Catalan nationalism cannot afford to be unsympathetic. State nationalism, even a certain left, can afford it, but not Catalan nationalism, independence, or Catalan nationalism. This is because their approaches do not refer to an abstract ideal, but to a concrete proposal on a concrete terrain and with a concrete society: the Catalan one, which, if it is to be independent, must do so based on a minimally solid social agreement. Proof of this is Spain: Spain has been artificially created for centuries, and if until recently one could counter me with the agreed-upon Constitution of 1978, which we can accept as more or less true, since 2006 (and especially in 2017) this is no longer the case: Spain is no longer a pact, and even owes itself to force. Therefore, the independence movement (Catalanism/sovereignty/etc.) must ask itself the following question: how can it make an offer for a country that is not too artificial, too indigestible, too unacceptable for too many of its inhabitants, and even for the international community?