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points by madaxe_again 2 days ago | 0 comments

The US is hardly alone in this. The UK voted to shoot themselves in the face, because brown people are scary.

Elections (and referenda) do indeed have consequences.

It is however perfectly reasonable to look further up the causal chain and say "propaganda influences elections".

The UK's Brexit fuck-up was somewhat different in that the referendum didn't have clear rules or objectives. No minimum majority was specified (e.g. referendum will often specify that there has to be >5% majority) and the "Brexit" was not at all specified which meant years of arguments about "soft" or "hard" Brexit.

I voted Remain, and it's not entirely fair to say that all pro-Brexiters were racist, but the racists did certainly vote that way.