• poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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    Because it was never properly de-fascisized and is still full of cryptofascists. You don’t need to look any further than the Guardia Civil, the paramilitary “police”.

    Spain is a clear lesson that you can’t transition out of fascism. You need a clear cut, at least like what happend in Portugal.

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        You seem to be unacquainted with the Guardia Civil, which is more like a military force to suppress the local population.

        Police everywhere is bad, but there are definitely different levels of bad.

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      I sometimes go to a place that has Marxist symbols, doesn’t mean I’m a tankie. It’s just a nice place with chill people.

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        Does Marxist imply tankie? I was under the impression that some Leninism was needed for that.

        Edit: yep. Marxists are not tankies

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    Because a law is only as effective as the authorities’ will to enforce it. With police being what it usually is and a judicial body with a heavy Opus Dei presence, the ban on francoist symbols is largely unenforced.

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      That’s not what the private part is about: it means private spaces, not privately-owned or -operated places.

      Private place means your living room. A bar anyone can enter is a public place. An office all kinds of people work at but is not open to everyone is also not a private place. See what I mean?

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      That would only apply if they were private members’ clubs. As they’re open to the public, the law theoretically applies.