As the movement’s leader, Alex Salmond, acknowledged in a 2012 consultation document, “Scotland is not oppressed and we have no need to be liberated.” The struggle for independence, he explained, was aimed at creating the kind of efficient administrative and economic structures that would enable Scotland to reach its potential.
当然，苏格兰的技术官僚民族主义有其意义。独立运动领导人亚历克斯·萨尔蒙德（Alex Salmond）在2012 的咨文中承认，“苏格兰没有受到压迫，我们不需要被解放。”他解释说，独立斗争的目标是建立高效的行政和经济结构，以使苏格兰实现潜力。