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ricardo81today at 2:35 PM0 repliesview on HN

Relatively sane just says how bad it is elsewhere, as in we probably wouldn't descend into civil war.

As a fellow Scot, I watched the commentary unfold while I lived in Canada and to me the what would you call it, blatant, slant on things meant the vote would go a particular way. I think it all boiled down to the uncertainty of negotiations with Westminster. Pensioners were scared about their pensions disappearing and whatnot.

All the same, it's true that Scotland runs a deficit much the same as the rest of the UK does, relying on London generated revenue.

That seems to me a stark reality of independence, which some voters were willing to pay. Point being anyway, online algos are readily manipulating opinions and spreading false information.