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I'm worried, What happened to the lessons of the last century? I had a grandmother who lived through both world wars and lived to own and use a smartphone.
Much important history has faded from living memory. We mock, harass and intimidate our historians and philosophers.
We for get the optimism and courage of our parents' generation who stood up for civil rights, equality and social justice. We look the other way as hard-won rights are eroded. We sit idly by while we let tyrants exploit us and dismantle our democratic structures and rob us of our sustenance.
At times like these I turn to popular music for inspiration and wisdom. I would like to share one particular retrospectively enthusiastic piece I've recently discovered from more optimistic times and I'd like to think it hasn't been in vain quite yet. We are still the human race.
It's by Montrose (also a Scottish town) and is called Space Station #5 and goes like this:
Start, with the sun
And move on out
The future's in the skies above
The heavens unfold
And a new star is born
Space and time makin' love
Now, I'm sure that's the sort of thing Homer Simpson had on his 8 track in his car back in the day.
I don't care. It's much better than war.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday February 14 2022, @03:59PM (1 child)
(Score: 3, Interesting) by quietus on Thursday February 17 2022, @03:48PM
In case Scotland decides to declare independency, they're likely to go that route. Tearing away from the UK will likely come with an initial decrease in GDP, to be compensated with increased government borrowing to soften the blow. This might place Scotland in the position of not being able to reach the public spending deficit rule (at 3%), required for accession into the EU.
That rule has been breached before, though, and Scotland is looked upon favourably in general public opinion. What might be more of an obstacle is that candidates typically only have been allowed in after a lengthy accession period: abandoning that methodology might be blocked by Eastern European member states.
For an interesting further (economic/political) analysis, see here [fedtrust.co.uk].