In short, the people of the UK are so screwed. If they think their has-been empire will rebound from all they’re going to lose trading with the rest of Europe, they’re also delusional. According to On the Media, some of the UK’s non-White citizens voted to leave because they were upset over other Europeans having freedom of movement while they couldn’t bring in their relatives as easily. Nice to know that White people don’t have a monopoly on stupidity and nationalism.
The people of England will have nobody to blame but themselves. Something as complicated as the ramifications over leaving/remaining were best left to Parliament. You know, why people elect officials democratically to handle such issues. Instead, Cameron foolishly put this to a plebiscite with a simple binary vote which the Russians probably helped tip in favor of assholes Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson.
This reminds of why Texas needs to ban constant amendments to the state constitution by similar trickery. We all know what the Republicans in the statehouse want but they don’t have the balls to vote on. So they leave it up to the electorate while smothering the ballot in confusing Orwellian doublespeak. The majority often vote in favor of what ALEC, the Koch Brothers and other right-wing stink tanks wanted all along. It’s win win for the Republicans too. They get the changes they wouldn’t stick their neck out for and can blame the people for being gullible.