Globalization’s losers are revolting
2016 is shaping up to be an interesting year, and the worldview espoused in this article is one reason. While the EU or other institutions may be &quot;right&quot; in their aspirations, the fact of the matter is that the status quo <i>simply isn&#x27;t working</i> for a large number of people.<p>It&#x27;s no surprise then that these &quot;losers&quot; are seeking something better for themselves. They may not know what the right answer is, but no one does. And the argument that &quot;we should keep trying the same thing&quot; eventually falls flat with no results. So a headlong leap into the unknown looks better than pounding your head against the same wall over and over again.<p>Which means this boils down to a <i>very obvious</i> realization: people who don&#x27;t see the benefits of the status quo don&#x27;t like the status quo. To those for whom the status quo is <i>working</i>, this comes as a shock. And for whatever reason, this year is the one where that minority becomes a majority.<p>What I&#x27;ve found shocking in all this is the <i>vitrol</i> of the &quot;winners&quot;. Brexiters (and Trump voters) have been called naive, idiots, racists, xenophobes, sheeple, and worse. (&quot;Losers&quot; comes to mind.)<p>No matter what happens as a result of the UK&#x2F;EU decision, the U.S. presidential election, or other policy changes around the world, we have to figure out how to fix the <i>problem</i> at the core of all this. Why so many people are unhappy. And name-calling isn&#x27;t going to help.