Separatism: Difference between revisions

Two decades before the [[File:American Nationalism.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|American Revolution]] started, another somewhat successful separatist movement happened in 1755 in the form of the [[File:Cball-Corsica.png]] [[Constitutionalism|Corsican Republic]], which declared independence from the Republic of Genoa. It lasted until 1769 when [[File:Cball-France.png]] France invaded and annexed it.

In 1860, South Carolina declared indepedence from the [[File:Cball-US.png]] United States. Several other states did the same in 1861. These separatists formed the [[File:Cball-CSA.png]] [[White Nationalism|Confederate States of America]]. This large separatist attempt in North America was crushed a few years later in 1865.

From 1917-1922, in the aftermath of World War I, many separatist movements and revolutions happened across Europe. Some of these included [[File:Cball-Finland.png]] Finland, [[File:Polandball.png]] Poland, [[File:Cball-Estonia.png]] Estonia, [[File:Cball-Latvia.png]] Latvia, [[File:Cball-Lithuania.png]] Lithuania (all separated from [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia), [[File:Cball-Yugoslavia-old.png]] Yugoslavia (separated from [[File:Cball-AustriaHungary.png]] Austria-Hungary), [[File:Cball-Bavaria.png]] Bavaria (separated from [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany but rejoined), and many others. A lot of these had their roots in [[File:Ethnonat.png]] [[Ethnonationalism]], [[File:Cultural Nationalism.png]] [[Cultural Nationalism]], and [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]].

Simultaniously, from 1917 to 1918, [[File:Cball-UkrainianPR.png]] Ukraine People's Republic, [[File:Cball-Belarus-old.png]] Belarus People's Republic, [[File:Cball-CrimeanTatar.png]] Crimea, [[File:Cball-Kazakhstan.png]] [[File:Cball-Uzbekistan.png]] Central Asian nations [[File:Cball-Kyrgyzstan.png]] and [[File:Cball-Georgia.png]] [[File:Cball-Azerbaijan.png]] [[File:Cball-Armenia.png]] Caucasian nations have proclaimed their independence from [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russian Empire as well, but their attempts were crushed by [[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism|Russian SFSR]], forming the [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Soviet Union in 1922.

In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. This was do to [[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism]] and Separatism. In the aftermath of the collapse, many new countries separated and became independent. But, separatists tried to separate from the newly created countries, causing chaos in regions like [[File:Cball-Abkhazia.png]] Abkhazia and [[File:Cball-SouthOssetia.png]] South Ossetia in [[File:Cball-Georgia.png]] Georgia, [[File:Cball-Artsakh.png]] Nagorno-Karabakh in [[File:Cball-Azerbaijan.png]] Azerbaijan, [[File:Cball-Transnistria.png]] Transnistria and Gagauzia in [[File:Cball-Moldova.png]] Moldova, [[File:Cball-Chechnya.png]] Chechnya and [[File:Cball-Dagestan.png]] Dagestan in [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia for many years to come.

In 2014, Separatism caused a war in [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine. It started with the annexation of Crimea by Russia, but then spread to the Donbass region with the "proclamation" of the so-called [[File:Cball-Donetsk.png]] Donetsk and [[File:Cball-Lugansk.png]] Luhansk "People's Republics". There were attempts to create similar things in Kharkiv and Odesa, but they were crushed. Despite countless evidence of Russian military fighting on the separatist side, [[File:Putin.png]] Russian officials deny their involvement in the war until a full-scale invasion occurred in 2022 following Russian recognition of both Regions. Currently apart from the [[File:Cball-Donetsk.png]] Donetsk and [[File:Cball-Lugansk.png]] Luhansk People's Republics parts of Kherson Zaporizhian oblasts were formally absorbed into Russia after a rigged referendum.

In 2017 and 2018, the 'Unite the Right Rally' and 'Unite the Right Rally 2' occurred. These were mainly by [[File:Whitesup.png]] [[White Nationalism|White Nationalists]] and Neo-Nazis, but also included [[File:Neoconfed.png]] Neo-Confederate separatists.