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The thing is, and I believe this is key, the relationship is not a colonial one at all, of submission to an alien foreign power. And there is no way the democra
by charlysl 9y ago
The thing is, and I believe this is key, the relationship is not a colonial one at all, of submission to an alien foreign power. And there is no way the democratic spanish government would react like the colonial british one. Nor would the spanish people tolerate such a heavy handed approach, I dont think there is hatred, just bewilderement. That was also part of a wider process, that of decolonitation. What is going on here isn't anything like that, I think Gandhi's strategy worked partially because of the historical context.
- tankenmate 9y agoMy view obviously is different, I view it as a matter of self determination. To me whether it is a matter of colonialisation is largely immaterial. The reason Gandhi's method works is because it leaves only two options, kill the complainants or acquiesce. Authority comes from submission, if someone does not submit to you then you have no authority over them; your only choice then is to either kill them or let them be. So if a sizeable percentage of Catalans come to the point of willing to risk everything to no longer submit to Madrid then Madrid will have only two options. Whether Brussels would allow the first of those two options is rather obvious. As with the vast majority of things in this life, the most committed wins.