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Britain's Contradictory Brexit Myths [View all]
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/imperial-myths-behind-brexit/595813/The country alternately believes it has been a towering empire and a plucky underdog, narratives that distract from real issues in its decision-making process.
For more than three years, the world has watched Britain attempt to act on the result of its 2016 referendum and leave the European Union. Yet while the causes of the Brexit vote were complex, the causes of the catastrophic handling of the Brexit process might be familiar to anyone versed in imperial and postimperial history.
They stem from a belief in British exceptionalism: the idea that Britain is inherently different from, and superior to, other nations and empires.
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