However we vote, the elites will win the EU referendum
The exultation of referendums is one of the indicators that we’ve lost confidence, not only in politicians but also in the democratic capabilities of our political system. It’s an acknowledgment that, in this epoch of elites and corporate power, these have been fatally corrupted.
Referendums now seem to be the device that establishments deploy to entice the public to rubber-stamp their preferred line. But they seldom have the intended consequence. The Scottish independence vote of 2014 was originally envisaged as a landslide 70-30 no vote, which would kill independence stone dead. Instead it’s ossified it as the compelling narrative of Scottish politics and has destroyed the Labour party north of the border.… Seguir leyendo »