Rally
People sing Els Segaors (The Reapers) at a nationalist rally. This was in response to the start of the trials of the leaders of the failed 2017 unilateral declaration of independence. Els Segadors is the adopted Catalan anthem.
I find these events deeply unsettling, as they strongly resemble an evangelical religious gathering with chants and hymns all driven from a charismatic host on a stage. Rationality is not in abundance in the current rounds of national-populism that are becoming the definitive feature behind Trump, Brexit, Catalan Independence, Salvini and more. What is deeply worrying is that in each case we see mass manipulation of popular sentiments for the benefit of a relatively small number of political actors. It is always instructive to ask people "what do you think would be better", as there is seldom an answer.
Plaça Catalunya, Barcelona.
Rally
People sing Els Segaors (The Reapers) at a nationalist rally. This was in response to the start of the trials of the leaders of the failed 2017 unilateral declaration of independence. Els Segadors is the adopted Catalan anthem.
I find these events deeply unsettling, as they strongly resemble an evangelical religious gathering with chants and hymns all driven from a charismatic host on a stage. Rationality is not in abundance in the current rounds of national-populism that are becoming the definitive feature behind Trump, Brexit, Catalan Independence, Salvini and more. What is deeply worrying is that in each case we see mass manipulation of popular sentiments for the benefit of a relatively small number of political actors. It is always instructive to ask people "what do you think would be better", as there is seldom an answer.
Plaça Catalunya, Barcelona.