a federation is self serving and sustaining. Don’t look for clauses that allow it to break up. That is a defat for the federalists who put it together. The primary rights belong to people who band together and establish their own political entity.
Let;’s try the pot a little. iraq should have been divided into Kurd, Shite and Sunni three countries. but no, we had to try to keep it together. Now what is the big issue? The kurds have fought for and want their own country. What is the right or concept of freedom that denies the kurds independence? And the same question for Barcelona?
“What is the right or concept of freedom that denies the kurds independence? And the same question for Barcelona?”
An overwhelming force to stop it.
In these cases, might makes right.
That is why Slovenia, Croatia, the U.S., Eritrea, Ireland, Indonesia, Indochina, Bangladesh, and all of S. America are independent, while Chechnya, Corsica, Tamil Eelam, Tibet, and Cabinda are not.
The former fought harder and wore down the nation they are succeeding from. The later weren’t so lucky.