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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by MLR on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:13AM (#15568464)
In the minds of the Spanish people of Catalonia the referendum was completely illegitimate, why would they vote in it?
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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by ryanlol on Friday October 27, 2017 @11:00AM (#15569010)
Because it was run by the democratically elected legitimate government of Catalonia. Because it had immense popular support.
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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by kgwgk on Friday October 27, 2017 @01:55PM (#15570692)
So it had immense popular support but most people didn’t participate? Maybe they didn’t realise how immense the support was...
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