Some time ago I wrote about how the regressive left is ruled by fear. I wrote then how in the UK there are, no joking, people who have become hard-core survivalists in preparation for Brexit. They have built reinforced bunkers in their basements with food and water supplies, expecting some kind of pretty much end-of-the-world scenario, where the entire country and the government will complete collapse into chaos and lawlessness.
Well, apparently it doesn't end there. There are people in the UK who in all seriousness seem to believe that Brexit means the raising of bona fide fascism into power, and that the UK will completely close its borders, which they believe means that the country will kick out all non-citizens, after which no citizens will be allowed to leave the country, and no outsiders will allowed in. You know, North Korea style. If there are families where some are citizens and some are not, they will be separated and never see each other again, because non-citizens will not be allowed to enter the country, and citizens will not be allowed to leave. They believe that the UK will essentially become a North Korea style prison, where nobody is allowed to leave.
I wish I was making that up, or it would be some kind of exaggeration. But no. That's seriously what some anti-Brexiteers honestly believe.
I can only be amazed at the sheer stupidity of these people.
Rather obviously Brexit, even a no-deal Brexit, would simply mean the UK returning to a state similar to what it was prior to becoming a member of the EU. In other words, normal border control, like it currently has for non-EU countries. That's it. Citizens are completely free to move abroad and come back, and non-citizens are completely free to visit the country with a passport (and maybe a visa). There's nothing more to it. It's the exact same policies that are already in place, just extended to the other European countries.
Well, apparently it doesn't end there. There are people in the UK who in all seriousness seem to believe that Brexit means the raising of bona fide fascism into power, and that the UK will completely close its borders, which they believe means that the country will kick out all non-citizens, after which no citizens will be allowed to leave the country, and no outsiders will allowed in. You know, North Korea style. If there are families where some are citizens and some are not, they will be separated and never see each other again, because non-citizens will not be allowed to enter the country, and citizens will not be allowed to leave. They believe that the UK will essentially become a North Korea style prison, where nobody is allowed to leave.
I wish I was making that up, or it would be some kind of exaggeration. But no. That's seriously what some anti-Brexiteers honestly believe.
I can only be amazed at the sheer stupidity of these people.
Rather obviously Brexit, even a no-deal Brexit, would simply mean the UK returning to a state similar to what it was prior to becoming a member of the EU. In other words, normal border control, like it currently has for non-EU countries. That's it. Citizens are completely free to move abroad and come back, and non-citizens are completely free to visit the country with a passport (and maybe a visa). There's nothing more to it. It's the exact same policies that are already in place, just extended to the other European countries.
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