#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty Scots voting no to independence would be an astonishing act of self-harm http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/scots-independence-england-scotland England is dysfunctional, corrupt and vastly unequal. Who on earth would want to be tied to such a country? Imagine the question posed the other way round. An independent nation is asked to decide whether to surrender its sovereignty to a larger union. It would be allowed a measure of autonomy, but key aspects of its governance would be handed to another nation. It would be used as a military base by the dominant power and yoked to an economy over which it had no control...