2. The point of it was best summarised by Steve Bannon: “the deconstruction of the administrative state.” If you create enough chaos, regulations cannot be enforced, tax evaders go unpunished, and the restraints on the most brutal and exploitative forms of capitalism fall away.
— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) November 20, 2020
4. The other is raw, unrestrained accumulation, which sees democratic constraints as illegitimate. Only “the market” is a legitimate forum for decision-making. As Peter Thiel, echoing Hayek, insisted, market freedom and democracy are incompatible.https://t.co/HtTmIgg4VZ
— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) November 20, 2020
10. The capitalists who profit by working within the quasi-democratic system are terrified by Brexit, as it destroys the market advantage for cleaner enterprises created by the regulatory state. They know that without regulatory constraints, the robber barons will wipe them out.
— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) November 20, 2020
13. Farage and his ilk are just tools, whose role is to distract us from the true aims of brutalist capital, by creating a smokescreen of xenophobia and culture wars. It’s not about culture. It’s not about sovereignty. It’s about the power of a particular capitalist faction.
— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) November 20, 2020
16. Perhaps most importantly, this is not just about the UK. Brexit is of great interest to money's warlords worldwide, as it turns the UK into a beachhead among the richest and most powerful nations. Taking Chile or Indonesia is one thing. The UK is a much bigger prize.
— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) November 20, 2020