The Great Scottish FREEEEEEEEEDOOOMMMMM!!!!1!!! vote

[ricketyclik]

the funny thing is all they need in order to get rid of that is a couple of laws.
they never legislate them.
they keep their power. they keep their perks. for how long is the question.

An example of such laws is the anti-nepotism law in Australia. It forces all jobs to be advertised and the job to be awarded to the most deserving. So all these jobs get advertised as required by law, hundreds apply, and the person ear-marked for it before it was advertised gets it. Great in principal, but wastes everyone's time.

Edit: Occasionally someone challenges the decision and gets branded as a troublemaker.

[C0ckney]

If we ignore corporate corruptions.

if we include theft and embezzlement from a private entity in our definition of corruption.

[Dauphin]

if we include theft and embezzlement from a private entity in our definition of corruption.

What about bribing a purchase manager to buy from you and not a competitor?

Or any corporate governance subversion.

[The Mad Monk]

Seems like they'd do best without one (or many). (Replace {support} with {constrain}).

Corporations are legal constructs, how would they operate without that framework?

[ricketyclik]

Corporations are legal constructs, how would they operate without that framework?

To get up and running, but once they're going...

[Dauphin]

Corporations are legal constructs, how would they operate without that framework?

They could adopt the Mafia empire construct.

[C0ckney]

What about bribing a purchase manager to buy from you and not a competitor?

Or any corporate governance subversion.

yeah ok fair enough.

[The Mad Monk]

They could adopt the Mafia empire construct.

That's not a corporation.

[Proteus_MST]

Well, no matter whether it is a "Yes" or "No" ...
roughly half of the inhabitants of scotland will be disappointed by the result
(at least if it will be as close run as the polls suggest)

[Imran Siddiqui]

It appears to me that a lot of the Americans rooting for Scottish independence (and there are more than a few on my Facebook feed, unfortunately), would be utter aghast if Texas attempted the same thing for the same reasons. And, after all, Texas, which was an independent country at the time, only joined with the Union in the 1845.

[regexcellent]

Texas would also be a lot more economically viable than Scotland as an independent state. And it already has a core cadre of military personnel, the full time members of the National Guard. And, like Scotland, it would be able to pursue a legislative agenda more in line with the preferences of the residents, which it can't as part of the United States.

However, neither Texas nor Scotland should pursue independence.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yep.

But it makes it so obvious that American rooters for independence basically are treating this as some game. Or continuing Mel Gibson's fight against the English...

[Dauphin]

That's not a corporation.

I was trying to give an example of a non legal construct. By definition it wouldn't be a corporation.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I mustnt be getting enough sleep lately, I can't decide whether that was an attack on me or just Tory voters in general.

Just on stereotypical Tory voters.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

It appears to me that a lot of the Americans rooting for Scottish independence (and there are more than a few on my Facebook feed, unfortunately), would be utter aghast if Texas attempted the same thing for the same reasons. And, after all, Texas, which was an independent country at the time, only joined with the Union in the 1845.

Would be largely the same effect. What little balls the country had would be split off from the main country. The leaving state would be severely impoverished while the parent state would further its descent into feminization. Albeit Texas has a brighter future than Scotland.