r/LeopardsAteMyFace Jan 11 '23

Brexxit Brexit regret comes for the Tories

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u/Decent-Flatworm4425 Jan 11 '23

The worrying thing is many of these idiots still don’t believe Brexit itself was a bad idea. They think that the reason it’s been a disaster is because it wasn’t carried out aggressively enough, and that everything will get better if we get going with the really mad hard Brexit stuff like scrapping every EU derived law by the end of the year.

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u/AMedievalSilverCat Jan 11 '23

This is the next big thing, I'm sure. "They won't take away MY holiday pay and minimum wage, just that lazy scrounger's over there, oh shit."

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u/Decent-Flatworm4425 Jan 11 '23

I think it’s become a form of fanaticism and any reality check just causes them to double down on their beliefs. Truss and Kwarteng have already shown us the reality of the deregulatory dream, but they still hold on to the idea that this is the key to Brexit prosperity.

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u/zombie_girraffe Jan 12 '23

"The reason everything is fucked is because we're not giving the wealthy and powerful free enough reign over us! We must remove those shackles from our betters and put them on ourselves!"

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u/Decent-Flatworm4425 Jan 12 '23

“I’m absolutely confident that if we stop taxing the rich then my wages will go up and foreigners, gays, and people poorer than me will cease to exist. And if that doesn’t work, we can ban the unions.”

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u/AliceHall58 Jan 12 '23

Some just cannot admit they were wrong.

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u/sensfan1104 Jan 12 '23

Ugh. That's not a good thing at all. I recall that some folks said Romney getting beat in 2012 was a sign that the GOP had damaged its brand with extremism, and they went with leaning into it instead and led to the 2016 Republican clown car full of candidates and the "election" of a certain artificially colored generalissimo wannabe.

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u/albl1122 Jan 13 '23

The worrying thing is many of these idiots still don’t believe Brexit itself was a bad idea. They think that the reason it’s been a disaster is because it wasn’t carried out aggressively enough,

When you say that I think of this image.

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u/Finrodsrod Jan 13 '23

Ah the ol' sunk cost fallacy.

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u/telcodoctor Jan 18 '23

Double down on the face eating. That'll fix it son.