But it has everything to do with Catalonia! Because that is what they did. It was quite successful for a few years. It is unfortunate that it didn't last longer.

The analogy isn't that important if you don't get it, basically I'm arguing that Catalonia was cool but it wasn't flawless and if you try to perfectly replicate an autonomous state that was crushed within 3 years then you will also be crushed in 3 years or so.