True lol

except that in the US it's right-wing and slightly more center right-wing parties.

@@franciscoflamenco Wrong. 100% of political violence in the US is committed by the left, including the blm and antifa terrorist groups.

Yes, I got that impression while researching this video. Glad you enjoyed it though, thanks!

@@LookBackHistory Dont believe him, he probably doesnt know about the avchievements of francoist dictator-ship, but I know and i can tell you: "The people who doesnt know their history are obligated to repeat it, but Spain...oh Spain..., Spain must know his history to repeat it again" -FoxFexChester

@@foxguardiandimensional3826, so should Spain go back to being a dictatorship? Seems like that would be a pretty bad idea.

@@occam7382 there is one problem, the dictator must be like Franco was, or even, better, believe me, those were the 39 years most pacific and economic of all our nation, stability in spain for fist time who would say it huh, at least in the 60-75'

He even uses the same map software.

@@quisqueyancomrade4968 yes

@@quisqueyancomrade4968 What is this map software?

I imagine there's probably a pretty clear split opinion on that. Thanks!

Well ok but how many people die of famine, of mass genocide and result in a general breakdown?

@@simplelogic9090 there wasn't a genocide per se during francoism, but many of the POWs died in prisons due to the poor living conditions, especially those with workcamps (which actually was pretty common). The total death toll of the war was of around half a million deaths, with some more thousands during the immediate postwar. Things eventually got much more relaxed, and after 1950, repression had greatly diminished. During the 60s, Spain could already qualify as a liberal state in many aspects. This allowed for a smooth transition into democracy when Franco died in 1975.

@@simplelogic9090 that would have happened too if the comunists took over just look at Russia

My understanding is that Spaniards' thoughts on Franco can be divided into about 4 camps ~5% Far-right Extremists: Passionately support Franco to this day, especially praising his suppression of leftists, persecution of LGBT and minority groups, and restrictions on womens' rights (especially divorce rights). Usually vote for Vox. ~10% Right-wing Hardliners: Believe that Franco was a 'necessary evil' to prevent Spain falling to communism or anarchism, but also believe that his dictatorship was too extreme sometimes. These guys almost always give Franco credit for Spain's economic miracle, and believe Spain's economic crisis in the 40s and early 50s were mainly just aftershocks of the Civil War, rather than the result of Franco regime's gross economic mismanagement. Many people in this category support Franco, but few would dare say it in public. Usually vote for Vox. ~25% Conservatives: Agree with most other Spaniards' that Franco's dictatorship was fundamentally evil, while still believing that his economic policies (at least after he moved away from Autarky towards a more Capitalist-type economic system in the 1950s) were mostly good for Spain's economy. They do not support Franco at all, but do not completely despise him either. Usually vote for People's Party. ~60% Center-Right, Centrists, Liberals, and Left Wingers: Have nothing positive to say about Franco, reviling him as one of if not the single worst villain of Spanish history. About 2/5ths of this category vote for PSOE (center-leftists similar to America's Democrats or Germay's SPD), with 1/5th each supporting People's Party (right-wing), Podemos (far-left), and various smaller (mostly centrist or center-left) parties representing regional interests.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you! Glad you thought so!

Thank you for watching!

Thanks!

It is! Thanks for watching!

I'm a dual British-US citizen; born in the UK live in the US. My accent is something of a hybrid, so I'm not surprised you couldn't tell!

@@LookBackHistory i didn't know that

Yes. I was referering to liberal democracies and present-day Hungary is unfortunately not that.

@@LookBackHistory according to Brussels perhaps Also the Balkans are all democratic now too, though things might be starting to get interesting in Bosnia

@@LookBackHistory Present-day Spain isn't any more liberal than Hungary, as there is little (and less every day) separation of powers since 1985. The government controls the legislative power and most of the judiciary and the media, which is rountinely used to attack and even criminalize the opposition, while criminals get pardoned for political reasons. There are also ministers who are declared communists that support dictators in South America. Even the "moderate left" party honors their members who were criminals during and prior to the Civil War as defenders of democracy.

@@jonathanwilliams1065, according to everyone who isn't also a dictatorship. Hungary is a de-facto authoritarian state under Orban and he needs to go.

Why?

@@jorgeh.r9879 as sad and painful as the civil war was for spain. And the dictatorship that followed. The events of the war both on an international scale and at home are undoubtedly significant.

@@geekscentury Completely agree with you. I'm Spanish and I find it fascinating and very tragic for my country. Are you Spanish?

@@jorgeh.r9879 i'm not. I'm Northern Irish. I did a video myself on the international intervention in the civil war if your interested

Yeah, I do too. Hence the production of this video :)

How about stop insulting my country with English terms they created? (Not us)

@@enlosluceros7236 ngl, i think is a great joke

I know the oil crisis of 73-74 ended Spain's trend of extreme growth, I don't know too much about it afterwards though. A few centuries earlier there was definitely inflation as silver from the new world devalued Spanish currency to an incredible degree.

@@LookBackHistory Thanks for responding!

UK also bribed some of the generals in the Spanish army to not join WW2 and maintained commercial trade The US also helped Franco's regime after WW2 by letting them into the international organizations and giving economic aid in exchange of putting some military bases in their territory

It was either Franco or a Stalinist satellite. After 1937 the PCE, directly dependant on Soviet authorities, virtually controlled all remains of the Republic. Franco wasn't a fascist affiliate either, so there was a good chance that he wouldn't end up causing trouble to the UK and its allies. It was the most sound option from a strategic point of view, and around half of Spain supported him, so it wasn't much of a deal when you had to choose between two dictatorships. As a spanish myself, I do consider Franco the lesser of the two evils that were the two sides in the Civil War.

I plan to!

@@LookBackHistory you are my inspiration

I Live in lndia can you make a vid on lndia in ww2

What was 335 year War

@@LookBackHistory what happened to the South Vietnamese government in exil

Democracy is a lie

That sounds unlikely given who was in charge of Greece at the time

Catalonia didn't searched Independence around that time i believe, they only opposed the Nationalist party

Thanks! I'm going to stick by that statement though. Relative to much of the world, and most of history, I think its fair to call Spain stable.

@@LookBackHistory fair enough

do you live in spain?

@@LUN4RA no I just know that was a big news story of the police fighting each other in the streets over catalan secession

@@erichayes8445 That was not two police fighting, as the Catalan police remained neutral and didn't take action. Spain depoyed Guardia civil and Spanish police into Catalonia to stop the (non-recognized by Madrid) referendum, and the voters joined in each votation point to keep them away and exercise their right to vote. The fightings in the street were basically the Spanish forces beating the voters, causing a number of a thousand injured registred by the medical service. Finally less than a 10% of the voting points were attacked, for example in my town the police didn't show up, however we build barricades when we saw they were "visiting" towns in our region.