Originally Posted by
samoht
I'm inclined to feel that both things are true; Brexit was a con job, combining illegal funding with illegal use of personal data to target the vulnerable with lies tailor-made for their personal weaknesses.
At the same time, I think that if more people had meaningful and satisfying lives, fewer of them would have been persuaded to vote for radical change and uncertainty and to support a cause laced with a huge portion of xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment.
That is, both citizen dissatisfaction and criminal fraud were needed in order to achieve the referendum result.
The strongest correlation factor with leave/remain was levels of education. I interpret this as, in what is increasingly a knowledge economy, education gives one agency and opportunities, while the lack of it can lead to dissatisfaction and resentment. (other interpretations are possible).