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We Spaniards generally hold a negative and hopeless view of our nation’s history and capabilities. This deep and serious national problem, of which little is said, damages our self-esteem as a people, undermining our self-confidence and giving us an undeserved sense of inferiority regarding other countries. The reasons for our low self-esteem are varied, but …

READ MORE >>Spain and its complexes in the face of nationalism

Recently appointed Socialist President Sánchez has been quick to show his extremism as he expressed his wish to resume his totalitarian proposal to reform the Historical Memory Law, which I criticized in these same pages on February 15, 2018. The proposal, backed by all the subversive parties in Congress, literally includes the creation of a …

READ MORE >>Spain’s Freedom and Democracy under attack

Although political alternation is almost always healthy (except in disastrous cases…), Saint Ignatius advised that it’s best not to move in times of tribulations – and Spain is in deep political tribulation. Pedro Sánchez, our incoming president-by-surprise due to Rajoy’s unexpected loss in a confidence vote in Congress, wins his party’s primaries but loses general …

READ MORE >>Times of change

In his classic novel 1984, George Orwell described a sinister totalitarian society of the future supported by three large bureaucratic structures. One of these was the Ministry of Truth, in charge of falsifying historical facts in order to back up the version approved by the Government. Brandishing the slogans “Freedom is Slavery”, “Ignorance is Strength” …

READ MORE >>Spain, 2018: To prison for expressing an opinion?

The Iron Law of Oligarchy declares that whatever the form of government —monarchy, aristocracy, republic or democracy— power is always exercised by a very small group of people. Our history, the dynamics of power and human nature itself underpin this law beyond any doubt, so to argue today that democracy is the power of the …

READ MORE >>Spain wasn’t born in 1978