Famous rock groups sometimes choose to do all acoustic sets, which they call unplugged sessions. In the political world, especially in the USA, we have another phenomenon, the unhinged sessions.
Trump and his entourage of oligarchs, grifters and chancers are an ugly lot of genetically cretinous and unbalanced freaks, aren’t they? I mean, if they were all from the same village, you’d suspect radiation poisoning and incest or some such thing, wouldn’t you?
“They are so blind that they prefer to harm millions of Spaniards in order to erode the government. Feijóo is willing to go blind in order to make Sánchez one-eyed.” These were the recent words of Oscar Puente, Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of the Government of Spain, referring to the extreme rightwing opposition in Spain, led by the Galician Nuñez Feijoo, and consisting of the Popular Party, the ultra-right Vox, and JUNTS, the extreme rightwing catalán nationalist party.
Like many places in Europe, Spain is a fascinating mix of modernity, liberty, equality, rights and obligations. Unfortunately, and as elsewhere, it also comes with a massive dose of rightwing revisionism. There is nostalgia for a bloody and long dictatorship. A degree of xenophobia and racism is present, defying the facts on the ground. As is usually the case.
The Britain of my youth wasn’t quite the gaggle of internet-enabled basket cases that it has become today. Once, most people were generally more respectful, introspective and considerate. Now, any fool with an opinion as racist, prejudiced or stupid as it can be can shoot their mouth off on a scale never seen before. Of course, there are exceptions, and there were some thoroughly vile people in the past, just like there are many decent people in the present.
Profound antagonism has existed between Russia and Western Europe since the times of the Czars. Leading roles in this perpetual drama have been racism, imperialism, arrogance, ignorance, personal ambitions and paranoia. The biggest problem in the room is that Russia understands the West too well and that the West is deliberately stubborn when it comes to putting itself in the shoes of Russia.
There are elements on all sides who are nostalgic about the Cold War and believe that it should be the natural state of things, not just some terrible and painful relic of how not to live in peace, harmony and cooperation.
Martyn Richard Jones, Santiago de Compostela, 19th January 2025.
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Afilonius Rex, Nueva York, 18 de enero de 2025 La derecha en España no ofrece alternativas realistas en términos de políticas, principios e iniciativas coherentes y cohesionadas. No ofrecen liderazgo, ideas ni capacidad de Estado. Su oposición no se basa en alternativas respetables, sino en mentiras, difamaciones y calumnias.
The right in Spain offers no realistic alternatives in terms of coherent and cohesive policies, principles and initiatives. They offer no leadership, ideas or statesmanship. Their opposition is not based on respectable alternatives but on lies, defamation and smears.
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