The EU is massively over-regulated in the fashion of the French. This same approach has rendered their country structurally uncompetitive to the very core. Should Britain really allow itself to be subject to French or Italian-style regulations? Does anyone think that is going to work? It’s not just that the form of the EU, its centralization, its bureaucracy, are bad. The actual content is pernicious as well. It is an over-regulated, sclerotic monster. It’s quite plausible that, in leaving the EU, Britain is dodging a bullet. Perhaps on their own they will be far more agile, less regulated, and more competitive than their hide-bound continental brethren. Britain could be a large version of Hong Kong. Less flatteringly, the EU might be more like Mainland China, the centralized superstate. Is there really any question then of which to choose? https://medium.com/@abarisser/why-brexit-was-not-a-mistake-5f4ae40fd15f#.bv1rizkds