Scotland, bonnie Scotland

I favor TRUE independence, but recognize that not all nations that have achieved NOMINAL freedom during the last twenty years have benefited from it. Political independence is a laudable thing, but it's largely an illusion. It all boils down to economics. Economic interdependence is the TRUE state of affairs in the world today, and tiny countries are often some of the worst exploited by Globalization. The smaller Balkan nations and Moldova are good examples. Moldova is now the poorest country in Europe, and the tiny former Yugoslavian republics really aren't very prosperous. In Kosovo, also one of Europe's poorest, things have deteriorated considerably during that period. There was even a bloody and protracted war, part of the larger Yugo War of the nineties which were at least partly caused by the 1991 breakup. Of course, with all the wealth concentrated in Scotland, there should be no war in the wake of separation, if it comes. Pro-Independence Scottish People, including a very militant bloke I met in Amsterdam years ago, are definitely very vehement about getting free from Bloody England. They should simply bear in mind there are no real countries anymore, in a meaningful sense. There are only various departments of the World Economy. That will remain true 'long as the International One Percent retains a stranglehold on Earth's economy. We'll see how much the Scots stand to benefit if they do break away. Interesting to note that in Brazil. a very large country, the government has initiated at least SOME policies that tend to favor the poor and downtrodden majority. Other Latin American countries that have moved towards a more just social system include a considerable number of large, fully intact nations. Here are a couple links to propaganda propagated by both sides: http://www.independentscotland.org/cont ... ndence.htm http://www.bettertogether.net/