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> In short, everything that has happened in Europe since 2009 or so has demonstrated that sharing a currency without sharing a government is very dangerous. Th
by ggchappell 12y ago
> In short, everything that has happened in Europe since 2009 or so has demonstrated that sharing a currency without sharing a government is very dangerous.
The above, I think, is the interesting content in this article. Whatever Scotland ends up doing, the larger questions of how the world of the future ought to be organized are important ones, and the above principle looks like one that is worthy of some thought.
- kiliancs 12y agoAgreed. It seems impossible at the moment, but we should ask ourselves what the ideal situation would be and work to get there: what about a world government (democratically elected) that respects the diversity and autonomy of all nations (including Scotland, Catalonia and any others through the democratic application of the right to self-determination) with a global currency?