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When is there ever unanimity behind any separationist movement? Reductio ad absurdum doesn't work too well here. By your logic, the colonies shouldn't have decl
by stanleydrew 10y ago
When is there ever unanimity behind any separationist movement? Reductio ad absurdum doesn't work too well here. By your logic, the colonies shouldn't have declared independence from Britain since it wasn't unanimous.
- vonnik 10y agoActually, reductio ad absurdum is precisely why self-determination is problematic, because it raises the question of where you draw the line between a nation that initiates its own sovereignty and a bunch of wackos who don't like taxes (all too common in this country). Secessionist movements typically underestimate the costs of separation. Like the UK post-Brexit, no one knows how an independent CA would relate to the rump US. Would it enjoy the free movement of goods, services and people? I doubt it. There is almost no basis to consider Californians as a separate people, which is usually what drives self-determination. I live in CA. We do not share a common language or religion or history distinct from our neighbors.
- stefantalpalaru 10y ago> By your logic, the colonies shouldn't have declared independence from Britain since it wasn't unanimous. And what's wrong with that scenario? It worked perfectly fine for Canada and Australia, without all that violence that became the trade-mark of the new republic.