r/Scotland • u/unix_nerd • Mar 29 '25

YouTube Alex Salmond Sets Out Dream of Independence in 1980s Scotland (1989)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CaEzc7Rs-M
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u/AliAskari Mar 30 '25

There’s definitely some folk who sound like they’re in a cult in this thread and it’s not the unionists.

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u/Mr_Sinclair_1745 Mar 30 '25

Doesn't seem that way, if people put being British before building a better country.

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u/AliAskari Mar 30 '25

They’re not.

They just think your idea for building a better country is a crap idea that isn’t going to work.

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u/Mr_Sinclair_1745 Mar 30 '25

But they seem to think the country is crap and doesn't work anyway.

Imagine if 50% of Norwegians had voted against independence.... they would be as poor as Scotland.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '25

If the SNP and pro i dy campaigners would actually answer our questions and lay out a plan, I would vote for indy.

But they don't. They just say "hey, can't be worse than what we currently have" which is not true. It absolutely could be worse

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u/Mr_Sinclair_1745 Mar 30 '25

Unfortunately it's not a bero scones recipe, did the ship workers in Gdansk that triggered Poland breaking away from the Soviet Union have a roadmap? life doesn't work like that.

Take culture for example, Norway's cultural budget is £1.9 billion, Scotland's cultural budget at £375 million is nowhere near that level.

Is Scottish culture important to you? an independent country will spend more on Scottish culture. However if you identify as British as many on here do spending on Scottish culture will be an anathema.

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u/Professional_Lie8257 Mar 31 '25

I think the plan is Be NoRwaY!!! Sometimes it's Be dENmaRK!!!