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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do so many people only learn their lessons after it's already too late? If we hadn't done Brexit in the first place, we wouldn't have to be dealing with this mess.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Usually a couple people trick the majority into working against their own interest. Those couple people obviously stand to gain from the situation. Democracy doesn't work