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25-08-2014 10:51 AM |
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Originally Posted by Lee.
(Post 7208301)
I'm 100% sure Scotland can go it alone.. And I'm feeling pretty sure we're going to go for it :amazed: I want home from hospital for the 18th so I can sit up all night and eat and drink and watch the results coming in. I think I'll probably die from excitement though :/
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I wouldn't get too excited, it's still looking like roughly a 55/45 split in favour of "no", unfortunately.
It's mostly a shame because no voters are (in huge numbers) doing it to preserve the status quo and because it feels "safer". It is NOT safe. The UK is economically ****ed.
So I look at it this way: An independent Scotland could go either way. In 30 years time with a Yes vote, things in Scotland might be amazing... might be thriving. Or it might go badly and a lot of people will be screwed.
In 30 years time with a No vote, there's no question about it; in the UK, unless you're landed gentry, you will be in the gutter. The government is doing a good job of controlling the media and convincing the general public that the economy vs the cost of living isn't spiraling completely out of control but... it simply is. The UK will be a bankrupt country full of poor, miserable people. Eastern European countries will be looking back on how things are now and pissing themselves laughing that they ever wanted to live / work in the UK.
The effect will be WORSE for Scotland because, as always, things get gradually ****tier the further you go from London, because the corrupt and useless Westminster governments treat it like a self-contained and all important City State, and any money that IS left will be siphoned south.
So... yeah... this is what will happen if we vote "no". In the event of a "Yes" vote I personally think there will be a few tough years but once firm footing is found we would be in a much better position to survive the inevitable end of Western economic supremacy. Scotland has a small populaion and a lot to offer no matter which superpower reigns supreme. The UK as a whole is a post-imperial nightmare that is FAR too big for its' boots. And this is what delusioned, media-affected Scottish voters feel is "safe". :(
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