Subj : Great Replacement Theory
To   : Arelor
From : Kaelon
Date : Sat May 28 2022 10:22:03

  Re: Great Replacement Theory
  By: Arelor to Kaelon on Fri May 27 2022 01:37 pm

 > I certainly would be more sympathetic towards Catalonians if they weren't
 > defacto nazies. I am fine if a region wants to vote to leave - I am a firm
 > believer that power must be atomized - but when the people needing the
 > voting spends so much political time proclaiming the ethnical superiority of
 > Catalonians over everybody else, it is hard to support that people.

I don't necessarily agree that regions of Spain (or any country, for that matter) should be allowed to just "vote" to leave; elections are messy business, and they rarely actually reflect the overriding will of the population (see, for example, Brexit and even the Scottish Independence Referenda).  However, I do think that if things are serious, people should be prepared to expend treasure -and- blood to achieve their stated political aims. I think it highly unlikely, if not impossible, that Catalonians will be interested in the business of secession to actually see it through.  However, much like the Basques, they have legitimate economic grievances that can be addressed by Madrid to keep them engaged.  Almost no one talks about Basque separatism now, because of how effectively Madrid intervened economically in el Pais Basco.
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