People who fool themselves do not always fool others. (And isn't that a two edged sword?)

"Could this be the end of Europe? who will benefit from that, Russia? "

There is a difference between Europe and the European Union. We leave an inefficient, corrupt and undemocratic political union, not the continent or the people.

"And commodity brokers, forex traders, etc who will be able to milk the resulting chaos and line their grubby pockets. Isn't there one particularly nasty grubby obnoxious commodity broker who is outspoken about not just exiting, but the breakup of the EU who would probably not hesitate to defecate on the 14 million people who were stupid enough to believe him if it proves to his advantage? "

(Pause to wipe the spittle from the screen)

If this hate for those in the money markets comes from the 2008 world wide crash it is misinformed. Trace it back. Banks went broke. Bankers around the world bought leveraged bad debt. Banks in America found they had lots of bad debt from failed mortgages and wanted to get out from under. Banks in America were forced to give mortgages to people with poor credit ratings. Politicians in America sought political kudos by making home ownership more available.

Every one blames bankers but in reality they were the victims caught in the middle. We all got in debt, mortgages, credit cards and loans etc. Why don't we blame ourselves? Nah, let's blame the bankers instead. Of course the politicians are squeaky clean.