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The EU is not a nation state Scotland has a very unique history in this Catalunya is not gaining independence and the central Madrid government has declared t
by toxik 8y ago
The EU is not a nation state
Scotland has a very unique history in this
Catalunya is not gaining independence and the central Madrid government has declared their referendum illegitimate and illegal.
People cannot vote their way to secession, even in democracies.
- pjc50 8y agoSecession has pretty much always had to be fought for (US, Ireland), but peaceful (Czechslovakia) and semi-peaceful (India) secession is possible.
- int_19h 8y agoThat depends on the democracy. You mentioned Scotland already (and there's nothing particularly unique about it). Then there's Canada, where the Supreme Court has specifically outlined the rules for Quebec (or any other province) to secede - but acknowledged that there is a basic right to do so. One could argue that ability to handle peaceful secession is simply the next stage in evolution of liberal democracy, and those that allow for it are more advanced than those that do not.
- trhway 8y ago>People cannot vote their way to secession, even in democracies. Crimea people did :)