Brexit, Sovereignty And Capital(Ism)

[sevenOP]

The first two terms in the question title are often discussed on this forum.

Reclaiming 'sovereignty' from Capital is not: here is an insight which may interest those who think Brexit will restore British sovereignty:

[Old_Geezer]

Unkeen on watching a quarter hour of video but if I guess the argument correctly, it's always the case that elected representatives of the people will be in a power struggle with merchants. Taking a step towards sovereignty by pushing away the EU political elite is not a panacea for all challenges. But is an improvement from where we can continue life's struggle.

Apologies if the point being made is different.

[jno]

we're in the age of the big corporations; the likes of Microsoft and Google are bigger than individual countries. The EU is big enough to take them on, but the UK is not - for all the moaning by Cameron and Osborne that Amazon wouldn't pay its taxes, they didn't dare enforce the law to make it do so. Nor will Britain start doing so after Brexit.

[Old_Geezer]

Any country can take them on, but rarely chooses to. Even if the governments of individual countries fear to stick up for their country, the equivalent of a class action doesn't need to be part of a union anyway. It just needs an agreement to act together.

[KARL]

There are those who say there is evidence of the UK being particularly "business friendly", in institutional practice, unofficial (opaque) dealings, the law and the courts. Arguably, the EU is more determined to introduce better worker and consumer laws.

The Air Passenger Rights law is an example, in other countries the enforcers concentrate on providing their own nationals an opportunity to pursue complaints/claims at home in their own country. The UK enforcement agency insists that passengers must always/only make complaints/claims in the country where the flight originated. This invariably leads to everyone who returns home on a problem flight being faced with an international issue in a foreign language. Guess what effect that has on the determination to make a complaint/claim ? Does anyone gain ? Sure, the airlines.

[sevenOP]

Shame you never watched the video Old_Geezer, as it rather contradicts your comment "Any country can take them on, ...", but thanks for your usual, civil contribution. {:-)