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Originally posted by nottelling
Originally posted by NoHierarchy
Originally posted by nottelling
reply to post by zedVSzardoz
...discuss their ideology and mine (which is vaguely Anarcho-Libertarian but don't tell anyone) until the cows come home...
The term "Anarcho-Libertarian" is redundant. Libertarian traditionally referred to Anarchists (typically Socialists) and not free-market right wing industrialists.
If you're thinking of "Anarcho"-Capitalism, that is an oxymoron.
Please read:
www.infoshop.org...
Is my lack of "political purity" showing? Oops, how "ideologically unsound" of me...
Sorry about that.
Originally posted by zedVSzardoz
reply to post by NoHierarchy
Fascist or not, I think most people in Spain just try to see the enormous good he did FOR the country. I am not the biggest fan of Franco but like you said, both sides did terrible things. Franco at least tried to look out for his countries best interests. Also it could be said that the application of law now is fascist in Spain.
Law now is applied to every facet of a persons life, heavy taxes are levied, personal property and privacy is a thing of the past, and the government does what it pleases without the consent of the governed. That is fascist as well.
But the greater good is not oriented towards the prosperity of the nation, instead it is oriented towards the EU and not the Spanish people themselves.
Originally posted by zedVSzardoz
reply to post by resoe26
I am in Asturias,
Franco is still Taboo, though I have heard comments from disenfranchised people asking if maybe we were not better off before. His "brutality" during the civil war really isn't enough to keep people from wondering anymore, especially since the other side was worse.
We are certain that the EU and the Euro have been the worst thing to happen to us. The autonomous provincial governments are a sham and are hemorrhaging money like it was pressurized air.
The peseta and our traditional values were not that bad. Maybe they needed some modernization, but Spain still needs that, sooooo.....
I think Franco will continue to be weighed as an enormous benefit to the country as a whole.
Originally posted by zedVSzardoz
reply to post by resoe26
avoid Spain man. Avoid Europe in general. People are immigrating out of here like crazy. Now is not the time. Worse to come. I am on my way out myself.
If you had not considered it, try south America. I hear Spaniards moving there are doing OK...
Good luck bro. Thanks..edit on 3-1-2013 by zedVSzardoz because: (no reason given)