Posted on 09/18/2014 7:11:01 PM PDT by Rusty0604
When you get past the details of the Scottish independence referendum Thursday, there is a broader story underway, one that is also playing out in other advanced nations.
It is a crisis of the elites. Scotland’s push for independence is driven by a conviction — one not ungrounded in reality — that the British ruling class has blundered through the last couple of decades. The same discontent applies to varying degrees in the United States and, especially, the eurozone. It is, in many ways, a defining feature of our time.
The details of Scotland’s grievances are almost the diametrical opposite of those of, say, the Tea Party or Swedish right-wingers. They want more social welfare spending rather than less, and have a strongly pro-green, antinuclear environmental streak. (Scotland’s threatened secession is less the equivalent of Texas pulling out of the United States, in that sense, than of Massachusetts or Oregon doing the same.)
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In the old days, you only needed a BIGGER title or sword to rule a country. Today it is so complex to rule, you need intelligence, or at the very least, intelligent advisors. The current Bozo is showing us what happens when you have neither.
I really wish Mass and Oregon would leave the union.
More like a global crisis caused by the elites. But it would be a leftist newspaper trying to spin it into “the people”.
Can you imagine...the independent nation of Massachusettes.
No federal “big dig” type dollars...they’d be buying bread with wheelbarrows of useless Massachusetts currency within a week.
The Nation State is a fairly questionable concept in the 21st century. Borders are questionable and social contracts meaningless. Nations are lumbering dinosaurs — small, fast, ruthless virtual communities may have the upper hand now.
If the nation-state can’t give me a decent return on my investments, then it’s not worth crap.
“Can you imagine...the independent nation of Massachusetts.
No federal “big dig” type dollars...they’d be buying bread with wheelbarrows of useless Massachusetts currency within a week.”
I think that Massachusetts would do better than California.
New Jersey might make them both look good.
Then there is Maryland and Delaware
Something our current president doesn't have a clue about. Most of you have seen the video of how Obozo took all the credit by saying "I won the Iraq War." "I brought the troops home", I...I...I..." but ends with his response: "It amazes me that people think I can control our troops." If you haven't seen it, watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ugLMWdqnk4
Responsibility? Leadership? This guy couldn't lead himself out of a tunnel.
From what I understand unless I am being lied to which wouldn’t surprise me, is that the real reason they want independence is so they can go MORE socialist which is about as insane as it gets. I mean why not just nuke the country, they’ll get the same result.
On the other hand if this loses as it looks like it will, the elites will be able to use it as a mandate to continue ruling as they have been for many years to come.
What if every State seceded from the District of Criminals?
“not ungrounded”
AAAARRRGGHHH!!
The English will never let Scotland forget it. It’ll be one round of mistreatment after another.
Small communities sound weak militarily. Easily dominated by large nation state ‘lumbering dinosaurs’ of the t-rex variety...
Yup.
It's all about feelings. Today. Or maybe, tomorrow. What ever. Is the new iPhone cool or what?
the western world today seems to be run by adolescents (regardless of their calendar age).
Ukraine seems to be doing pretty well against Russia.
California wants to split into two states. Obama supports a move by some Hawaiians to secede. But they gotta pick on the "right wingers" and champion the damned Socialists.
Rolfing
Me too!
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