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Reading through my flist and seeing all your responses to the EU leaving vote...I am sorry and scared for the UK and the world. I feel like this and the fact that Trump has gotten so far are all parts of a bigger problem and I don't know how we are going to solve it.

I am, of course, insanely ignorant of the issue beyond what John Oliver can tell me. I know there is a lot going on beyond that video, two sides with many different kinds of people fighting over many different things, but the entire collection of issues are being boiled down to this one single vote.

I hope that there are some frustrated people out there who also have dreams of working in politics who will take this vote and learn from it and hopefully become better leaders than what we have today. Can that be the rainbow? The silver lining?

I hope so.

Anyway, massive *HUGS* to all of my friends in the UK.

*sigh* I just want all the rumors about Trump dropping out to be confirmed...though I'm worried all the articles talking about it will just egg him on. :(

Oh well, I am going to escape into a land of loud pop music and enjoy a night of Weezer/Panic at the Disco.

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Hate crime in the UK was up 57% over the weekend.

Good job, guys. You broke the fucking country.

That is just so disgusting.

Tim had NPR on while we drove to the concert and all they were talking about was Brexit and the repercussions of the vote. It seems like all the historians are shaking their heads, they know the past and they can see the future. The politicians are just worried about the bottom line and getting elected.

I feel like yet another generation has been disillusioned with the political processes and I am just hoping they have the energy to fight back.