(June 26, 2016 at 4:41 pm)Mathilda Wrote: Civil unrest will happen if the Brexit takes place (it's not assured yet). A few years down the line when people no longer have any worker's rights, no job security and are even poorer. Civil unrest happens when people are hungry and have nothing left to lose. It will be the young that riot.
A good proportion (~20% I've read, although the figures are vague) of the Leave vote was an example of civil protest. As a direct result of Austerity, many people in the vulnerable demographics (mainly the unemployed, disabled/long-term sick and the 'working class') have been systematically abused by Conservative policy, their very livelihoods and social support mechanisms fundamentally undermined or removed and this is the first time that they've had any level of direct control over subjects that are important to them. Consequently, there were many 'fuck yous' aimed at Cameron and the Conservative government; people voted out just because Cameron wanted in! The 'Bregretters' are an example of a subset of those who voted in such a way.
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