[Yardstick]

For a lot of secessionists the emotional act of slamming the door on the way out is more important and satisfying than the actual change in political status. Such emotionalism is where separationist movements often go wrong.

I'll bet you'd be hard pressed to find a successful separationist movement that wasn't full of emotional intensity.

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I'll bet you'd be hard pressed to find a successful separationist movement that wasn't full of emotional intensity.

Good leadership can channel those emotions constructively. Bad leadership lets emotions run wild.

Of course, "good leadership" can take what seems like forever to achieve independence, but a recognition that the actual real-time well-being of citizens takes precedence over independence which in turn should prevail over rage and vengeance isn't necessarily a bad thing.