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

Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by oh_sigh on Friday September 29, 2017 @07:20PM (#15370091)

Historically, has the federal government pumped more resources into Catalonia than it extracted from it, or the other way around?

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Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by NetStrikeForce on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:19PM (#15370364)

There's no federal government, it's not a federation.

Historically the central government has extracted money and resources from Catalonia. Catalonia was one of the first regions in Spain to develop its industry and definitely the strongest on that: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolución_industrial_en_Esp...

These days it is widely accepted that the Catalan people send 16 billion per year to Spain that are never returned. That wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't because our infrastructures are underfunded and only around 35% of the budgeted investments were actually executed: http://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/estado-ejecucion-infra...

But this is not just an economic grievance. The issue is way more complex and includes (but not restricted to) language, cultural and respect issues.

Edit: This comment is now at 0. Please argue instead of downvoting. You're breaking HN's rules.

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Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by plafl on Friday September 29, 2017 @07:42PM (#15370205)

Maybe it's not zero-sum

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Re:How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's ... by oh_sigh on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:04PM (#15370292)

Sure, it probably is. But if that is the case, the answer is even more straight forward: Separation is okay.

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