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That's a bit of an over-simplification of what actually happened these weeks. Or a tremendous over-simplification, rather.

Not that I really care about the outcome (two parties could've won, and they are both progressive, so I will be unhappy either way), but the methods have crossed a few red lines.

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might be an over-simplification but is right. Every year there are "indultos" (pardons?) happening, the famous Aznar's ones[1], and Rajoy's infamous "aministia fiscal"[2] but I guess is only now when it's convenient to push that narrative, no protests whatsoever for the other cases.

Amnistia for tax evaders, it is democracy.

Amnistia for those protesting making a performance-like referedum (everyone knew it would not actual effect), that's not democracy.

It's a logic that I can not comprehend, I only can explain it if you consume so much mass media that you actually believe everything that is thrown at you.

[1] https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/gobierno-aznar-indulto-dia....

[2] https://www.eldiario.es/economia/rato-franco-narco-100-benef...

It's not the same when you do it because you need it to be the president.

I don't agree with pardons; it's something that simply shouldn't exist in this day and age. It doesn't matter to me what brand of progressivism does it.

I am a close relative of a judge. I have asked plenty of non-media questions to get an idea of how our system works, should work and what does not work and did not for a long time (and now we have problems because the situation changed).

By the way, I am not against independence FWIW. It is just the way things have been conducted are very aggraviating.

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