On Sunday, pro-independence voters in Catalonia captured almost
two-thirds of the regional parliament. While the establishment press
attempts to hide the secession victory by mentioning that the largest
pro-independence party lost parliamentary seats, this, too, was a
major victory for independence forces.
There is a reason the global elites and politicians are terrified of
secession. All "sanctioned" history lessons and political messages
attempt to cover up the fact that most national and tax-jurisdictional
boundaries are constantly changing, around the world. The elites want
you to believe that all governments are permanent and hence, you, the
citizen, have no alternatives. But take a look back at any map of
Europe 25 years ago, 50 years ago and then each previous century and
you'll see the actual situation is far different.
Actually, during its long history Catalonia has been incorporated into
or controlled by Greece, Carthage, Rome, the Visigoths, Moorish or
Muslims, the Franks, the nation of Aragon, the Habsburgs and finally,
Spain.
Read this typical Associated Press announcement on the vote: The
headline reads "Independence Drive for Spain's Catalonia Falters" and
the first paragraph states: "The push for an independence referendum
for Spain's Catalonia region has been thrown into doubt after the
referendum's main supporter was punished at the polls and forced into
the difficult position of having to seek alliances with other
parties."
This is because Catalan President Artur Mas and his Convergence and
Union Alliance Party, or CiU, lost seats to more radical secessionist
parties, as they should have. Actually, Mas and the CiU are
Johnny-come-lately independence supporters and previously actively
supported EU and bank-mandated austerity measures which only hurt the
economy, cut benefits and impoverish Catalonians through higher taxes.
The four independence parties still have to develop plans for a future
referendum on secession that will likely be supported by a majority of
the citizens of Catalonia. Although separatist movements are spreading
across Europe, here at The Daily Bell first we question why restored
nations should assume a burdensome share of illegitimate sovereign
debt when they exit existing unions and nation-states.
Most of the debt was created by distant banking elites buying
"encouraging" parliaments to increase national debt loads that can
never be paid off. With economies collapsing due to the debt load from
foreign-imposed debt never approved by the citizens, why should new
nations shoulder this illegitimate and destructive sovereign load?
Second, of course, all tax-feeding central governments like Spain warn
of a constitutional crisis and vow to block secession and independence
efforts. But an excellent counter to this draconian argument and
Lincoln-like threat is to say the following: "Either you allow us to
leave voluntarily and we will take a percentage of your sovereign debt
or use force and we will leave debt-free and bring down your
government. The choice is yours!"
It looks like the productive, hard-working people of Catalonia are
growing weary of funding the Spanish central government. I suggest
that they will eventually gain their independence. The leaders of
Spain would do well to consider their options of allowing a peaceful
and friendly transition to independence lest they face the
alternative, which could take down Spain and many other central
governments across Europe.
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