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We can't blame the desperate for the failures of the powerful

Walk through any town in Scotland and you will see it – the signs of a country in decline. Overgrown parks, shuttered shops, crumbling pavements. Speak to the people who live there and you will hear the same questions asked again and again: “Why is everything falling apart?”
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