tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post168563747543295695..comments2024-03-29T05:05:01.273+11:00Comments on Thinking Out Aloud: The 30-year rule and 70-year casesLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-3206136557046070882010-11-23T06:33:04.228+11:002010-11-23T06:33:04.228+11:00Good pointGood pointLorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-31985553137310826622010-11-23T04:31:14.058+11:002010-11-23T04:31:14.058+11:00The 30-year-rule seems to be a good one, but I wou...The 30-year-rule seems to be a good one, but I would amend it slightly. The key, it seems to me, is that the groups do not see themselves as fundamentally indivisible. For example, take the large-scale transfer payments from England to Scotland, which have been going on since 1888. They were uncontroversial for over a century. But once Scotland started agitating for autonomy in the 1970s, we see the 30-year-rule regarding transfer payments come into effect.<br /><br />Of course, the large-scale transfers may themselves serve to weaken the sense of solidarity.Salemhttp://whyiamnot.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com