Thread:4th of Augustball/@comment-39545695-20200305030417/@comment-31790865-20200305225412

I am glad we can see eye to eye (or at the very least respect eachother) in regards to certain ideas and concepts. I believe the only thing I wish to rebutt is that of the legacy of the Second Spanish Republic and to further reinforce what I meant when I stated that Fascism was a "progressive ideology".

So, in terms of the Second Spanish Republic, you have already made the point that they were vehemntly anti-Clerical which in turn resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of clergy, Christians and moderate conservatives-nationalists/monarchists. However, you seem to attribute these atrocities to, not the Republic itself, but rather the various radical Communist and Anarchists insurgents/militants that had existed. Whilst this is true (at least for the first half of the war), the Communists and Anarchists practically became the government, considering they possessed the power to enforce their legislation and the fact that the government of Manuel Azana was replaced by pro-Communist Juan Negrin in 1937.

Even if Franco's regime had never existed and the Nationalist movement was severly crushed, I doubt peace would've been achieved within the Second Spanish Republic (which, may I remind you, will possess degraded influence to the extent where it holds no real power). Considering the fact that the "May Day Events" were a real thing in Spain (thus contributing to the idea that the Republican faction was fractured), who is to say that yet another Civil War would not occur in Spain? (maybe with three factions this time! Republicans vs Communists vs Anarchists). In conclusion, the Spanish Second Republic was not democratic, nor could it hope to maintain it's system based off of the factions they allied themselves which (who, in turn, would have no qualms in striking the final blow against the Republic).

ima send the next post about Fascism in a sec..