@Shivviness @steviesyerda Sooner or later, there needs to be a profound revolution -- I hope not a violent one. It has to start somewhere. It could start here.
Scotland is actually reasonably well situated for this. We have adequate agricultural land to feed our population, adequate energy sources, actually quite a lot of accessible minerals, plenty of timber, a highly educated population.
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@Shivviness @steviesyerda Economic blockade and sanctions would hurt, of course. But they wouldn't make life in Scotland impossible. On the contrary, we can operate on our own resources pretty well -- although there would of course be things we would miss.
We couldn't defend ourselves from a military invasion by the combined #capitalist powers of the world, but that wouldn't inevitably happen.
@simon_brooke @Shivviness @steviesyerda
Socialism in Scotland would be pretty cool. You would be forced to leave the EU though, because of their policies that force capitalist economics on its member states
@burnoutqueen @simon_brooke @Shivviness @steviesyerda The fiscal rules to which you refer only apply to member-states that use the Euro, making them beholden to the European Central Bank. They have never applied to the UK which has its own central bank and issues its own currency. We remained monetarily sovereign throughout our membership, with parliament in control over over 98% of public spending.
Unfortunately the so-called "Lexiters" are every bit as confused as the Brexiters. 🤷🏻♂️
@ApostateEnglishman @burnoutqueen @Shivviness @steviesyerda We can't join the #Euro unless we first have our own currency, which currently we don't; and two complete changes of currency within a decade is not likely to be popular.
However, I think it's highly unlikely that #Scotland would be allowed back into the #EU unless we at least promised to join the Euro.
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