Britain and Brexit: Breaking Free and Back in Control
It is no secret that the British Empire built itself on the oppression and exploitation of other nations, due to either weakness, savagery or convenient resources; to this day the UK does not want to lose what, to them, they should control. They were once the colonizers of the most powerful empire on earth and the the powers that be. The British Empire was the nearest thing there has ever been to a world government (Ferguson, p.24). They have always got rid of otherness, Protestants, Catholics, slaves, tyrants, chavs, or… The European Union. They do not like or want to do as told. The UK does not want to compromise but lead as pleased and boast off their uniqueness on democracy and liberty because “it remains the most distinctive feature of the Empire, the thing that sets it apart from its continental European rivals” (Ferguson, p.22). How can they be fully in control when they must abi...