I want less globalism. An independent country of Catalonia means less globalism, so I like the idea.
Interesting
Disorganized anarchists. Figures.
I wish our USA government would arrest the California Governor, and Attorney General for essentially advocating secession. Sanctuary State is a lawless State.
These ministates are a lot like Ireland - profoundly unserious. They think they can cut defense spending to zero and divert it all to the welfare state. Imagine an EU full of such ministates. They’d soon be calling it Greater Turkey or Greater Russia.
I walked the Camino Frances in 2015 and stayed in a small inn outside of Pamplona. Chatting with the innkeeper and his wife I mentioned that I was going to meet my family in Barcelona after my walk. The innkeeper, smiled and shook his head, “Barcelona,” he said,”Barcelona is not Spain.”
I am a descendent from Spanish immigrants. I was in Barcelona in 2012. No sign of trouble then. I was in Madrid last year. Everything seemed fine and calm. This independence outburst took me totally by surprise.
It must be something to do with this guy who’s in charge in Barcelona because it didn’t seem to be that big of an issue to the people of Catalonia or Spain when I was there. Although I’m sure in the area are there has always been a feeling of separateness. Stephen Maturin was from Catalonia. And he felt very separate from Spain, even though he was a fictional character. The Catalonians do have a separate language. But they have been part of Spain for hundreds of years. Spain used to be a number of different monarchies just like Italy. Spain was united during the time of Ferdinando and Isabella. Italy was united under Victor Emmanuel II. Can you imagine Italy breaking up now?
I think the king of Spain is to be commended for taking to television to bring sanity to the situation. I suspect that has a lot to do with Catalonia backing down.
I noticed today during that Atletico Madrid-FC Barcelona game, most of the Madrid fans made a point of displaying the Spanish flag. They roundly booed Gerard Pique, who has been outspoken for Catalonian Independence, every time he touched the ball.
Interesting comments, tx. She also said they hate tourists there - they gum up the works, make the lines long, get drunk. Having lived in a tourist area/ ski area after college, I can totally understand this. And yet, the tourists bring the money and the JOBS. You have to be polite, imho.