it is more worrying that elites in the ivory towers have gotten it so wrong and misread the sentiment on the ground. just like brexit, just like trump. MLP in france will be next and everyone will still be wondering what happened.
now sg foreign policy is in the shits. no TPP, no american pivot to asia, no rule of law in south china sea. our textbook ministers have followed the book and led us straight to diplomacy hell. will george be coming back to save us from vivian?
Brexit was the beginning of the end for the new world order forged under the Bretton woods accord, and P.E. Trump marks the end of the beginning.
to all the pollsters and big data evangelists - suck it. the black swan will destroy your models and make you look like fools.