Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
What you just described is a classical example of "not being heard".
No, they are heard, and their voice is overruled. That is what happens with democracy. Your solution of more democracy does not make sense. The only way to allow the Basques to have an active role in running the affairs of Spain is to have less democracy, to allow the much smaller Basque population to have the same impact on the political system as the larger population in the rest of the country.