Native Americans in either Canada or the US, French in Canada, Irish (perhaps Northern) or Scotish in the EU that you have mentioned have their wishes doomed for instance. Till this very day no Native American has been elected as the president of the US and only one has ever been a VP before; Montreal has shrunk by half a million in past about 30 or so years while Toronto tripled its population in the same time and that not only for the opportunities but you'd have to get deep into the matter to understand the issue there. Scotts could have got their independence for obvious reasons and Northern Irish have been fighting for ages to get their recognition. The Soviet Union did not only collapse for what the west suggested but for what the CCCP Foreign Minister was told sometimes in 1989 prior to the Iron Curtain fall as the west went back on its word not to expand to the east. Anyhow, EU is flawed which will probably bring a war one day, UN is toothless which has proved in cases of Yugoslavia or Irag and the Commonwealth has imposed way too much on its members and the indigenes people not only in Australia, NZ and other Asian nations but also it has wiped out tribes in such islands as Diego Garcia where it accomodated the American military. Whether the statue of Mao is justified or not may depend on the vision of local politicians and whether Xinjiang, Tibet or Taiwan need independence remains to be seen just like it is in cases of our nations' people. One thing, however, is quite certain and that is that Beijing isn't going to send any propaganda to Cherokee Indians or miliraty equipment to Falklands or Hawaii (like the US to Taiwan); although it seems that Russia has made some agreements with the Argentines.

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