Comment by drcongo

I think there's probably quite a lot you're missing, which is not a criticism because there's simply so much at play with Brexit. The ruling classes, or more accurately a particular branch of it, are very much driving Brexit as they're disaster capitalists - they know it's going to cause misery to millions of people, but they stand to personally profit hugely from it. Owners of tabloid newspapers have for years been fuelling the anger that has led to the working classes backing the idea. Our newspapers regularly run stories, that are out and out false, about immigration, EU bureaucracy, migration etc. It's straight up propaganda as a long game designed to enrich a few people.