Dear UKGAF,
I am disappointed. About many things. I'm disappointed with the result of the Brexit referendum, with the attitude of the political stage facing the result, with the overbearing consequences I and my family and friends have to face because of it, but most of all I'm disappointed with you and me. Because of the huge flux happening in this thread I'll probably write some of the things I've already written in the past two posts I've posted here.
We're at a really poisoned place in Western democracy right now. I didn't want to believe it.. I actually refused to believe it. I thought the histrionics were overblown in public and people didn't actually thing this way. It didn't make sense to me that people could be that angry and irrational. I knew from my own work that the situation, objectively viewed, was not bad enough to warrant that kind of fury. And so people couldn't actually be feeling that level of rage... couldn't actually have allowed themselves to tribalise that much and that the political elite, beneath its public bluster, actually did have the ability to assess and understand and improve public condition. That what I was observing had to be a distortion of reality, not a reasonable reflection of it. And that the basic tenets of my understanding of society were, deep down, the same ones everyone else had. The universalisation of reason, of fact, of idea. That i was not uniquely more perceptive, intelligent or reasonable than anyone else... i simply worked at it more diligently. But what if nearly all of that is wrong. That's what these last few days have done to me. I proved myself that I wasn't smarter than anyone else, but I still came to be so so disappointed in myself regarding all the rest.
For a long time I personally tried to be a neutral objective side that even supported the establishment and politicians because besides the usual har-har of politics are bad I thought I understood there's a lot in play and many many things I could not grasp and not be able to consider in the bigger picture. But I think what's happening with Brexit is right now a "Santa Claus is not real" moment for me. Because it's not a simple barely-revelation a la Trump or any other crazy directives you can usually risk assess by simply acknowledging they're crazy... no, here is the horrible revelation that the entire establishment is a false and shallow red herring. And for me to see that one of the biggest powers in the world would gamble like little kids with the thought of no repercussions is disheartening for the entire lot of world politics. There's no more trust. These were supposed to be the people who had it under control. These were supposed to be the opposition of all the other crazies in the world. Sure... it's equally parts fascinating, it's just not the right kind of fascinating. So now I'm extremely disappointed in them as well.
Once again we become the casualty of a game we don't take part in. A package of dangerous, manipulative lies, hatred, fear and vitriol, wrapped up in the flag and peddled with malice contempt to a frightened, febrile population by a cabal of half wits and gormless buffoons who have not the slightest appreciation of the gravity of what they are proposing or the faintest idea how they would accomplish it. And we were the gamble. And this is actually what I want to get to...
I'm disappointed in you. We've managed to play their game and go at each other's throats. We're going at the throats of the leave voters calling them racists, uneducated or old and simply call them out for fucking up our future. At the same time they act and react to our own calling outs with horrific manifestations. And I actually believe it's not their fault... Sure, there are racists and nostalgia-driven people, but generalising is the equivalent of discrimination from the very people we so much advocate against. Most people who were pro-Leave voted for an illusion, for something that is not happening, most people had concerns that were met by a shamefully untrue Leave campaign playing with people's weaknesses without actually being able to come through.. a shameful Leave campaign made only stronger by an even more horrifying Remain campaign that told people they are nothing and they will be crushed and burned if they vote against what the Remain says. And yes, there are a lot of uneducated people on the matter that voted and counted, but it's not their fault their not educated on the matter... how could you be if you're isolated and fed by such violently aggressive campaigns?! The people in charge were supposed to take care of these people, to make them understand... How is it that people voted out of EU from places so heavily funded by EU (and them not knowing about it?!).
And yet... we're still here blaming each other, while the entire political cohort looks and says "we're fine... let them play it out". They don't care... I mean they gambled the geo-political and economical features of the country so far. The people are just a blimp on the way. If they can get away with a simple "abandoning ship" and without actually being accountable, all is good for them. And now a lot of people are resigning to the fact that we are where we are and we have to do this, saying "ok... what's done is done and let's get the better deal out of EU for us". But that's not true, we shouldn't be the ones who need to solve their problem and we definitely shouldn't be the ones who should take the blame. This was all their idea and (cue in MGSV jokes) They played us like a damn fiddle!. So stop blaming the person next to you that suffers as much as you do even if s/he doesn't realise it. And blame the entire fucking block of politicians that put us in this mess. And I know people support different politicians and they still stick by them, but fuck all of them... we should give tough love to all those who we support because they all took us for granted. You love Corbyn, he fucked us. You love Cameron, he fucked us. You love Johnson, he fucked us. EVERYONE here did. We need to push them to make the right thing... I'm disappointed in you UKGAF if you continue to blame each other, while supporting the guilty people who simply get away with it. But I still have hope... As Journey says... Don't stop believing
Here, for reading all of this ... a picture with BoJo right before getting what he should rightly deserve.
In the books it is indicated that wizard schools are supranational. Hogwarts is the wizard school of all of Great Britain and Ireland, Beauxbatons is not just the wizard school of France but of all of Western Europe (excluding the British Isles) and Durmstrang is apparently the school for the rest of Europe. At one point it is mentioned that the Malfoys considered to enroll Draco in Durmstrang rather than in Hogwarts, so going to any European wizard school is also no problem.
