The murder of religious under Franco, see article with image at thesplendorofthechurch.blogspot
With the election of conservative, Mariano Rajoy, and the People’s Party in a 16 point route of the Socialist Party, one finds the Spanish resistance to totalitarian states, once again, coming to the forefront.
As a first generation American whose family resides in Spain, one understands that the oppression of a socialist state (the ideal and the reality are two very different situations), decimated the economy – as Spain, in trending, tends to lead the European nations – as well as continuing to hold sway as the “mother country” over nations of Spanish decent elsewhere in the world, the message sent on Sunday is one of rejection of dangerous ideologues for a more individual driven concept.
The Spaniards have had their share of dictators; form the monarchy in the earliest of times, influenced as it was by the Catholic Church (as was all of Europe), to the fight against the invasion of the Mulsim Moors, who had taken a great percentage of Spain from 792 to 1492 in an attempt to convert Christians to Islam while gaining more territory, to the trials and tribulations most apparent in the second World War, when, not unlike the French Revolution, all religious were either murdered or fled, while the Fascists held sway. Spain was considered the testing ground for weapons to be used by the German’s. The Spaniards saw a return to a “Democracy” in 1977, with one of the most liberal Socialist Constitutions ever written in Europe. That has apparently backfired.
It is hoped that Spain will lead the charge in freeing Europe from the chains of Socialism, by example, and that economy will be the driving factor in this change. The basis of the plan is deep cuts to programs, which, apparently was very popular with the voting public.
Those in the United States that fail to see this trend should do so at their own political peril.
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