“Wait, 90% of 43% means that fewer then 4 out of 10 Catalans have declared the desire to be independent of Spain. That’s a terrible basis on which to found a country. I don’t think they’ve thought this through.’
Well it worked out for us.
“Historian Robert Calhoon said the consensus of historians is that between 40 and 45 percent of the white population in the Thirteen Colonies supported the Patriots’ cause, between 15 and 20% supported the Loyalists, and the remainder were neutral or kept a low profile.”
If 45% of Americans wanted independence when it was dangerous to do so I suspect that the number would have been much higher if they could have done so safely. OTOH, Catalans aren’t being oppressed. Which of the causes that impelled separation in 1776 are being inflicted on Catalans?