Brexit

I’m stunned.

I’m actually stunned by two things. First, by the results of the UK’s referendum on leaving the European Union, and then again by the fact that the value of the British Pound hasn’t dropped to zero yet, although the last report I heard had it at a 31 year low.

The global economy exists. Hiding your head in the sand like a xenophobic asshole does not make it go away. If you try to walk away from the global economy, the global economy will walk all over you. The UK has to renegotiate every trade deal made since the mid-70’s. BY CHOICE! Of course there probably won’t be much of a UK left after this as Scotland and N. Ireland are already talking about wanting out.

It’s all very abstract to me, not being from Europe, but I can’t help but see a similarity between the vote to leave the EU and Donald Trump. Let this be a wake up call to all of the left leaning voters in the US. If you write in Bernie Sanders, or go to a third party, then the shit storm happening in the UK today will happen in the US (probably worse) when you hand the election to Donald Trump. I voted for Bernie Sanders in the Massachusetts primary. Today though, I feel an overwhelming compulsion to donate money to the Clinton campaign. I’m not much of a Hilary Clinton supporter these days, but she is a gift from the gods compared to Donald Trump.

Last night I stayed up insanely late as I was watching twitter and reading the early news stories about the Brexit results and watching the value of the Pound take it’s unprecedented nose dive to oblivion. I finally couldn’t keep my eyes open at a little after 1:00am and as I gave up the fight and fell asleep I couldn’t help but feel as though our world had taken a big step backward toward fascism. Maybe not a Donald Trump sized step, but a big step none the less.