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There is, of course, the argument that if businesses are making more money, they'll be able to employ more people and help tug the rest of us whinging povvos into something like prosperity. This is a dubious argument, of course, but it's striking that neither side even bothers making it. They just tell us that all the big capitalists are on their side and expect us to nod sagely and agree that if rich people want something, then they ought to have it. It's not as if all these goodly oligarchs might be betting that they'd personally benefit from an isolated Britain, one in which European labor protections have been abolished, or a stronger EU that's essentially an extension of the European capitalist classes and regularly forces its member states to privatize their public services (the fate imposed on our own Royal Mail).As things stand, we're stuck between a petty British nationalism that wants to lock the entire country in a 1940s-themed time-trap, and the cold hunger of a continent-spanning bureaucracy. There really is no good option. I wish I had some worthwhile advice. Don't vote.Follow Sam on Twitter.Trending on VICE Sports: The Resurrection of Welsh Football