I wonder if Britain's exit is really as big a deal as everyone is making it out to be. My pretty much working class family in Germany has made frequent use of open borders in the Eurozone, traveling to Spain and France several times in their lives. I wonder how much that would be true for generally working class British people. Do they go to Disneyland in Paris? Do they travel to music festivals in other European countries? My siblings do this in a car for cheap in the way that a young person in the US might travel to another state to go to a concert.
On top of that is that the UK has had a different currency whereas in the rest of the Eurozone everyone uses the same currency. It's so easy to go to Belgium and just use whatever's already in your wallet. Like a country like France or Germany or Sweden leaving the Euro would be a much much bigger deal than Britain, which I don't think really integrated as well with everyday people as they do on the continent.
I'm not saying it is not a step back, but I doubt it will be the end of the west as global leaders some people are portraying this.
On top of that is that the UK has had a different currency whereas in the rest of the Eurozone everyone uses the same currency. It's so easy to go to Belgium and just use whatever's already in your wallet. Like a country like France or Germany or Sweden leaving the Euro would be a much much bigger deal than Britain, which I don't think really integrated as well with everyday people as they do on the continent.
I'm not saying it is not a step back, but I doubt it will be the end of the west as global leaders some people are portraying this.