Thread by @JefferyIrvinPhD

As I listened to Boris Johnson bellyaching about how the EU would treat them "unfairly" once they left the trading block it hit me: these people--let's call them "conservatives"--want greater economic arbitrage but always at someone else's expense, never their own.

Economic "dynamism" with a few rules they can bend to their advantage, or avoid altogether, is the conservative's aim. In short, #Brexit and the whole "conservative" zeitgeist revolves around the fundamental motivation of creating an environment in which it is easier to grift.

And, as they go about their grifting "conservatives" try to convince the populace that any lack of success among a majority is due to one's own personal failings, that it has nothing to do with a system engineered for their success, never yours.

Here's a good example of how ardent #Brexiteers don't worry about the rules; they just "buy around them".

CNN: Brexit-backing billionaire will build his SUV in France, not the UK.
cnn.com/2020/12/09/bus…