A History of Scotland - S02E04 - This Land is Our Land - Part 5/6

BBC Scotland Documentary - At the start of the 19th century, everything familiar was swept away. People fled from the countryside into the industrial towns of Scotland's central belt. Rural workers became factory workers - in some of the worst conditions in Europe. This new Scotland became a seedbed of revolution. But it wasn't just force that kept the Scottish people in their place, it was fantasy. Neil Oliver reveals how Sir Walter Scott created so powerful a myth, it haunts the Scots collective imagination to this day.

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[Patrickf1916]

@stevog1973

scots are manky prods fuck them and england

[cleanhomer]

"You shouldn't interfere with the free market."

WHY does that sound so familiar today?

[May420pm]

brings me tears knowing what my great grandfather went though

[May420pm]

im in the arctic canada and my great grandfather was a scottish

[stevog1973]

english eh wonder why we the scots and irish hate them eh



[thedirtyfecker]

What went on in Ireland far outstretches what is mentioned in passing here. over 1,000,000 died. Another 1,000,000 were forced to immigrate. The penal law imposed by the English had reduced the Irish to the status of slavery. Many were shipped off to the West Indies in chains alongside Africans as slaves. The system of revolt mentioned refers to the peoples hark back to the old Brehon Laws and embrace of the old boycotting system. It was the only way of fighting back. this pales by comparrison

[justaman6972]

Think this is history? Look at your own land deed it says you are a tenant,so you don't own shit unless you have a land patent and allodial title,you only own what is above the ground,even then not really,stop paying your taxes and see the real owner come take it. Time for a new revolution!!!

[shawty5002]

This guy's flowing locks are making me swoon

[acerb45666555]

2- jarsonist........watch this video>>>>>LAST OF THE MOHICANS LAST ENDING SCENE...................this gives you a view of old colonial north america. you had to be a wolf! or be beaten by stronger men! there was no Judaeo-Christian law outside the towns and forts. you were on yer own!

[acerb45666555]

jarsonist..............i was refering to the rough colonial era over here! it was as nasty as Afghanistan! tribes, clans, families, feuds, wars, and an untouched wild land full of big furry things than eat humans!!........then add the French and English wars to all this, and the American threat from the south, and ya get the picture!