A lesson from the Brexit vote
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Two-thirds of what Westerners argue about is based upon ideologies, concepts, etc, rightly or wrongly understood by those who espouse them.
In Asia, two-thirds or more of decisions are based upon tangibles – what people can see, touch, feel or smell.
Asians have little problem with “mixing and matching” ideologies, for example, if the outcomes are acceptable, and Americans used to be like that before they changed and went flat-assed broke.
In the case of the so-called Brexit, the answer for Asians is an easy one: if the referendum vote is “non-binding” and if it potentially creates financial disaster, then toss it and ignore it.
Top leadership is supposed to get paid to make those kinds of decisions.
Guy Baker
