Surely, everyone can cause upheaval and claim independence for fairness.
Going by Mikado's argument, "the' scots, "the' irish and "the" tibetans want independence, they can all declare and achieve it by all means, violent or otherwise, it is all justifiable?

Problem is, "the" does not represent majority of the scots, irish, native americans, tibetans.

Fact is : the majority of the above do not want independence and could not be economically viable unless there's another strong patron propping it up.

Perhaps, China secret service could one day support native americans, scots and irish independence just as CIA has been clandestinely supporting the free Tibet, Taliban, Kosovo. How's that for a switch and equality?