What are you saying here thanks
It was just the use of the word hubris down thread Acquile ...
Hubris-excessive pride, self importance,feeling of superiority or dangerous over confidence identified earlier as a factor in the desire from many for a Hard Brexit. In Greek tragedy this is followed by....
Nemesis- downfall, retribution or punishment.So all the negatives... the net impact of loss of £38 billion to £66 billion per year driven by the smaller size of the economy. Reduction in overseas students worth over £10.7 billion annually, loss of NHS Staff and those in uni jobs,fruit pickers, reduction in 9,000 financial services jobs, half of the investment banks, insurers, asset management firms including 4,000 jobs at Deutsche Bank, 1,500 at UBS and 1,000 jobs at each of Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and HSBC etc etc.(See EY and FT 'Brexit tracker')
Catharsis- a state of moral or spiritual, cleansing. Perhaps long term the catharsis could be remorse from the Hard Brexiteers regarding any feelings of superiority and xenophobia. A cathartic realisation of the 40 years peace and prosperity we achieved as core members within the EU sharing its $16.6 trillion market. Perhaps the catharsis is a moral shift to a humble acknowledgment of the boost that membership brought to our culture,environment and economy.
Of course better not to have triggered the tragedy at all.
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