Why is there no thread about Spain reverting to fascism?

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Ka-pi96 said:

palou said:

A fundemental part of democracy is that we do not circumvent the democraticly elected instituitions that we are part of. If the institutions decide that you aren't allowed to make fireworks during the dry months, you respect that, even if you dislike it - and voice your opinion in the next elections. If they tell you that there is to be no independance referendum, you respect that, and voice your opinion in the next legitimate elections. Vote for a candidate that supports the referendum to be held. 

So you're saying a fundamental part of democracy is that it's ok to oppress minorities?

The Catalan people are a minority in Spain. Any candidate that backs their independence is likely to lose support of everyone else and that minority wouldn't be enough to get them elected so their only option is to do it through the local Catalan government, which as far as I know is exactly who started the referendum in the first place.

Actually yes. A democracy is there to specifically not just adhere to any whim any minority might have. That's why there are votes that are decided by a majority. If you go against that democratic principle you will end up in a shitshow like the US where the minority decides who will ruin the country next.

You still haven't told us though how the Catalanians are oppressed. What will terrible thing will happen to them if they don't get their own country?