Separatism

"A nation, therefore, has no right to say to a province: You belong to me, I want to take you. A province consists of its inhabitants. If anybody has a right to be heard in this case it is these inhabitants."

File:Mises.png Ludwig von Mises

Separatism, also commonly known as Secessionism, is a form of Nationalism that seeks to establish a nation,territory,country, sovereign state, or government that is separate from an already existing nation and exists to serve as the nation, country, government or sovereign state of a specific group. It is an incredibly broad ideology that believes that minority groups in a society are at risk of losing identity. Groups such as linguistic, ethnic, cultural, religious, tribal, racial, ethnolinguistic, gender, political and any other groups concentrated in an area that is controlled by an 'oppressive' nation, whose governance or majority populace is not belonging to the minority group of the area, should be separated, the land containing the minority should be able to have their own nation. This is the principle of self-determination that Separatism vehemently supports.

History

Separatism has, in theory, existed for as long as civilization. Independence movements and separatist revolts have been around since the dawn of humanity. The most notable separatist movement was the American Revolution from 1775-1783 as it marked the first time a European colony successfully separated from it's master, starting the Age of Revolution.

Two decades before the American Revolution started, another somewhat successful separatist movement happened in 1755 in the form of the File:Cball-Corsica.png Corsican Republic, which declared independence from the sea-faring File:Cball-Genoa.png Republic of Genoa. It lasted until 1769 when Corsica was invaded and annexed by File:Cball-FranceKingdom.png France.

In 1860, File:Cball-SouthCarolina.png South Carolina declared independence from the United States. Several other states did the same in 1861, later creating the File:Cball-CSA.png Confederate States of America. CSA was crushed a few years later in 1865.

From 1917-1922, around the First World War, many separatist movements and revolutions happened across Europe. Countries like File:Cball-Finland.png Finland File:Cball-Duchy Finland.png, File:Polandball.png Poland (which had seized to exist in 1795, restored 122 years later), File:Cball-Estonia.png Estonia, File:Cball-Latvia.png Latvia, File:Cball-Lithuania.png Lithuania (all of which separated from the Russian Empire), File:Cball-Yugoslavia-old.png Yugoslavia (which formed from parts of File:Cball-AustriaHungary.png Austria-Hungary), File:Cball-Bavaria.png Bavaria (separated from Germany but rejoined), and many others had appeared on the European map. These nations had their roots in Ethnonationalism, File:Cultural Nationalism.png Cultural Nationalism, Socialism and similar socio-political movements.

Simultaneously (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-Crimean Regionale.png, File:Cball-Alash.png Alash, and several File:Cball-Georgia (old).pngFile:Cball-Azerbaijan.pngFile:Cball-Armenia.png Caucasian nations had proclaimed their independence from Russian Empire as well, but their attempts to remain sovereign were crushed by the File:Cball-RSFSR-old.png RSFSR, which became the File:Cball-USSR.png Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922.

In 1991, the File:Cball-USSR.png Soviet Union collapsed and was formally dissolved in December. In the aftermath, several new nations were formed, including 15 countries which had constituted the core republics of the union. As nationalistic sentiments grew, many separatists within the new nations took to the opportunity, causing chaos in regions of 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 (partially) File:Cball-Gagauzia.png Gagauzia in File:Cball-Moldova.png Moldova, File:Cball-Chechnya.png Chechnya and File:Cball-Dagestan.png Dagestan in the File:Cball-Russia 1991-1993.png Russian Federation for many years to come.

In 2014, Separatism caused a war in File:Cball-Ukraine.png Ukraine. It started with the annexation of File:Sball-Sevastopol.pngFile:Cball-Crimea.png Crimea by Russia, but then spread to the eastern File:Cball-DonetskOblast.pngFile:Cball-Luhansk.png Donbass region with the self-proclamation of the File:Cball-Donetsk.png Donetsk and File:Cball-Lugansk.png Luhansk "People's Republics". There were attempts to proclaim similar separatist entities in File:Cball-Kharkiv.pngFile:Cball-KharkivOblast.png Kharkiv File:Cball-Kharkiv OblastRU.png and File:Cball-Odesa.pngFile:Cball-OdesaOblast.png Odesa File:Cball-OdessaPR.png regions, but they were unsuccessful. Despite countless evidence of Russian military fighting on the separatist side, File:Putin.png Russian officials denied any involvement in the war until a full-scale Invasion occurred in 2022 following Russian recognition of both self-proclaimed republics. As of January 2024, apart from File:Cball-Donetsk.png Donetsk and File:Cball-Lugansk.png Luhansk, sections of File:Cball-KhersonOblast.png Kherson File:Cball-KhersonOblast-RU.png and File:Cball-ZaporizhzhiaOblast.png Zaporizhzhia File:Cball- ZaporozhyeOblast-RU.png oblasts are de facto incorporated into Russia after several referendums, all of which were internationally recognized as illegitimate. An eastern part of File:Cball-MykolaivOblast.png Mykolaiv File:Cball-NikolayevPR.png oblast, which borders Kherson, was also claimed by Russia.

In 2017 and 2018, the 'Unite the Right Rally' and 'Unite the Right Rally 2' occurred. The events were mainly organized by White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis, but importantly included File:Neoconfed.png Neo-Confederate separatists.

Regional Variants

File:Cball-Assyria.png Assyrian Nationalism

Assyrian nationalism is an ongoing secessionist movement that has been active since the 19th century as a form of indigenous nationalism. As they are descendants of the Assyrian empire that ruled over part of the Middle East from the 25th century BC to the 7th century BC. The Assyrian homeland is mostly based in File:Cball-Iraq.png northwestern Iraq, but also may include File:Cball-Syria.png northeastern Syria, File:Cball-Iran.png northwestern Iran, and File:ROT.png southeastern Turkey.

Berberism

While being a form of File:Pan-Nationalism.png Pan-Nationalism (see: Pan-Nationalism#Berberism), Berberism is also separatist as Berbers have no sovereign state and must separate from another entity to get it. Berberism has been primarily adopted by Tuaregs who have revolted in Libya (Second Libyan Civil War) and Mali (Mali War). Berberism has also been the reason for the creation of entities like File:Cball-Azawad.png Azawad.

File:Cball-Berlin.png Berlin Secession

File:Cball-Berlin.png Berlin Secession was a historical separatist ideology in File:Cball-Berlin.png Berlin from 1898-1913. It was an art movement created in 1898 within the File:German Empire.png German Empire by File:Cball-Berlin.png Berliners in response to art restrictions placed by Kaiser Wilhem II. The restrictions were removed by the Kaiser in 1913, causing the demands for an independent File:Cball-Berlin.png Berlin to die out.

File:Cball-England.png English Nationalism

File:Cball-England.png English Nationalism, also known as English Democratism, refers to the separatist movement in File:Cball-England.png England that wants to make File:Cball-England.png England a separate country than the United Kingdom. File:Cball-England.png English Nationalism can also be described as File:Irridentism.png Irredentist in regards of some File:CBall-Wales.png Welsh counties that the English Democrats seek to give to File:Cball-England.png England.

File:Cball-Kabylia.png Kabyle Nationalism

While having some relations to Berberism (because Kabyle are a Berber ethnic group), File:Cball-Kabylia.png Kabyle Nationalism is a separatist political ideology that seeks for the Kabyle people to separate from Algeria and form their own nation called File:Cball-Kabylia.png Kabylia.

Euroscepticism File:Euroscept.png

Euroscepticism is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies, and seek reform (Eurorealism, Eurocritical, or soft Euroscepticism), to those who oppose EU membership and see the EU as unreformable (anti-European Unionism, anti-EUism, or hard Euroscepticism).

The main drivers of Euroscepticism have been beliefs that integration undermines national sovereignty and the nation state,that the EU is elitist and lacks democratic legitimacy and transparency, that it is too bureaucratic and wasteful, that it encourages high levels of immigration, or perceptions that it is a neoliberal organisation serving the big business elite at the expense of the working class, being responsible for austerity and driving privatization.

File:HardEuroscept.png Hard Euroscepticism

Hard Euroscepticism is a political movement that opposes EU membership. It believes that the EU undermines national independence and is undemocratic. The main difference from Soft Euroscepticism is that Hard Euroscepticism believes that the EU cannot be reformed due to the fact that the Treaty of Rome (which created the EEC, the precursor to the EU) can only be amended by a unanimous decision from all member countries, which they believe impossible. Advocating for leaving the EU is often associated with right-wing/far-right politics, though it's also a position taken by many leftist politicians. Some notable hard Eurosceptic parties include the Brexit Party, the UK Independence Party, Alternative for Germany, and the National Rally.

File:Cball-Bourbonism.png Neo-Bourbonism/Kingdom of Two Sicilies Nationalism

Neo-Bourbonism (Italian: Neoborbonismo) is a form of nostalgia for the File:Cball-Bourbonism.png Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The term was coined in 1960 was born with the creation of the autonomist movements in Italy and underwent a considerable surge in popularity in the years around 2011, coinciding with the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. The Neo-Bourbonist movement is supported by small political movements, amateur websites and prolific pseudo-historical publications, leading the Italian newspaper Corriere del Mezzogiorno to speak of "neo-Bourbon revanchism, in vogue in recent years, ...".

File:Cape Republic.png Cape Independence

The Cape independence Party (abbreviated as CAPEXIT) is a independentist South African party that wants to create the File:Cape Republic.png Cape Republic fully within the borders of Western Cape, but also within parts of Northern Cape and Eastern Cape provinces. Its political program has three main tenets: File:Cball-Switzerland.png Cantonal political system, File:Semidirect.png semi-direct democratic electoral system and the economic system of File:Cball-Singapore.png Singapore. Other policies include: strong borders, stricter immigration policy and death penalty for murders and rapists.

File:PanGreenTW.png Taiwanese Separatism File:DPP-Taiwan.png

The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations.

Personal Tendencies

File:Burr.png Burrism

Burrism is the ideology and set of beliefs and actions representing former American vice president Aaron Burr. He was most well known for a duel in which he mortally wounded fellow politician File:Hamilton.png Alexander Hamilton, and for him attempting to secede and form his own nation in what is now known as the Burr Conspiracy. Burr's political beliefs were generally Democratic-Republican and anti-federalist, but he was also anti-slavery and feminist.

Personality and Behavior

Separatism is portrayed as patriotic and overzealous, but towards the nation that they believe should separate, not the nation that currently controls his land. They are quick to criticize anyone who suggests that their land is a part of another nation or that they citizens are citizens of a 'foreign' country. For example, they display a behavior akin to what File:Cball-Quebec.png Québécois nationalists would do if someone called them File:Cball-Canada.png Canadian, or what a File:Cball-Catalonia-Estelada.png Catalan nationalist would do if someone called them File:Cball-Spain.png Spanish, or if someone suggested that File:Cball-Quebec.png Québec was simply a province of File:Cball-Canada.png Canada or if someone called File:Cball-Catalonia.png Catalonia a region of File:Cball-Spain.png Spain. Or even if someone said File:Cball-Kosovo.png Kosovo is File:Cball-Serbia.png Serbia or said that File:Cball-Kosovo.png Kosovars are File:Cball-Serbia.png Serbian. Separatism would become extremely aggravated in such scenarios.

Other than that, they get along with ideologies that want to form separate nations for their groups. This ideology often discusses self-determination and how it is a human right.

How to Draw

File:Flag of Separatism.svg

Flag of Separatism

1. Draw a ball.
2. The ball will be split vertically into two hemispheres/sides.
3. One will have a flag facing away from the center and the same style as Nationalism.
4. The other side should have the same flag facing away from the center, but with the colors of Nationalism swapped, having an orange flag on black.
5. The flag poles should touch the bottom of the ball, and notably be separate from each other.
6. Add the eyes and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Orange	#FF9800	rgb(255, 152, 0)
	Black	#141414	rgb(20, 20, 20)

Relations

Friends

• Populism - For OUR people!
• Independence Anarchism - Basically me as an anarchist. Which is BASED!
• Post-Colonial Anarchism - Basically the same as above but with a focus on anti-colonialism and fighting racism. BASED!
• National Anarchism - Eh, you don't focus very much on the important stuff, like independence for every group, but at least you want it. But yeesh, all you anarchists should stop telling independent people groups how to run their own nation, let them forge their own path! (Independence anarchism and Post-Colonial anarchism are still better though.)
• File:RevNat.png Revolutionary Nationalism - Fignt for our freedom!
• Ethnopluralism - Finally! A nation state for every ethnicity, this guy gets it.
• Indigenism - It's time that indigenous groups get their independence! True self-determination comes from not being under a foreign majority.
• File:Globnat.png Alter-Globalism - Most based globalist I have ever seen. Supports oppressed groups for self-determination and protecting their culture while also supporting each other via mutual aid.
• Democratic Confederalism - Kurdistani freedom fighters!
• File:SouthSep.png Southern Separatism - May you rise again!
• Black Nationalism - The Republic of New Afrika was super based, death to AmeriKKKa!
• Anarcho-Syndicalism - Good job at liberating Catalonia!
• African Socialism - Good job in kicking out the colonialist invaders!
• File:Bud.png Buddhist Theocracy, File:Buddhist Socialism.png Buddhist Socialism & File:BudAn.png Buddhist Anarchism - FREE TIBET! CHINA OUT!
• File:Cball-HongKong-BlackBauhinia.png Hong Kong Localists - FREE HONG KONG!
• File:Cball-Xinjiang.png Uyghur Separatism - Keep Xi Jinping and CCP out of East Turkestan!
• File:IrishRepublican.png Irish Socialist Republicanism - Tiocfaidh ár lá!
• Anarcho-Capitalism - A fan of my work, he usually advocates for me.
• File:Urb.png Patchwork - You are what I dream of, absolute heaven on earth!
• File:LiberMon.png Libertarian Monarchism - Liechtenstein and Hans-Adam II are absolutely based.
• File:Dawronoyeicon.png Dawronoye - !ܬܐܝܗ ܕܘܪܢܝܐ ܕܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ!
• File:Nrx.png Neoreactionaryism - Patchwork is a great idea!
• File:Hoppef.png Hoppeanism - I too, dream of a Europe that consists of 1,000 Liechtensteins.
• File:Sikhmini.png Sikh Theocracy - FREE KHALISTAN!
• File:Progconf.png Progressive Conservatism - Protecting minorities and celebrating tradition are both based.

Frenemies

• File:Putin.png Putinism - My variants in Russia hate you but some my variants outside Russia especially my variants in the Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova like you.
• Nationalism -Sovereignty is based, but you must respect the sovereignty of every nation, not just your own. Every nation deserves a it own nation-state.
• File:Irridentism.png Irredentism (when it’s for his nation) - I honestly don’t know. Revenge against the invaders is based, but you’ve taken this to a whole other level.
• File:YAP(Azerbaijan).png Aliyevism - I will NEVER forgive you for Artsakh however the Iranian variants see you as a great alternative after they leave from Iran.
• File:Pan-Nationalism.png Pan-Nationalism - Stop it with all that unity stuff, nations should be separating and getting independence! Although... sometimes we might need economic and military help across the world to do it.
• File:Cosmo.png Cosmopolitanism - You're right in some ways, we should have no group ruling over other minorities. And we should acknowledge each nationality's equal right to have their own nation. But I will respect other nationalities from afar, not meld with them!
• Progressivism - Well, supporting minority groups is based, but the only right that matters is their right to form their nation and have independence! Other than that, don't tell our new independent nations how to behave, they don't need to be progressive, they'll use self-determination to forge their own path.
• Traditionalism - Protecting my peoples traditions are a good idea, but why can we not work with other independence activists of other lands if they support our fight for self-determination?
• Tridemism - Well I do like how you want to officially separate from the evil PRC, but you also occupied the land of the Taiwanese and want to form "One Big China", and that's... hella cringe.
• File:Radfem.png Radical Feminism & File:MGTOW.png MGTOW - I mean, I don't know about full on gender separatism but whatever floats your boat, I guess?
• Anarcho-Individualism - The fight for self-determination from the oppressive majority and against assimilating for being different is based. But you might need to sacrifice some of your personal autonomy in order to unite with like-minded individuals to truly be free.
• Anarcho-Collectivism - You see how the power of the collective can get things done when people work together, but you might also force various diverse peoples to integrate or assimilate for furthering the good of the collective rather than for minority groups. Which goes against true self-determination of diverse peoples.
• File:RelNat.png Religious Nationalism - Both our liberator and our oppressor, forcing faith on other diverse peoples beliefs is wrong. But fighting to protect our faith from said religious fanatics isn't.
• File:Hfash.png Homofascism - Your supporting of imperialism and racism against minorities is a huge red flag. But a gay-ethnostate was a pretty based idea.
• File:European Federalism.png European Federalism - My British, French and Greek variants really hate you however the scottish variants within Britain see you as a good alternative after they have separated from the UK, so I am really really confused.
• Federalism - Autonomy? How about independence already? At least you allow some liberty to the minority groups.
• File:Confed.png Confederalism - Better then his father but still I want independence not autonomy.
• American Model - Free the 13 colonies from Britain! *later* Free Hawaii, Alaska, Texas, California, Puerto Rico, New England etc. from AmeriKKKa!
• File:Jeffersondem2.png Jeffersonian Democracy - I like how you imply that secession is constitutional and influenced the Confederates and- WAIT WHY ARE YOU ARRESTING AARON BURR!?

Enemies

• File:Intercult.png Interculturalism - I will not assimilate!
• Anationalism - C'mon, why do you gotta give anarchists a bad name? You are THE WORST of the anarchists.
• File:Irridentism.png Irredentism (when it’s against his nation) - One of my arch-nemesis, tries to reverse my progress of getting people independence! Stop conquering those poor minorities, they deserve their homeland too!
• Imperialism - Extremely glad that you're era of rule is over, this should never even be thought of! Subjugating those poor minorities is the opposite of giving them freedom to have their own nation! What I helped you get into power NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
• Jingoism - Now this is just sick, you've gotta respect people's right to self-determination, to each nation, their own!
• Ultranationalism - Wanting independence, being proud of your nation and sharing its identity is good nationalism, but you want your national group to trample over all the others, not cool, the worst nationalism.
• Dengism - Red fascist and Chinazi who wants to assimilate the occupied territories of Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria and NK. You will fall!
• Globalism&File:World Federalism2.png World Federalism - Trying to unite nations and countries into less rather than separating them into more is absolutely despicable.One-world government is a tyranny, every nation should be free.
• File:Unimon.png Universal Monarchism - DEATH TO THE FOREIGN EMPEROR!
• File:Illum.png Illuminatism - This is where a one-world government inevitably leads us!
• File:Hmind.png Hive-Mind Collectivism - I thought File:World Federalism2.png He was my greatest fear... Guess I was wrong. Now excuse me while I have a panic attack.
• File:Tito.png Titoism - Balkanization go brrrrr.
• Zionism - One day, I'll kick your fucking ass out of Palestine, so Palestinians will live in peace!
• Civic Nationalism - The type of country that you want is idiocy, a country that deteriorates the identities of all people who live there, a country that needs to be torn apart, a country that I would never want to be part of. It's useless that you look at me like that, you don't scare me, libtard. You, at this moment, look like him to me, cuck. And stop calling me a traitor, moron! File:Washdem2.png Washington is based.
• File:Ottoman.png Neo-Ottomanism, File:Grey-Wolves-icon-pcb.png Turkish Idealism and Kemalism - #FreeKurdistan!
• File:Milosevic.png Milosevicism - FUCK OFF, KOSOVO IS ALBANIA!
• Centralism - Not even basic autonomy for minorities.
• File:Franco.png Francoism - I will never forget what you did in Catalonia and Basque people.
• File:Tatmadaw.png Tatmadawism - Zio/Chinazi backed regime. One day all those separatists militias will get your ass.

Further Information

Wikipedia

• Separatism
• Souverainism
• Autonomism (political doctrine)
• List of active separatist movements
• Secession
• Independence
• Balkanization
• Partition (politics)

Related topics

• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
• United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
• Stateless nation

People

• File:Cball-Catalonia-Estelada.png Oriol Junqueras File:Cball-Spain.png
• File:Cball-Catalonia-Estelada.png Quim Torra File:Cball-Spain.png
• File:Cball-Catalonia-Estelada.png Jordi Sànchez File:Cball-Spain.png
• File:Cball-Catalonia-Estelada.png Jordi Cuixart File:Cball-Spain.png
• File:Cball-Catalonia-Estelada.png Carme Forcadell File:Cball-Spain.png
• File:Cball-Basque.png Arnaldo Otegi File:Cball-Spain.png
• File:Cball-Galicia.png Xosé Manuel Beiras File:Cball-Spain.png
• File:Cball-Corsica.png Jean-Guy Talamoni
• File:Cball-French Polynesia.png Oscar Temaru
• File:Cball-MartiniqueNat.png Alfred Marie-Jeanne
• File:Cball-Scotland.png Nicola Sturgeon
• File:Cball-Scotland.png Keith Brown
• File:Cball-Scotland.png Alex Salmond
• File:Cball-Wales.png Adam Price
• File:PLB-StPat.png Colum Eastwood
• File:Cball-Quebec.png Yves-François Blanchet File:Cball-Canada.png
• File:Cball-Quebec.png Paul St-Pierre Plamondon File:Cball-Canada.png
• File:Cball-HongKong.png Edward Leung File:Cball-China.png
• File:Cball-HongKong.png Chan Ho tin File:Cball-China.png
• File:Cball-HongKong.png Baggio Leung File:Cball-China.png
• File:Cball-HongKong.png Tony Chung File:Cball-China.png
• File:Cball-Xinjiang.png Anwar Yusuf Turani File:Cball-China.png
• File:Cball-Xinjiang.png Dolkun Isa File:Cball-China.png
• File:Cball-Tibet.png Jigme Gyatso File:Cball-China.png
• File:Cball-PuertoRico.png Rubén Berríos
• File:Cball-California.png Louis J. Marinelli
• File:Neoconfed.png Michael Hill
• File:Zapa.png Subcomandante Marcos File:CBall-Mexico.png
• File:PKK-icon-pcb.png Abdullah Öcalan File:ROT.png
• File:Terreblanche.png Eugène Terre'Blanche File:Cball-South Africa.png
• File:Cball-Afrikaner.png Carel Boshoff IV File:Cball-South Africa.png
• File:Cape Republic.png Jack Miller File:Cball-South Africa.png
• File:Cball-Hawaii.png Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Videos

• Let Them Leave!

Examples of separatist movements

• The World’s Leading Independence Movements | Part 1 by James Ker-Lindsay
• The World’s Leading Independence Movements | Part 2 by James Ker-Lindsay
• Lesser-Known Separatist Movements by Neatling
• Lesser-Known Separatist Movements 2 by Neatling
• Lesser-Known Separatist Movements 3 by Neatling
• Which Regions Are Fighting For Independence? by NowThis World
• Which Regions Are Fighting For Independence? Part 2 by NowThis World
• Which Regions Are Fighting For Independence? Part 3 by NowThis World

Online Communities

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• r/Tinism

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