re: #251 Jack Burton

Had the UK just remained and said “fuck you” I’d agree with this. Having a referendum on the return, and then following the wishes of that vote, had it been for independence doesn’t demonstrate contempt for anything but authoritarian regimes.

PRC was a different animal in some ways when Deng Xiaoping began negotiations—extremely poor, but modernizing. A lot of fools, me included, thought that this authoritarian regime might tend toward a more democratic future.