This is one thing that seems quite common to Remainers: viewing the referendum as a moral choice between good and evil, rather than looking at the deal on offer.

EU membership isn't a particularly good deal if you aspire to be anything more than glorified cattle. The entire structure of the EU is designed so rather than being responsive to the demands of the population, it's instead focused on Rosseau's "general will", that is, what the EU's various powerful elites think the peasants should be distracted by. That's why the EU Parliament, the only bit actually elected, is - by design - completely ineffectual.