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Quote by: Chris the Chees  The masses certainly were, initally, against the union (though not later); but they didn't count. The only opinion that did count came from the upper orders of Scottish and English society, and they most certainly did want union and the former were directly responsible for it. |
Ah the joys of the franchise of the few
The surity of our betters being able to do what they thought was a "good" thing for the masses
Back to colnial epressions and empires .... do we not think that in these days of global trading and companies new empires are being carefully forged regardless of nation states and that some countries are using trade to drain the skills and resources of others?