Kevin McKenna has a piece in today’s Herald asking the question that is now the core issue for the Scottish independence movement.
The short version of the answer is usually attributed to Mark Twain:
“It is far easier to fool someone than to convince them that they’ve been fooled”But that does nothing to explain the fool’s mindset to us, or help devise a way to get them to accept it.
Author's summary: Exploring the Scottish independence movement.