What should the purpose of the economy be?
The consequences of economic divergence are noticeable throughout history, there is scarcely a country collapsed or empire toppled that cannot trace its root cause back to differing economic outcomes, aims and priorities. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, significant differences in outcomes and priorities are notable and the same will be true for Scotland and the UK.
As Scotland makes the creation of a wellbeing economy a priority, a chasm will develop between Scotland’s economic and societal outcomes and the rest of the UK. It will then become apparent to a vast majority of the population that the UK is a deadweight dragging Scotland down; its backward economic thinking will stand in stark contrast to the wellbeing economy we have worked to create, highlighting Scotland’s need to be an independent nation.