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That right is only for colonies or genocide, not the case of Catalonia at all. They're one of the richest spanish regions. Edit: they've neve been independent,
by narag 9y ago
That right is only for colonies or genocide, not the case of Catalonia at all. They're one of the richest spanish regions.
Edit: they've neve been independent, that's more of the bs that we're hearing these days.
- ben_w 9y agoWhat is the fundamental difference between a colony and any other patch of territory?
- narag 9y agoAre you serious?
- ben_w 9y agoYes, I am. While people displaced by a colony are obviously disadvantaged, the colony itself and its residents are not.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> While people displaced by a colony are obviously disadvantaged, the colony itself and its residents are not. I think you may be confusing the pattern of colonization in British North America with colonization more generally; the pattern elsewhere was more often of subordination to an imported elite rather than displacement.
- ben_w 9y agoGood answer, but you’ve made me realise I made an even deeper error — I was thinking like Civilization: cities as the fundamental unit, not the productive capacity of the nearby land they control.
- lllllll 9y agoI believe that's a common misconception. UN charter makes no mention of colonies Art 1.2(http://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-i/index.html http://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-i/index.htm...). Although a UN-charter-based document is applied to colonies, which is what you might be referring to.
- narag 9y agoThere's no definition there, it's just mentioned and of course there's a complete definition elsewhere.