Losing an election does not equate to not having a say.
Nobody wages war or starts a revolution knowing what the outcome will be either. That's the nature of change.
We're fortunate enough to live in a world where we can vote for change instead of kill for it.
This is a baseless and false claim.
"Nobody wages war or starts a revolution knowing what the outcome will be either"
Even if true, this isn't relevant ... it cherry picks extremely chaotic changes to shore up a completely invalid argument.
"That's the nature of change."
No, it isn't ... well understood, predictable changes are executed all the time.
"We're fortunate enough to live in a world where we can vote for change instead of kill for it."
Not relevant.
Last I checked it's impossible to predict the future. Please educate me otherwise, because we'll make a fortune in the bond markets.
You cannot helicopter parent your voting populace. Otherwise votes just don't matter. If you feel that way, don't give people the right to vote in the first place.
Your political system has to provide an environment where the government (as in the will of the people) can safely fail at doing something important.
IMO, regardless of what is correct, a handful of insane politicians in the UK played a stupid game thinking they could avert a minor crisis and instead created a catastrophe. Those responsible should be pilloried and everyone should learn a great lesson from this. That said, I think that if the UK wants to remain intact, it is forced to take it on the chin and follow through with this.
Afterwards, the country can unite and pick up the pieces and fix it. The EU should also realize the opportunity it has here and be lenient.
The problem is that France and Germany can't stand the threat to their Union and will throw their weight around like the bullies they are. The Scandinavians will be convinced as always that they're just better than everyone else and let the UK suffer. The smaller EU countries simultaneously don't give a shit and also await the conclusion of this so they can see which way the wind blows.
I think if it goes up for referendum again, we'll actually see only 60% of the voter turnout of the last one. Could still go either way. In either case, the UK won't survive it. The only way forward is through.
It's better to leave yourself open to having a different/better thought in the future. Incidentally that's my biggest problem with tattoos.
They now know the realities of a no-deal and the implications it will have.
That's a lot more than they knew before the vote.
edit - people can disagree with me all they like, however I am not just making this up, so disagreeing with me will not make this go away.
Here is the 'Referendums in the United Kingdom - Constitution Committee', from the UK House of Lords;
'223. We recognise that because of the sovereignty of Parliament, referendums cannot be legally binding in the UK, and are therefore advisory. However, it would be difficult for Parliament to ignore a decisive expression of public opinion.'
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldselect/ldco...
I suppose you could try to argue that 52% is 'decisive'.