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Absolutely. And that doesn't have anything to do with my point that Spain was a developing country well into the 1990s, and that most of the post-Franco era de
by alephnerd 2y ago
Absolutely.
And that doesn't have anything to do with my point that Spain was a developing country well into the 1990s, and that most of the post-Franco era development was subsidized by EEC and EU Developmental Funds
Read this, it's a good overview of the process - https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781557753199/ch02.xml https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781557753199/ch02...
- shiroiushi 2y agoYep, Spain was a dictatorship until about 50 years ago, well within many people's living memory. Even worse, why is it a democratic nation (sorta--they still have a king after all) now? Because they got tired of living in a dicatorship? No. It's because the dictator got old and died, and I guess they couldn't find a new dictator to replace him. It shouldn't be any surprise that a nation and culture so tolerant of living in a dictatorship isn't exactly leading the world.
- mejutoco 2y agoFranco designated his successor. It was supposed to be the previous king Juan Carlos. He reinstated the monarchy and became king instead. In terms of getting rid of dictators, you also have to realize that since the Spanish civil war (1936-1939) there was a dictatorship until 1975. That is a lot of time to purge any opposition. Your last sentence is uncharitable and overly simplistic.