[malvosenior]

Many, many people don't think it's a bad thing. As an American I look at things like GDPR and the proposed copyright law and completely understand why a sovereign country wouldn't want to be part of the EU.

You may not agree, but it shouldn't be mindblowing that reasonable people hold this view.

[lotsofcows]

You seem to be under the impression that opting out of it somehow removes us from it's effects.

As an American you have presumably been affected by eg GDPR and should therefore recognise this is not true.

Leaving the EU means we have removed ourselves from that decision making process. We will still be affected by any decisions they make.

[mehh]

No one knows if it is actually a bad thing to leave yet, give it 50 years.

For some reason people read a couple of articles and become experts on really complicated, multi faceted, non deterministic systems and decide to expound their opinions on those around them.

[eyeinthepyramid]

Didn't the UK create GDPR like regulations first?