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.
No comments:
Post a Comment