I typed up a long thing on this, then realized I contradicted myself, and that I didn’t really say anything unique. I mirror what @muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml said in their comment, the EU is an imperialist structure in Europe that gives European countries control over one another. And this imperialism has been used to bully and exploit smaller and newer European nations, as well it’s been used to exploit Africa. One of the big beardtubers did a video on this (i think it was finbol, but he’s a paedophile so I won’t be hunting for the link) where he went into length about how the EU repeatedly acts in favour of regulations that endorse exploitation of African countries by European governments and businesses. Finland, some of the Balkan states, Some of the ex-SR states, and the UK are some of the countries that are leveraged against repeatedly by EU members like Germany and France, EU regulations are usually geared towards the wealthier nations - which forces the poorer nations into bad spots, the EU’s open travel policy makes illegal immigration easier - which negatively impacts poorer European countries (much like how Western Germany stole Eastern Germany’s population, by promising wealth and better lives, which left DDR in a really bad position.). It’s a bad situation for everyone but the wealthy that needs to be addressed.

The argument for Brexit was brought up to me early in my radicalization into Marxism-Leninism, and it was used by the same comrade who introduced it to me to explain the concept of local imperialism. So, I’ve come to support Brexit critically as a means of depowering the European imperialists. Though, the argument against Brexit is valid too. And the argument that Brexit doesn’t matter towards breaking down the imperial core unless other EU contributors leave too is valid as well. I will say though, the argument that the EU can be fixed to be a solid leftist platform is about as silly as the argument that the same can be done with the government of the American Empire.

To get antidotal, my younger sister was born and raised in Poland and she wanted to do her University in the UK, but had to forget about that dream do to the strong anti-Polish sentiment in the pro-Brexit crowd, and she’d quite like to keep her life. Which is upsetting, she’s a very bright individual and her mind will likely be wasted with Poland’s bullshit policies. RIP sister’s future.