Is Brexit rooted in deep psychological white-guilt?

[Onep]

I think that the underlying problem that we see here, is that a lot of the Europeans are filled with white guilt due to the nationalist policies of imperialism in the past century. But obviously, this feeling of cultural inferiority is misplaced. Filling your nations with the refuse of struggling nations as an apology to an era of suppression is a step in the wrong direction.

[Hasta]

I think that the underlying problem that we see here, is that a lot of the Europeans are filled with white guilt due to the nationalist policies of imperialism in the past century. But obviously, this feeling of cultural inferiority is misplaced. Filling your nations with the refuse of struggling nations as an apology to an era of suppression is a step in the wrong direction.

You misspelled "refugee"... oh wait you didn't.

Well said, btw.

[Salad]

The sins of our ancestors are just that, the past. Why should we be held accountable to something that we had no hand in?

Any type of ancestral guilt that you might feel is completely unjustified and you should not place shame or guilt on yourself for what the lives before you have done.

I come from the descendants of people who committed genocide to a major degree, destroying their ways of life, it's history, and sure, it's sad to see, but it's the past, all we can do is look at it and learn from it as a species.

It's not my fault that someone that's dead supported these things.

We are all our own, regardless of heritage, regardless of history, we are we, and we make us who we are.

White guilt is inherently racist and is a left over fabric of Europe's own imperialistic ideologies.

We are all human, there is no reason to feel guilt because of the dead and gone, you are not them, and you are not superior in any way compared to other human beings.

[shubla]

I hope that EU breaks up

[dageir]

I hope that EU breaks up

[Salad]

I hope that EU breaks up

What's better;

A: Potentially the second coming of the 3rd Reich in the form of the United states of Europe.

Or

B: something else.

(Obviously not sure what i'm talking about)

[dageir]

We are one step closer to a united Ireland. Scotland will leave the UK to join the EU.
Great Britain is not so great any more and will become the kingdom of England and Wales with some colonies.
How the mighty have fallen..

Next step will be the loss of France and Netherlands. We will then have Germany with Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and a bunch of eastern European states.
This will in reality mean the breakdown of the Fourth Reich.

[Salad]

Great Britain is not so great any more and will become the kingdom of England and Wales with some colonies.
How the mighty have fallen..

You do realize that the UK has the 5th largest national economy in the world right? as well as the 2nd largest in the EU before it's leave.

Great Britain is still a very powerful force to be reckoned with, and could potentially bloom into something even stronger without the EU's leash around it's neck, keeping it from doing anything.

The EU doesn't give a single fuck about any member in it's union, all it wants to do is turn you all into giant puppets for it's own selfish gains and to promote it's own agenda.

If Scotland was to leave the UK, they'd literally be a shitstain in the EU that has no say, no power, you'd practically be the 2nd Greece.

I'd suggest sticking with your good friends to the south,Highlander, a future in the EU is a future under a totalitarian government with no interest in it's people, only unity and power.

[dageir]

"Great" Britain will consist of England, Wales and some islands in the Atlantic. Maybe the Falklands finally gets to go to Argentina?
The Kingdom of England and Wales will have 20 million more people than Canada.. In case you have not noticed the UK has been on a losing streak
since world war 1. World War 2 was the nail in the coffin for the empire.

[Atamzsiktrop]

Maybe now that Great Britain has left and Trump is soon to be elected in US, Russia will join EU and make it great again.