“You didn’t build that.” Barack Obama told businessmen who were convinced they built their businesses. Barack Obama reminded them: They relied on roads and bridges society created. Infrastructure society created. Institutions like banks that society sustains.
Nations, too. Theresa May resigned as Prime Minister of England having failed to achieve an agreed upon Brexit. The Brexit Party, determined to ensure a British exit from the European Union, won a plurality of British seats in the European Parliament.
In this Brexit end, the Conservative Party came in fifth in the European Parliamentary voting. The Conservative Party is selecting a Prime Minister to replace May. Almost all the candidates imagine creating a Great Britain without the entanglements of the European Union.
They want to be free. Allow Britain to do what it wants. Flourish without rules created in Brussels. Flourish without the intrusion of European workers with strange sounding names.
“You didn’t build that.” The Remainers might tell those Brits who want to be free. Not roads and bridges (though the Chunnel is something). Banks that serve Europe. International and European corporations, some of which have their headquarters in London. Had their headquarters in London. The businesses are leaving.
Will the resisting Remainers stop it? The Liberal Democrats won the second largest number of seats in the European Parliamentary election. They are looking for a way to Remain. Labour Secretary John Corbyn, perhaps much too late, has announced his support of a second referendum on
Britain was not among the founders of the European Union, but it did help build it. Instead of absolute freedom, will it find it is not so easy to stand alone?