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| From Michael Goodwin writing at the New York Post: |
As the
Brexit results poured in, I caught myself humming a tune from Broadway’s
“Hamilton.” The song follows the decisive Battle of Yorktown in 1781, after
which the Redcoats surrender and America is free. It’s called a drinking song,
and there’s not much to it except these words: “The world turned upside down.”
It
certainly has. The world is also coming full circle because now it’s the Brits
who are free. It took them a while, but they finally had their own Tea Party
and their own revolution.
I salute
them for their courage. And I raise a glass to freedom (that’s “Hamilton,”
too).
Revolutions
are a leap into the unknown and require the right mix of outrage, determination
and leadership. They are testament to the ethos of an entire country and
culture when they succeed without a shot being fired.
That’s
the beauty of Brexit, and of grand old England. The people spoke, they were
heard, and the wheel of history is turning. Let’s get on with it.
It took a
revolution because the leaders of both of Britain’s major political parties
united in opposition to change, with the pooh-bahs and grandees trying to scare
voters into sticking with the status quo. Naturally, the establishment media
lectured the rubes on what was good for them.
Sound
familiar, America? Read the rest of the story at
the New York Post.
