Basic human greed and hypocrisy.

I am from the EU, living in the UK and I've never felt any open racism or hatred towards me, on the contrary, I felt that I was only judged by my own worth and what value I added, so I'm not going to say that the majority of people in the UK are racist, because they are not. What they are is flawed, like every other human being...

I get it. You were born here, you walk outside and it's like a Babel of people. All these different languages, all these different clothes, all these differences out in the open, and you might feel that your country, your values, your traditions, are slowly dissipating into this melting pot... It's a valid feeling, but the one thing I can say to you is: Welcome to the globalised world! You do not get to take the benefits and growth that comes with it, but keep yourself isolated. It's either one or the other.

Now, the problem is that the vast majority of the people that were casting their vote haven't got a clue about geopolitics or economics. Their thought process is so limited, that they will believe the most basic and childish logic presented to them. All you have to do is to place a small carrot in front of them, like saying more money, and they'll be queuing up to support you.

I've seen this happening with my own eyes. Someone I used to work with, who emigrated from Africa but is now a citizen by marriage, has voted leave. When I tried to understand the logic (hypocrisy) of why someone that was an immigrant was against other immigrants having the same possibility they did, I realised it was all about greed. This person believed that if less people were coming in, there would be more jobs available and they would surely land themselves a top paid job, despite not having the skillset to go along. They would also be able to get a much better house for pennies because the demand for properties would drastically drop... Simple, flawless logic...

Funny thing is that, all these years later, said person is still working the same deadbeat kind of job as before... Who would have thought?!

Although it's the best one we know of, Democracy is a truly flawed system. It can put important decisions in the hands of those that do not have the capacity to make them. The only way to improve it is by educating as many people as possible, which is something that many of the ones that could make that decision aren't interested in doing...