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Sure, but the question is, which population? A referendum conventionally happens country wide, surveying a % of the whole population. Not in a self-selected po
by Radim 9y ago
Sure, but the question is, which population?
A referendum conventionally happens country wide, surveying a % of the whole population. Not in a self-selected population subset.
Otherwise there's this icky question of what subset, what "social unit", is allowed to claim independence? Spain? Catalunya only? Barcelona only? La Rambla? Jose down the street, as an individual, in his own referendum-of-one?
This ad-absurdum may sound extreme, but there's really no fundamental difference there. The government astutely identified this as a "slippery slope", with brute power as the primary differentiator in practice.
- gonvaled 9y agoThis was to be discussed while organizing the referendum. Sadly, the Spanish government refused to even consider the idea.
- Radim 9y agoI know and agree! But that's completely orthogonal to my point. The new Catalan government (or any other government) may find itself presented with the same question, in the future. The writing is on the wall, in this all-or-nothing, binary age (cf. libertarians).
- justin66 9y ago> A referendum conventionally happens country wide, surveying a % of the whole population. Not in a self-selected population subset. In the recent Scottish independence referendum, resident Scottish people voted.