Dear Steven
I strongly object to your comments, I know many who work in various EU institutions and they are decent people working hard to make Europe a better place and to address pressing problems like the refugee crisis. Suggesting these people work to "snuff out any feeble vestiges of democracy both in the EU and the USA" is exactly the kind of hyperbole that made many people extremely weary of the Leave camp (in all its shades, left or right).
I also want to add that the misguided idea that it is the EU who is spreading destructive capitalism or trafficking Syrian refugees on its own accord (rather than putting into practice the will of the member states that make up the EU, including the UK) is at the core of the whole referendum debate. The EU is a forum built by European nations in order to negotiate in a peaceful and civilized manner instead of the rabid nationalism that used to characterize European politics. You might disagree with the result of these negotiations, but the historic achievement of over 50 years of common peaceful and friendly cooperation should not be dismissed so lightly as some sort of faceless dictatorship.
Best,
Jochen
Dr. Jochen Hung | Assistant Professor in Cultural History | Department of History and Art History | Utrecht University
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