Comment by xboxnolifes
5 hours ago
> Let's say you let a province (or US state) secede over political/cultural issues. What happens to all of the people who don't want to go along for the ride?
Well, thats politics? The people proposing this are supposed to be considering that. And the people in that position are supposed to be considering that.
Every day there are votes with outcomes people dont want to go along with the ride for. But they do, or they resist, or otherwise.
> Well, thats politics? The people proposing this are supposed to be considering that. And the people in that position are supposed to be considering that.
People are very bad at considering stuff like this. Both voters and politicians.
When I left the UK, a former acquaintance was very confused that their support of something they thought was "just politics" led to me having no interest in continuing to talk to them.
I very much doubt that David Cameron or Theresa May expected a newspaper to have a front-page headline calling judges "Enemies of the People"[0], similarly for a half the politicians who have been milkshaked[1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemies_of_the_people_(headlin...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshaking