The same month, up to two million pro-independence Catalans marched through Barcelona, in what may have been the largest demonstration ever seen in Europe. Ask most Catalans what independence will bring, aside from freedom from Spain, and you won’t get much of an answer: resentment at past wrongs overshadows any serious calculations about the future.
国籍政治并不局限于东欧。9月的苏格兰独立公投大有分裂英国之势。同一个月，多达两百万支持独立的加泰罗尼亚人在巴塞罗那举行了游行，也许是欧洲有史以来规模最大的游行示威。如果你问大部分加泰罗尼亚人，除了摆脱西班牙独立还能带来什么，你不会听到多少答案：对历史错误的仇恨压倒了任何对未来的认真算计。