Most Scots have repeatedly been given only two choices: starve or receive benefits and be labeled as more communistic than the English. Such repeated “choices” led to the current situation with the SNP in position.
But Scotland has more natural resources, including oil (currently controlled by English bankers), and a desire to increase manufacturing. The truth of the matter is that both countries are in a pitiful political and economic state, much like ours—a result of those recurring choices in stride with the effective outlawing of owner-building of homes and new, small production businesses.
It’s the same “choice” faced by most of the people on this planet and a dilemma that will soon be corrected the real choice to begin producing without anti-competition regulations and licenses standing in the way. So one way or the other, the other being open source development of everything (not only computer operating systems).
People have a natural right to work, produce and harvest natural resources on their own land without a regime of regulations for violating that right.
Beautifully stated. It's a global problem and won't go away easily.