Thread by @AndrewPRLevi

The torrent of whining self-pity, conspiracist “anti-globalism” (hmm, who could be meant?) & reality denial, as the chaotic project shreds a once influential, respected country, often distracts from a core Brexiter motivation. Destruction. Of the EU. And much else. A short 🧵./1.

The UK hasn’t yet been totally wrecked. Hooray! Brexit’s a triumph. Straw-men rule the world.

But the evil EUSSR Empire which oppressed the world for so long, must be destroyed. Then, the independent cantons of UK-Slavia will truly be free & sovereign.

Let’s look at that. /2.

Suppose 🇪🇺 contracted to the original six 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇱🇺

The 🌎 would look like this (in GDP order):

GDP $T Def spend Pop M

🇺🇸 22.7 0.7 0.3
🇨🇳 16.6 0.2 1.4
🇪🇺 11.0 0.16 0.24
🇯🇵 5.4 0.05 0.13

And 🇬🇧? /3.

🇪🇺, even contracted to its original core:

🔹is 🌎’s third largest economy: 0.5x 🇺🇸, 0.7x 🇨🇳, 3.5x 🇬🇧

🔹has 🌎’s third largest defence budget: 0.2x 🇺🇸, 0.8x 🇨🇳, 2.7x 🇬🇧

🔹is 3.6x 🇬🇧 population & fifth largest in the 🌎 /4.

Sure, screwing up a good chunk of the US-led alliance on which we all depend for our security, prosperity & well-being - in this case, the EU - would no doubt have a negative impact on … oh, our security, prosperity & well-being. /5.

But, Brexit fever-dreamers, take a bit of advice. Just this once.

Don’t kid yourselves.

The giants aren’t going anywhere. Even your destructive fantasies coming true will leave the “Global Britain” a dwarf on its own continent, let alone the world. /6.

There isn’t an “agile” way out of geography, scale & the assertion of regional & global power by giants.

Nor, for relative minnows, is there a brute force - political, economic or otherwise - escape route. /7.

Yes, power edifices can fall.

But you can’t make it happen.

You can, though, cause great pain & trouble for many millions.

If it did happen, you’d be the first to run to mummy & daddy.

So one more piece of advice.

Please, finally, grow up.

It’s all so unedifying. /8. End