How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block

Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by AnimalMuppet on Friday September 29, 2017 @04:08PM (#15368705)

That's true, but you don't see signs demanding "democracy" or secession (except perhaps in Texas, and not really much there either).

That is, while there are confederate flags, there isn't a active, ongoing independence movement in the US south.

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Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by michigan_j_frog on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:21PM (#15370372)

But there’s no chance a binding secession referendum would be allowed in the U.S..

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Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by iamnothere on Sunday October 01, 2017 @09:22AM (#15377694)

The US federal government would simply do what it always does in these situations: ignore the referendum, allow it to proceed, and intervene when "votes" turn into "actions". (Even then, as with cannabis legalization, sometimes the feds ignore "illegal" state actions as long as they aren't too threatening to federal authority.)

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Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by RobertoG on Saturday September 30, 2017 @08:18AM (#15372527)

"But there’s no chance a binding secession referendum would be allowed in the U.S.."

I'm not sure what you mean by that but I would like to know.

Suppose that 100% of Texas wanted secession (it's just an example), what the federal government would do?

Keep a permanent occupation force like in Iraq or something like that?

It would be difficult keep talking about democracy with a straight face.

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Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by stale2002 on Sunday October 01, 2017 @02:34AM (#15376710)

Sure it would, if it got popular enough.

All you got to do is change the constitution.

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Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by bonzini on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:14PM (#15370589)

How is that different from what is happening in Spain?

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