I'm sure you must be aware that Texas and Scotland are pretty much polar opposites when it comes to politics. Control of oil resources matters to the independence campaign because Scottish people want that money spent in the (relatively) poor people in Scotland, which relates to the elimination of food banks. Control of goverance matters because successive Tory governments have broadened the gap between rich and poor at a rate only bettered by the US, despite the people of Scotland consitantly returnimg one or no Tory MPs, preferring instead to vote for parties that favour more social equality, which relates to the elimiation of food banks. I've no idea where you get the debt argument from, because Scotland would take on a share of the national debt in the even of independence - it would, however, be unlikely to deal with this by continuing this the Coalition's austerity measures because those austerity measure have lead to a huge uptake in food bank usage.
When we talk about food banks it's not just about the food banks themselves, it's about the grotesque social injustices that make them necessary. Those injustices are perpetrated by parties that Scottish people do not vote for, but have been powerless to stop prevent forming governments. There are some independence campaigners who are all about Scotttish Nationalism for Nationalism's sake, but the cause would never have got off the ground without pragmatic independence campaigners who feel that Scotland cannot have government that reflects Scottish people's socialism/social democracy whilst attached to England and it's Conservatives.
Most EU countries have at least a few food banks, but the UK and Germany are the ones with massive increases in their numbers since the recession, both wealthy countries with right-wing governments. The Nordic nations aren't socialist paradises, of course they're not and neither would Scotland be, but they do have more just systems.
I'm not even in favour of independence, but I do respect the motivation behind the campaign. It's not like Texas. It is about food banks.
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Date: 2014-09-18 10:52 pm (UTC)When we talk about food banks it's not just about the food banks themselves, it's about the grotesque social injustices that make them necessary. Those injustices are perpetrated by parties that Scottish people do not vote for, but have been powerless to stop prevent forming governments. There are some independence campaigners who are all about Scotttish Nationalism for Nationalism's sake, but the cause would never have got off the ground without pragmatic independence campaigners who feel that Scotland cannot have government that reflects Scottish people's socialism/social democracy whilst attached to England and it's Conservatives.
Most EU countries have at least a few food banks, but the UK and Germany are the ones with massive increases in their numbers since the recession, both wealthy countries with right-wing governments. The Nordic nations aren't socialist paradises, of course they're not and neither would Scotland be, but they do have more just systems.
I'm not even in favour of independence, but I do respect the motivation behind the campaign. It's not like Texas. It is about food banks.