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A nice analogy:

Allamanda 8 Aug 12
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We live in an absurd world now,don't we?πŸ€”

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It is a good analogy BUT. A referendum is a referendum, people need to understand that casting a vote is serious business.
And it should not be reversed, other way you can just "pretend you can't do the fish until the client change his/her mind".

The State took the decision of Brexit, now they have to deal with it. Maybe they can make a new one to rejoin EU after...

Imagine you want the brexit, you campaigned for it, you spend time and resources, you won, and them some guys screw it up, then revote and change decisions...

The same could be done for the other side, vote to stay, open the borders, sign a lot of economic bad treaties, make people angry and then ask for a new vote...

I personally think Brexit was a mistake, but a referendum should not be treated so lightly. If the direct will of the people (even a misguided as it was) is not respected, then you can say the parliament is just pretending to listen...

@Allamanda Even if there was some manipulation, you can't undo a popular vote, this can collapse all the system if you start reverting votes.
There are some lines in democracy that we can't draw, because they can be moved easily, reverting popular vote is one of them. You voted, deal with the consequences, if you were manipulated, learn how to protect yourself and your community and get better next time.

Also it is passed the time we stop believing that google and Facebook have good intentions. They ask the common user to be more critic, while conducting research and AB tests to increase addiction, and time spent on platform this is ridiculous.

@Allamanda But then what is the limit to call a referendum? Anyone can claim that population was mislead and call a new one.
My opinion is that you should have at least changed the population a bit to call a new one, lets say 10 years for the same topic.
That is why they are so important and should be taken with extra care.
Otherwise we could have annual referendums about the same topic until the opinion of people coincide with the politicians...

@Allamanda 50 years you changed the whole population XD

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There was no democratic mandate for a referendum in the first place, that is the irony of the whole sorry business. The referendum was called by Cameron because he wanted to appease his back benches who could see Nigel Farage taking votes from the Tories, and they were afraid of losing their seats. Apart from that it’s a very clever analogy for Brexit!

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Love your analogy. I see that quite often on ballot initiatives in the US. The wording is simple, but the possible outcomes seldom match what the voters thought they were voting for.

@Allamanda Here in Florida a constitutional amendment was passed to allow felons to vote. The legislature responded by passing a law to allow it, BUT added the person needed to pay all costs related to the conviction.

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