The fundamental principal to understand any situation is context, and understanding this current situation unfolding in Catalonia, Spain is... yes you guessed it, context. The fight for independence has been coming along for about 10 years or more now. There are numerous factors at play here and one of the main reasons would be money, Catalonians are pretty much tax livestock for the Spain. They generate the most tax revenue and receive the least of the tax back in infrastructure and funding. This is why socialism and communism will never work, the government can only take so much until the people decide no more.
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington
This is a very in depth analysis of the current situation, providing great context as to what's happening. If you don't really have the time to watch the whole thing, I'll try give you a brief summary of what's going down. Spain has been in a recession for a very long time and like I mentioned before the people of Catalonia are funding the majority of that Spanish taxes. To add insult to injury, Spain is taking on vast amounts of refugees which costs the tax payers mountains of money, then there's also the national debt that gets more by the day to only name a few. Spain can not risk loosing their golden egg laying goose, so it has come to the point where regardless of what the people want, the government will not allow it. That's how you get a national police force coming in and beating the people, in an attempt to stop them from voting to be independent.
What nature of the state, does it posses logic, reason and persuasion? No, it only has violence, force and the threat of violence at it's disposal, that is the nature of the beast.
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