- published: 01 Jun 2013
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Separatism is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group. While it often refers to full political secession, separatist groups may seek nothing more than greater autonomy. Some groups refer to their organizing as independence, self-determination, partition or decolonization movements instead of, or in addition to, autonomist, separatist or secession movements.[citation needed] While some critics may equate separatism and religious segregation, racial segregation or sexual segregation, separatists argue that separation by choice is not the same as government-enforced segregation and may serve useful purposes.
Groups may have one or more motivations for separation, including:
How far separatist demands will go toward full independence, and whether groups pursue constitutional and nonviolent or armed violence, depend on a variety of economic, political, social and cultural factors, including movement leadership and the government’s response. Governments may respond in a number of ways, some of which are mutually exclusive. Some include:
Society is burning, yearning at my blood
Digging deep wounds, it's time to move on.
It's me against them until they exist no more
Separatism, separatism
No-one thought will turn this around
They're pushing their law
My steps now losing ground
Discipline by fear, they're pushing on
Zero respect now gets me by
[Repeat]
Separatism, separatism
[x3]
These insane thoughts enter my soul
Now I'm God-less, I'm left possessed
Godless, I'm left possessed
Separatism, separatism
I'll burn this truth straight
through your eyes
Now look from the grave straight up,
you'll see the sky. Nothing left here to say
This is my time to show them all
Their programming comes to an end
My unforgivable time of sorrow
Focused, now losing control
Fuck all their rules, fuck all their systems
Laughing as they bleed
Innocence lies as my victim
Spreading harsh truth
Losing my mind.