One thing thing "socialist" type governments are quite efficient at is data accumulation- in the case of Brexit: there is absolutely no correlation between regions of wage/job loss and regions where the turnout is high for pro brexit.
If not racism? What do you call singling out other "groups"as the cause of your problems? "Groups" based on identifyers such as color, race, religion, etc other than your own; identifyers which you deem as negatives. Its an undeniable fact that racists dont like be called racists!
Straw burns, Concrete does'nt