Was listening this morning to a British commentator reporting on the demographic breakdown of the vote. He said that the urban areas (e.g., London) to a great extent had voted to stay in the EU, while the rural areas wanted out. He’d interviewed some Londoners, who said they didn’t understand the attitudes of those “country bumpkins” who didn’t want the EU.
Sounds a bit like this side of the pond and our urban elite’s attitudes toward Trump!
I have a hypothesis as to why there is such a disconnect between city and rural voters.
City dwellers are far more likely to support socialism—the suppression of individuals in favor of the massive non-feeling, non-thinking “entity” that is society. They are much like bees in a hive that are not individuals, but only exist for the survival of the hive, because they are confronted with hordes of nameless, faceless people every time they step out of their cramped dwelling. They simply do not see people as individuals.
Rural people are much more likely to value individuality and freedom. In small towns, people are more likely to see others as individuals, since it is likely that you will see people you know any time you step out of your abode. Even the areas where you find mass gatherings, they are smaller, and the people are more obviously individuals rather than bees in a hive.
This distinction between seeing people as masses or as groups of individuals translates into political preferences.
Certainly sounds like Connecticut.
The suburbs and rural say screw Malloy,a commie, and the city gime’dats love him.
Same thing in happened in Norway when Norwegians voted twice to not join the EU. My fear was if the UK voted to stay the elites in Norway would want to start another pro-EU campaign.