Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Democràtic repository

Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by iagovar on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:48PM (#21403782)

I don't understand your point. Nobody is the majority of Spain, but certainly most regions are far away of the power Catalans have in their hands, be it because of their population (gets you more seats in the central parliament) or because of the money they manage.

Every region has its own parliament and has representation in the central parliament. If you want something for your region you have to negotiate with others. And most regions have it way more difficult than Catalans to achieve whatever they want.

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by ivalm on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:43PM (#21404615)

Catalan are not fighting 1v1 some other region, they are 1 v rest. Even if every other region is less politically powerful, their sum is more powerful, and their sum benefits from extracting economic output from Catalan. Catalan cannot reasonably get a constitutional change because the rest of the regions benefit from them being part of Spain. Again, it's a one vs rest ordeal.

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by iagovar on Thursday October 31, 2019 @04:00AM (#21406558)

Welcome to reality mate. You cannot get a constitutional change if you burned your political capital decades ago. FFS, even the Basques turned their back to catalan politicians.

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