“History doesn't always move forward.”— Matt O'Brien, washingtonpost.comTagged: Brexit, History, Prejudice
“The sad irony of all this is that the E.U. was built to prevent the very kind of nationalist fervor its economic mismanagement and political heavy-handedness are provoking now. The dustbin of history exists for a reason. And yet, and yet. It's easy for a generation that has only known peace and rela…”— Matt O'Brien, washingtonpost.comTagged: Brexit, Economics, Social Class, racism, World War 2
“Right-wing populists like Pat Buchanan in the United States, Jean-Marie Le Pen in France and Jörg Haider in Austria had scored surprising near-victories, if not actual ones, in the late 1990s and early 2000s by focusing the working class's incipient ire on a "foreign" enemy besides outsourcing: immi…”— Matt O'Brien, washingtonpost.comTagged: Brexit, Economics, Social Class, racism