So we largely settled for the role of disunited opposition, arguing among ourselves about the best way forward. Moreover, there was an intuitive notion that this greed culture would end in tears, and it wouldn't be those eulogising the sovereignty of market forces who would be picking up the tab. We reluctantly succumbed to the notion of unquestioning exploitation of the globe's resources, in accordance with the degree of power a company or an individual enjoyed in the marketplace, but were less than enamoured at having this paradigm thrust upon us. Scots knew the implicit trade-off was a painful one possible individual advancement in exchange for the abandonment of the more metaphysical hope that the world could be made into a better place. I've always felt that this much-vaunted political contrariness was about trying to reconcile immediate self-interest with the bigger picture.
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