tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post4725245530467456706..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Turning points in history?Dan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-26208500583626101432020-06-22T10:58:09.221-04:002020-06-22T10:58:09.221-04:00The Spanish fascista party never went away..I alwa...The Spanish fascista party never went away..I always pass their ugly office and flag in downtown Granada...I spit on the door. They changed their name to Vox...this artículo I sent you is about how they are teaming up with Donald Trump and other right wing parties in Europe.<br /><br />I would say the following is absolutely not true:<br /><br />"So might we better say that the Civil War and the dictatorship were short disturbances in Spain's longterm development as a modern democratic and tolerant state? Might we speculate that the current realities of Spain were on the agenda with or without the Civil War? It seems that Franco and his fascists left no permanent imprint on Spain. Is it perhaps better to think of the Civil War as a terrible national trauma that the Spanish people have nonetheless assimilated? Is Spain today more analogous to an adult whose past is traumatic but whose present is emotionally strong?"<br /><br />Franco left a huge print: people are still frightened of their neighbors, the Guardia Civil ( military police) are filled with Franquistas and Franco style training...there is still the belief that Franco " created the social security system in Spain"...there are people who miss the 50 years of generalísimo . In 1981 there was a fascista coup and King Juan Carlos stopped it by standing up to the generals in Parliment to shame them.<br /><br />They just moved Francos body from his elaborate mausoleum last year....meaning even 50 years after his death they didn't have the cojones to get him out if his shrine..big deal here<br />https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50164806<br /><br />So, not to be too hard on your blog piece..I would call it the classic straw man argument..you started with the premise:<br /><br /><br />"This way of thinking about Spain's past eighty years casts doubt on the idea of a turning point--at least in this case. Nothing in history is determined, and that extends to national political trajectories. Even China's future development is uncertain, the power and importance of the revolution notwithstanding. And it is possible that China in 2060 will look very different from the Party dictatorship that is the current legacy of 1949. If this is case the Revolution itself was not a "turning point" for China, but rather just one more contingent event in its very long history.<br /><br />But it's a faulty premise!!!The insidious tendrils<br />of racism, classism, and social control, through hate is MORE DANGEROUS WHEN IT GOES UNDERGROUND.<br /><br />I leave you as proof your current president.<br /><br /><br />"Is Spain today more analogous to an adult whose past is traumatic but whose present is emotionally strong?"<br /><br />Yes!! But a traumatized, naughty little child hiding in a corner waiting to be rebuked. I would not call the present state in Spain " emotionally strong ".... proof was how everyone meekly went running to hide the minute the State of emergency started. ( with the Covid crises).... .terrified of the police. <br /><br />In short:<br /><br />Unprocessed trauma is in danger of repeating itself until it is told, acknowledged and validated. Only then can we ve a healthy state.M Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587288955214249623noreply@blogger.com