Saturday, June 25, 2016

#Brexit #Regrexit #Badshit

Thursday evening was spent with a close friend talking about relationships, breakups, toxic associations, decisions and the impact of them and I woke up to the news of Britain's divorce with EU on Friday morning.

I felt like I was too distracted watching omelet while the tea boiled over, too engrossed in the US politics and totally unaware of the changing world just a few thousand miles away. You don't expect few things like UK quitting EU, Trump winning republic nomination, Rio allowed to host Olympics despite the epidemic of Zika or gun 'common sense' reforms sacrificed for politics.

The order seems to be crumbling. The foundations are shaking. The rights and wrongs, even the 'Absolutely!! Gosh!! Hell NO', are changing.

How do you make decisions on something which have both pro's and con's? British Exit from EU takes away its big brother role and contribution to EU, relieving UK of many responsibilities like contributing to EU budget and towards the security of the region but then the removal of the same big brother association with other countries hit it adversely in all aspects taking away the favorable climate of economic development, respect and power. Basically UK decided to stop being the cool kid in high school and no one knows the impact because it is absolutely unprecedented.

What is also questionable is that a complicated decision which holds most of its implications based on probability of events in the future was put through referendum and not left with the government and lawmakers. Common man tends to be governed by emotions and nearsightedness, this is why they select a body of people they trust to rule them. So was the referendum a right choice? Again the answer is not 'Absolutely not' because  there are many democratic governments that refuse to enact a very defined will of the common man like US government's apathy towards gun laws and change in economic safe-keepers by the Indian government, overlooking the gawking needs of their people.

But what is baffling is the issue of 'immigration' associated with #Brexit, the reason I am writing about UK, a country that I never even visited as a tourist is because this historic decision impacted me and may continue to impact if the predictions of global economic recession materialize.

Globalization is real. You cannot have globalization and trade without immigration. The problem of the world is not relocation of people but the economic disparity and aggressive fight for its preservation.

Hate, racism, crime, marginalization of communities, regionalism, religious intolerance, fear as a tool to grab power and money, difficulty is forming partnerships due of insecurities; these features have always existed in our socities, but now they grabbing headlines with their unadorned advocacy.