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Full blown fascist riots in the UK, lynch mobs in the street in most major cities.
(www.independent.co.uk)
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This is revisionist. First off, Hexbear didn't exist when the whole Brexit debate was happening.
I don't really even remember any threads on Hexbear about Brexit. Mostly because we don't have a large contingent of UK users and Hexbear is mostly US focused (for better or worse).
Thirdly, I think many people who were aware of Brexit were at the very least, not enthusiastic about voting to stay in a undemocratic and neo liberal institution like the EU. Amber did an episode that had a lot of nuance that I'd have to re-listen to but I remember that it was mostly ambivalent. Not voting to leave, but not really enthusiastic about voting to stay.
Amber.
There were quite some people on reddit back then who did celebrated brexit as left wing triumph. I remember some struggle sessions.
I guess it seems it didn't changed much in the retrospection, fash would be empowered either way and both EU and UK would still jump headfirst into USA made vassalisation crisis regardless if UK was still in EU.