So Brexit was not a historical accident after all. The Trump victory seals it. A complacent, mainly urban liberal class, has been undone by a revolt. Nationalists are in charge of Washington and London now. These “strongmen” and “strongwomen” will control borders, restrict the movement of labour and subject cross-border M&A to ever tighter public scrutiny tests. Security will come first. The twin freedoms of capital and labour movement are fading, secular relics from a passing liberal age.
到頭來,英國退歐被證明不是一個歷史意外。特朗普在美國大選中獲勝提供了確鑿證據。自滿的、主要居住在城市的自由派階層被一場暴動搞得措手不及。民族主義者如今控制著華盛頓和倫敦。這些“強人”和“女強人”將控制邊境、限制勞工流動、讓跨國收購接受更嚴苛的公共審查測試。安全將被列在第一位。資本流動自由和勞動力流動自由,成了正在落幕的自由派時代漸漸淡出的殘留物。