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"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer) 07/20/2019 at 19:45 • Filed to: None

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Every year, I notice more and more nationalism in Galicia. Which is a strange trend to comprehend. Galicia is experimenting an interesting moment economically, even if it s population is shrinking, it s GDP continues to grow, outpacing Spain in general (not that it’s hard to). Even if Galicia is typically a conservative stronghold (Spain’s former PM is Galician), in the 2019 elections Partido Popular lost over a hundred municipalities, and they might lose control over the Xunta in the next elections to PSOE. Interestingly, Galicians don’t like the far-right VOX party, nor do they like the far-left Nationalist Block.

As far as I can understand, the liberals in Spain tend to be the ones more open to the idea of independence... specially when it comes to the more, erm, historically different autonomous communities... Specifically... Catalonia. Galicia has been a part of Spain officially since around 1830.

But it’s still bizarre because I think that most of the people who want Galicia to become independent don’t really want to understand what that would mean.

Yes, Galicia has low debt, and is pretty much a revenue-neutral Autonomous Community in Spain Meaning that at least tax/budget wise they wouldn’t loose out much.

-Just for perspective, Galicia’s debt to GDP ratio is half that of Catalonia-

Even if the conservatives are slated to lose, their strong majority in two of the four provinces (Lugo and Ourense) mean that a would-be independent Galicia would still be slowed down by partisanship... just like the rest of Spain. So they wouldn’t win anything there... Additionally, unless Galicia entered into the EU immediately after becoming independent, the economy would plummet. The main economic drivers in Galicia are dependent on favorable trade and business cooperation agreements.

Politics wise it doesn’t seem like they would be enjoying much independence or improvement anyway.

It’s also worth mentioning that no one speaks Galician ... At least properly. It’s a hard language to learn, and it’s not properly taught at school... Only 30% of Galicians claim it’s their main language, and that would be the street version which is just... not good.

Galiza Independente! banners in Ourense’s capital city.

Cultural stuff is important, and they’ve kept their architecture, cuisine, and art better than their language... it truly feels like it’s own thing. But the influence of Spain, and specially the EU, is also sort of present... and it creates this weird mashing of ideas that seem at times at odds.

In the end it seems like something that would just hurt the economy, it would further polarize people in europe, and they would still have to deal with a mostly Spanish-speaking population. Why some people, specially young Galicians, want to do it is beyond me.

dogisbadob > Spanfeller is a twat 07/20/2019 at 19:51

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I thought this was going to be about El Chapo!

Spanfeller is a twat > dogisbadob 07/20/2019 at 19:53

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He could be sentenced to death by firing squad at dawn for all I care.

People that cause so much death and destruction should be tried by a military court.

For Sweden > Spanfeller is a twat 07/20/2019 at 19:54

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Galicexit?

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden 07/20/2019 at 19:55

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Gale-se-foi

gettingoldercarguy > Spanfeller is a twat 07/20/2019 at 21:17

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Huh?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Spanfeller is a twat 07/21/2019 at 01:41

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How did they get a C8 so fast? :P 

DipodomysDeserti > Spanfeller is a twat 07/21/2019 at 01:49

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A military court sentencing people to death for causing death and destruction is pretty funny. Coming from a Spaniard living in Mexico is even funnier.

Spanfeller is a twat > DipodomysDeserti 07/21/2019 at 04:39

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I’m just tired, man. I wished I had the strength to be sensible about it. I wished we had the infrastructure to hold better trials. I wished the root cause was investigated, rather than jetting scapegoats across the border as if that made a significant difference.

I’m thirty miles from an international border across which they handled a drug crisis by being humane rather than violent, and I wished we had taken that route decades ago (by we, I mean North America) but I guess we were too racist, too ignorant, too puritan to see the bigger picture. 

But I’m tired of wishing. Where has that ever taken me...