4 ms·
> Just look what happens in Spain with Catalonia, what would probably happen in Scotland, Texas or California. This is not fascist. If Scotland votes to leave
by barry-cotter 4y ago
> Just look what happens in Spain with Catalonia, what would probably happen in Scotland, Texas or California. This is not fascist.
If Scotland votes to leave the UK it will. The UK isn’t like Spain. It doesn’t believe in itself. The US looks like it does so it would likely be willing to wage a war of occupation. The US is far more nationalist than the UK.
- nirimda 4y agoIf Scotland becomes independent, it won't be because the UK doesn't believe in itself, it's because the UK believes it's a democratic and consensual union. Believing in democracy the way the UK does can only happen if it has consequences. (Other countries have other ideas about what democracy means; I don't mean to say they don't believe in democracy because they draw different conclusions.) Even the Scottish and Catalonian referenda were different: The Scottish referendum happened with the toleration of the central government, whereas the Catalonian referendum was ruled unlawful and widely boycotted. This was precisely because the UK believed in itself. Spain had a different understanding of itself - equally strong - and didn't want to go to the polls for it.