Obviously federal police destroying schools will convince those Catalans that they don't need independence.
I agree. Personally I think it should have been handled like 2014. Just allow the Catalan people to vote, say it's illegal and that's it.
My only theory as for why the government is asking this way is because there's some people asking for a harsher response. Yesterday there were many unionist protests all around Spain, and one of the slogans you could read on the signs was "Mr Rajoy, wake up and put order!". I guess if Rajoy went for a softer response he might lose votes to Cs (which would have adopted a harder position).
But it's still a stupid response. This is unsustainable.
Anyways, the current referendum is being a sh**tshow anyways. The vote counting system is down, 30% of polling places are closed, volunteers counting the votes, last minute changes to the rules, etc. It's only barely better than a North Korean election. I can't see how Catalonia declares independence based on that,
The Cs are equally responsible. They allowed Rajoy to form a government, and now this?
Spain should have had a similar approach the UK had to the Scotland issue, which is what Podemos wanted.
