william the wie
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This is a very familiar pattern.
Progress is leaving the uneducated behind. Their world is changing, they're scared and confused. Their nation is being increasingly integrated into a more modern, technologically sophisticated global economy. Their skills aren't needed.
This makes them vulnerable to radical politicians promising a return to past glory.
This is what Hitler did. He promised to save the German people from outsiders who were imposing foreign norms on their culture and economy. He promised moral renewal, and a return to borders, language, culture.
Thankfully, the Brits will not descend into barbarism, but failed Leftism has taught us that history is unkind to dumb people who believe in easy top-down solutions to complex problems.
As I understand it the main complaint is the almost total lack of democratic and federal constraints on the center. While there are many other complaints that seems to be the major malfunction.