UK votes to leave EU
I consider this a good development.<p>Anytime a sovereign group of individuals declares independence from a larger group, which inevitably has different interests, it's a good thing.<p>I don't know why there's so much despair over this.<p>Yes, surely there are short-term negative effects, whether in the loss of EU privileges, or the temporary losses in currency values, but in the long-term, there's more independence and self-sufficiency.<p>A larger body of government isn't smarter; in fact, it is more detached from local concerns, and less able to react to them in a timely fashion.<p>We should celebrate the Brexit, just as we should celebrate any and all declarations of independence from larger bodies of governance.