Franco was semi-fascist (like Stalin btw) (Trotsky called that Cesarism in 1928) because he instated a very hierarchical society based on a cult of the nation,

Franco was semi-fascist (like Stalin btw) (Trotsky called that Cesarism in 1928) because he instated a very hierarchical society based on a cult of the nation, and a full press censorship along with historiography censorship. He lacked a fascist founding mythos (which makes him differ from complete fascism) : while he wanted his nation to be great again (reconstruction myth), he designated no real internal ennemis once syndicalism was banned, and no true external ennemi. Also, the Spanish republic didn't 'want' a dictatorship of the proletariat at all (they used strike breakers forces once their scabs didn't work ffs), they had to accept it to keep the production going under the threat of Carlists and Francists, but they were pretty much on the side of the bourgeoisie until the civil war.