Why do we reach for separation when things feel broken?

Brexit wasn’t just about immigration. It wasn’t just about racism. It wasn’t just about trade. It was about sovereignty, control, economic frustration, identity, and the feeling that your voice inside a system no longer matters.

In this episode of Me, Myself & AI, I unpack the real motivations behind the UK leaving the European Union — from constitutional philosophy to regional economic decline — and examine what actually happened after the vote. Did separation deliver clarity? Did it deliver prosperity? Or did it expose how complicated modern systems really are?

Then we turn to Alberta. When people talk about exiting Canada, what are they really saying? Is political separation a solution — or a signal that governance needs redesign?

This isn’t a hot take. It’s a deeper question:

When cooperation feels unfair, why does separation feel powerful?

And what happens when we choose it?