The British Exit

So British citizens voted to completely leave the EU by a small margin.  I think actual sentiment barely leaned toward remaining inside the EU but those people were not as diligent about getting out to vote.  It is the aspect of voting people forget about and polls don't really show it.  There is not too much action going on outside of some reshuffling between currencies, stocks and the like.  There are fake rumors about layoffs and relocating.

The exit itself doesn't mean much other than some technical changes will occur, mostly British will govern themselves.  For now it probably is better that they leave the EU.  When you become a state of a larger entity, it should be because it is mutually beneficial.  The state should be above average compared to the existing states, which Britain was.  The larger entity overall should be better than the state overall which it is not.  And that is the problem.  It really wont be worth it for Britain or any developed nation to join the EU until the EU has uniform policies like a real nation.  Right now its just a big bag of mixed treaties and recommended fiscal policies.  There is little accountability and in the end Germany is the real beneficiary.  The financial crisis of 2008 left several countries with a much smaller economy, strike one.  The migrant crisis  has caused violence, vandalism, no-go zones and has pissed off taxpayers, strike two.  I guess they will trudge along until they fail at another crisis, which would be strike three.

The most important thing I got out of this whole European bureacratic squabbling is that the former mayor of London who helped the Brexit campaign has really cool hair.  A big, randomly combed, mop of hair.