/lit/ - Literature

yes basically everyone in the past is problematic by modern standards but sadly this kind of naunced view of history and great men is lost on the scottish government so they will probably rename it the "George Floyd memorial tower"

in the "rascism bad" scottish parliament session around the time of Floyd getting killed you had actual elected MSPs saying that the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act paying slave owners the value of their freed slaves was bad despite it being literally the only reason the bill was able to be passed. This shows either A) they don't understand the compromise needed for real government because they only have the table scraps of political power or B) they are so ideological they would rather have slaves stay in chains than make any concessions.

[spoiler ]I really hate the SNP. having one party dominate with no realistic competition is the fucking death of democratic government[/spoiler]