Brexit has caused many surprises, but it should not have come as a surprise. The UK Government has shown a scale of incompetence unprecedented in recent times. Leavers have had a cavalier disregard with coming up with a feasible plan for leaving, while the Labour Party has been too often posted missing in action without a Brexit policy worthy of the name. And to cap it all, Theresa May and her Tory Government have managed to lose three Brexit parliamentary votes in a single day – including for the first time having a UK Government held in contempt of Parliament.
Does this sound familiar to American ears? It does to mine.
We got our culture from England, including its most important export - Industrialization. We acquired English faults and expanded on them. America is Britian written large.
We also borrowed a lot from the French - many Founding Fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, spent much of their adult lives there.
We also had many German immigrants, and absorbed much of their culture also.
This should have made us the most competent nation in the world. And indeed, we started out that way. But, like Britian, we lost our way. And have shown little interest in recovering from our mistakes.
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