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Alfons López Tena: Suspended rational thinking and national belonging
Posted in Opinion4 mn readFrom the pro-independence point of view, Catalonia is a great country. Period. If things don’t add up that way it must be because of Spain. Being special, the paramount good guys, other nations will rush to recognize their moral worth by crowning a sovereign Catalonia instead of the ethically bankrupt, inferior Spain. Narcissist nations in decline are prone to indulge themselves in moral-high-ground-boosting, and they often get it by harming themselves to relish both in victimhood and in fantasizing their foes may be harmed the more.
