Message #342840

[Trijhak]

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London is the capital of the UK, and one of most profitable cities in the entire western world too IIRC. Of course it's 'footing the ball' for the rest of the UK let alone Scotland and Wales, it probably earns more than all of they do combined, and Wales could hardly sustain itself alone. London's part of this country, it's the freaking capital city. To act like it's completely stupid for it to be doing what it does... ugh. There's already enough animosity between the London and the rest of the UK, don't increase that amount. And at least Scotland will (probably) have several opportunities to leave. If things keep going the way they're going with the government and with what I've heard, I might be compelled to head north. They voted to stay in, I have to question if that were a wise decision considering it seems like the government didn't deliver on much of the promises they made.

Our voting system is messed up, too. A government in power that the majority did not vote for, just because they gained the most votes at about ~25% or so. Everyone else? Voted for something different. Around 70% of people did not want the current government in power, and it's easy to see why. Last time we tried to change the voting system, the opponents ran a smear campaign on it that boiled down 'IT KILLS BABIES! DON'T SUPPORT IT!'.

And now? The tabloids are playing on the immigrant phobias to get people to vote to leave the EU, the one thing holding our government back from doing worse things. If there's one thing I can say about the USA's political system compared to ours: at least you guys are represented fairly.

It should be 'Power to the people', not 'Power to the pampered'.