Catalonia flirting with independence!

     Both the Huffington Post and PRI are reporting on the growing movement toward Catalonian independence from Spain.  The informal vote for independence taken on September 25th supports a general impression that about 60% of the Catalonians want independence for the sake of securing their own individuality as a people against the central government's declared avowal to seek assimilation among the disparate Spanish cultures.

     This movement, if successful, would probably anticipate, even encourage, the same result toward Scottish independence from the UK.  I think there what will prove convincing is when the UK central government reneges on many of its promises to the Scots for political and cultural separatism--promises that were made by Whitehall to keep Scotland in the UK framework.

     In any event, the Catalonians seem well on its way toward independence.  They would lose membership in the EU, true, but only the time it takes to re-apply to Brussels for independent recognition.  Their cultural binds are strong among them; and there is no reason why they should not re-assert their cultural heritage and traditions in this technological age, which permits cultural distinctiveness as opposed to uniformity/conformity.