to leave.




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