...and you are also replying to something I didn't actually say.
In any case, any declared result is meaningless. All opposition parties boycotted the referendum.
If you misquote me selectively you can make anything up from it.
The OP said Catalonia "has always wanted independence". I simply replied that is not the case. It is a VERY recent phenomenon.
Even in the immediate post Franco years there was never anything close to a majority wanting full...