If the EU is constantly pushing for more integration, more centralization, and the abolition of localism, it is only to be expected that the elite figures of the EU would want to quash any sentiments of separatism or localized decision-making. By making the case for true independence from both the United Kingdom and the European Union, we could seize an opportunity to make Scotland one of the greatest liberal strongholds of the world once again, stabilized by free trade and a thriving open market economy.
After all, small states cannot afford protectionism: they rely on trade and interaction with the global market. Given that the SNP is gradually playing to a sort of center-left populist tune, perhaps independence is the only way to stun Scotland’s decline towards champagne socialism.
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