Brecht on Brexit
In the wake of the 1953 workers’ uprising in East Germany, the playwright Bertolt Brecht dryly suggested that the government might find it easier to “dissolve the people and elect another.” It is a sentiment that resonates with many in the UK today, in the aftermath of June’s Brexit referendum.
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LONDON – In the wake of the 1953 workers’ uprising in East Germany, the playwright Bertolt Brecht mordantly suggested that “if the people had forfeited the confidence of the government,” the government might find it easier to “dissolve the people and elect another.” It is a sentiment that resonates with many in the United Kingdom today, in the aftermath of June’s Brexit referendum.