If we are to support that the thirteen colonies were justified in seeking their independence from England, then we must support Catalonia in its quest for independence from Spain. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, however, would disagree. In the Leviathan and Two Treatises of Government both Hobbes and Locke support that once a group of people decides to become a society as the laws of nature would suggest, they form a political society. If these people then choose democracy as their form of government, then they agree to comply with the will of the majority. Baron De Montesquieu’s views on the matter focus on the premises that if Catalonia secedes, they would fail as a small republic. For a republic to successes, it must not be too small nor too
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In the book, Locke explains that before becoming a political society we were just individuals living in peace, and by choosing to unite, we choose to become one political society or rather a commonwealth (p. 333). Constituting of the laws supported by the majority, which is thus laws set for the whole. In this manner, we support that “the Majority [has] a Right to act and conclude the rest” (p.331). Meaning that by entering a commonwealth, all must abide by the majority, which allows the community to move forward in the same direction. Which in relation to the Catalans demand for secession, suggest that they as a unite aside from Spain do not truly seek secession. In an article by Eric Guntermann titled The myth of massive support for independence in Catalonia, Guntermann’s explains that ever since 2013 supports for independence in Catalonia has declined from forty-nine present to forty percent. Furthermore, a more recent survey suggest that seventy-six percent of Catalans identified with Spain, and fifty-six percent would not vote for the Catalan’s president party. Thus, proving that most Catalans do not wish to secede from …show more content…
The North sought to end slavery, the South did not. Among other contributing factors, the slavery issue was one which the South could not accept, hence the declaration of secession. The South lost because of their disadvantage to the North. Evidently, the North being the winning party won due to their advantages in agriculture, firearms, railroads, manufacture, textile, iron, and men. In a population, the North had approximately 22 million people, whereas the South had approximately 9 million, of whom 3.5 million were slaves (YouTube / Crash Course). The resulted with a collateral of about 700,000 dead. The American Civil War is an example of what could happen if the Catalan regional government’s unilateral call for a secession referendum leads to forceful secession without both Spain and the Catalonia’s people coming to a mutual consensus. By definition, war will regress but Catalans and Spain, especially Catalans, considering the fact that they do not have a military force. In large, becoming a nation consist of more than appearing to be. Unfortunately for the Catalans, the referendum, and Puigdemont’s speech which stated that “The people have determined that Catalonia should become an independent state in the form of a republic… I myself propose that the parliament suspend the effects of the declaration of independence do that in the coming weeks we may begin a dialogue.” Caused for the
In the book, Locke explains that before becoming a political society we were just individuals living in peace, and by choosing to unite, we choose to become one political society or rather a commonwealth (p. 333). Constituting of the laws supported by the majority, which is thus laws set for the whole. In this manner, we support that “the Majority [has] a Right to act and conclude the rest” (p.331). Meaning that by entering a commonwealth, all must abide by the majority, which allows the community to move forward in the same direction. Which in relation to the Catalans demand for secession, suggest that they as a unite aside from Spain do not truly seek secession. In an article by Eric Guntermann titled The myth of massive support for independence in Catalonia, Guntermann’s explains that ever since 2013 supports for independence in Catalonia has declined from forty-nine present to forty percent. Furthermore, a more recent survey suggest that seventy-six percent of Catalans identified with Spain, and fifty-six percent would not vote for the Catalan’s president party. Thus, proving that most Catalans do not wish to secede from …show more content…
The North sought to end slavery, the South did not. Among other contributing factors, the slavery issue was one which the South could not accept, hence the declaration of secession. The South lost because of their disadvantage to the North. Evidently, the North being the winning party won due to their advantages in agriculture, firearms, railroads, manufacture, textile, iron, and men. In a population, the North had approximately 22 million people, whereas the South had approximately 9 million, of whom 3.5 million were slaves (YouTube / Crash Course). The resulted with a collateral of about 700,000 dead. The American Civil War is an example of what could happen if the Catalan regional government’s unilateral call for a secession referendum leads to forceful secession without both Spain and the Catalonia’s people coming to a mutual consensus. By definition, war will regress but Catalans and Spain, especially Catalans, considering the fact that they do not have a military force. In large, becoming a nation consist of more than appearing to be. Unfortunately for the Catalans, the referendum, and Puigdemont’s speech which stated that “The people have determined that Catalonia should become an independent state in the form of a republic… I myself propose that the parliament suspend the effects of the declaration of independence do that in the coming weeks we may begin a dialogue.” Caused for the