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[-] duderium@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Have you heard of scotland/wales/northern ireland?

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Scotland were willing participants in an act of union what formed Britain you absolute melt.

[-] duderium@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Don’t worry, it’s not like half the people in Scotland want to leave the UK. That could never possibly happen! Imagine! Voting to leave a huge unpopular imperialist neoliberal organization! Utterly preposterous! Could never happen in a million years!

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

One that they were happily part of for several hundred years don't forgot. They had a referendum and decided to stay, you can't keep running them every few years until you get the result you like. Besides Scotland leaving the UK and the resulting chaos of negotiations will make Brexit look like a walk in the park, the SNP aren't honest with their voters about that.

[-] duderium@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

you can't keep running [referendums] every few years until you get the result you like.

That’s where you’re wrong 😉

[-] TC_209@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

you can't keep running them every few years until you get the result you like.

That's literally democracy. Why do you hate democracy?

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's a form of democracy, but how many systems practice full direct democracy on every issue all the time?

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

National self-determination is an important issue, so if many people support secession, you should hold frequent votes on it

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

you can't keep running them every few years until you get the result you like.

Haha self-determination goes brrr

[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Noticing you didn't defend the other two instances

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