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Since no one else seems to have made the connection, Que Sera Sera is a terrible way to look at Brexit
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Fatalism of any kind is really bad in politics, for three reasons
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Firstly, it's simply not true. Politics is always contingent, changing and changeable. Failure to recognise that is failure to understand the nature of the beast
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Secondly, it robs your of your power, your agency. If you that whatever will be, will be, then there's no point in doing anything
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Thirdly, it gives power to someone else. And other don't care as much about your interests as you do, more generally speaking
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Brexit demonstrates this in spades.
There is no inevitable conclusion, just a set of choices that will have to be made.
And if they're not made by you, then they'll be made by someone else
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There is no inevitable conclusion, just a set of choices that will have to be made.
And if they're not made by you, then they'll be made by someone else
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So whether you want to be rich, or famous, or see a Brexit that you like, then you're going to have to work for it
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