Interesting explanation of the psychology and I don’t necessarily doubt it, But I also offered a solution. The solution I’ve offered fixes the problem, the salesman’s solution sounds like it solves the problem but does not.

Brexit vote was 52% for leave. Intelligence is a bell curve…

Anyone with any sense knew leaving a free trade agreement with our biggest trading partners, and the ability to influence the rules on that trade and standards, was a fucking stupid idea. Unfortunately it’s easy to prey on stupid people.

Also, I’d argue that the UK and French/German culture and values are generally a lot closer than the rest of the wider world - we’re neighbours and have a lot of shared language and history.

Yes exactly this. I try and explain a computer thing to someone and get ignored. That same person talks to some sales rep in the electronics store and comes away “ohh they said I need to buy super expensive antivirus, that’ll solve my issue with my screen resolution being too low”. 🤦

I hate reddits new UI. Shows a few comments, hides sub-comments, then a block of ads, then a useless automoderator comment and finally a ‘click for more comments’ button.