Society You guys following this Catalonia vote?

[Splinty]

Getting wild out there


Catalonia firemen form human shield between riot police and voters

Thousands of people turned out to vote in the region on whether it should seek independence from the central Spanish government.

However it has been deemed illegal by Spain and the country's national police began to seize ballot boxes and voting papers from Catalan polling stations.

 

[Splinty]

Incoming civil war?

View: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41463719

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

bunch of unneecessary shots in there. people can be dicks. geez

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

Incoming civil war?

View: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41463719

holy crap. thats a wild way to treat civilians. tyranical, no?

 

[Splinty]

holy crap. thats a wild way to treat civilians. tyranical, no?

Watch them bust up a voting location:


View: https://mobile.twitter.com/jaumeclotet/status/914528463003975681

 

[Splinty]

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/ThomasVLinge/status/914464713542635520

 

[jason73]

I been following tim pool in Catalonia since yesterday.

 

[jason73]

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/ThomasVLinge/status/914464713542635520

That is pretty brutal

 

[jason73]

I take it spain has no antifa even though they used to be ruled by actual fascists

 

[member 3289]

No going back now if the majority of voters choose independence.

Catalonia Is not quite Kurdistan, which had 92% in favor of independence, but I think the majority will have voted for separation from Spain.

 

[Hauler]

I heard a bit about this last week. Apparently Catalonia is huge and it would crush Spain as a country if they didn't have their $$$.

 

[jason73]

No going back now if the majority of voters choose independence.

Catalonia Is not quite Kurdistan, which had 92% in favor of independence, but I think the majority will have voted for separation from Spain.

The Latest: Catalonia: 90 percent vote for independence

 

[member 3289]

The Latest: Catalonia: 90 percent vote for independence

Ignore everything I said in that post.

 

[Splinty]

Ignore everything I said in that post.

Always!

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

Watch them bust up a voting location:


View: https://mobile.twitter.com/jaumeclotet/status/914528463003975681

Maybe it's just me, but it feels like the twilight zone... if Spain thinks the vote is illegal, meaning it holds no value, then sit back and laugh at them for having their little cosplay game of revolution. Laugh that they are casting meaningless pieces of paper...

But to physically assault someone for walking in somewhere and casting an opinion on something is mind blowing, especially when te violence is carried out by a public institution like the countries police

I say fuck em. I hope they get free of that situAtion

 

[Hauler]

I heard a bit about this last week. Apparently Catalonia is huge and it would crush Spain as a country if they didn't have their $$$.

Looked it up. Catalonia makes up roughly 20% of Spain's GDP.
The big reason Catalonia wants to secede may be economic: it's one of the richest regions in Spain

 

[Limpy]

FC Barcelona played Las Palmas today in an empty 99,000 capacity stadium due to the violence.

Very weird to see on television.


View: https://twitter.com/fcbarcelona/status/914493651757256704

 

[Hauler]

FC Barcelona played Las Palmas today in an empty 99,000 capacity stadium due to the violence.

Very weird to see on television.


View: https://twitter.com/fcbarcelona/status/914493651757256704

Looks like the LA Chargers home games.

 

[Splinty]

Looks like the LA Chargers home games.

Holy crap

 

[kneeblock]

Been following this closely along with the Kurdish vote. According to Madrid, this is basically their version of the Confederacy seceding, but the brutally repressive crackdown has made everything so much worse.

 

[member 3289]

Catalonia is going to become an independent state. It's gone past the breaking point now.

 

[Hauler]

Catalonia is going to become an independent state. It's gone past the breaking point now.

If they didn't have a good reason before, they do now.
When those in control fight that hard to stay in control, it's likely not in your best interest to stay under their thumb.

 

[Splinty]

Catalonia is going to become an independent state. It's gone past the breaking point now.

No damn way.
The Basque extremes will be emboldened by this.
Spain and Southern France risking broad territorial loss overnight? Nah.

Ireland, Scotland, etc will make overtures supporting this. England, France, etc. will absolutely back the the Spanish government while chastising the violence.

Could fizzle out or turn into a generation long campaign of ETA style bombing

But there's just no way they get an independent state. Not just for local reasons but also for all the international refusal to recognize them.

 

[Splinty]

If they didn't have a good reason before, they do now.
When those in control fight that hard to stay in control, it's likely not in your best interest to stay under their thumb.

Literally the worst way the Spanish government could have handled this.

 

[Jesus X]

FC Barcelona played Las Palmas today in an empty 99,000 capacity stadium due to the violence.

Very weird to see on television.


View: https://twitter.com/fcbarcelona/status/914493651757256704

that is really weird