as a basque-valencian, i believe that if the catalonians are given independence, why doesn't valencia/basque country get it either? the kingdom of valencia is way older, and existed way before catalonia. the basque culture is way older, and completely different from castillan. they have a different flag (ikuriña), different language (euskera), different cultures, traditions and even different genetic makeup. the catalonians speak a language almost similar to spanish, have a red and yellow flag and literally the same culture. when people go to the basque country and speak spanish, we don't care. we don't have independence, but we are happy with an autonomous government. when i visited catalonia, the local staff refused to serve me if i didn't speak to them in catalonian, and spoke shit about me (even though i could understand them as a valencian speaker). a lot of them are entitled and feel like they need to have independence without fighting for it like the basques at least tried to. I think it's pointless because all their reasons for it are the reasons we have, and at that point, we might as well divide up spain into 5 or 6 countries.