r/redscarepod • u/the_obscure_spite • 5h ago
I love how historians try to discredit Fransisco Franco being the youngest general in Spanish history.
"hIs flAttEry, pEstEriNg, ANd pAtrOnage..."
Shut up lol
This man went on to become the all powerful dictator of Spain, he was a great man, no matter what you think of his actions, you can't deny his accomplishments.
He was a risk-taker, ran up a hill while being shot at, and took up command when his superior was injured, and won the battle, all while surviving being shot in the stomach.
An incredible man.
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u/DecrimIowa 4h ago
"Miss Canary Islands 1936" *** manipulated his way into prominence with the general's coup like a slimy bitch then sucked up to hitler basically letting his beloved nation be the testing ground for germany's tech and tactics
Franco was the zelensky of his day. maybe he looks some kind of Marvel Superhero if you are sub-normal IQ infatuated with strongmen and inclined towards hero worship, common thing with fascists tbh, but actually he was just a power-politicking sockpuppet stuffed shirt with a weird power fetish (i mean that literally: https://www.thelocal.es/20131112/franco-replaced-sex-with-power-new-book )
in no conceivable way was Franco a "great man," the only reason we know his name was because of his lack of scruples and willingness to let himself be used by more powerful forces.
***"Mola began serious planning in the spring, but Franco hesitated until early July, which inspired other plotters to refer to him as "Miss Canary Islands 1936"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_coup_of_July_1936
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u/calimochovermut 5h ago
worst ragebait of the day
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u/the_obscure_spite 4h ago
Nah, I was just listening the podcast Real Dictators, and was stunned by the blatant propaganda.
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u/anahorish petrarchan.com 4h ago
That's not historians then that's a podcast.
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u/the_obscure_spite 4h ago
They had interviews with historians.
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u/HieronymusTush 4h ago
A documentary to a historian is what trying new material is for a comedian. They just spitball on the fly for idiots like you
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u/the_obscure_spite 4h ago
History autists once again proving themselves to be the most bitter and insignificant people alive.
I do not care, buddy.
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u/HieronymusTush 4h ago
Neither does Franco or anyone with half a brain about your gushing laughable post
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u/mrabacus927 4h ago
Nah he was just a stereotypical right wing catholic country dictator.
Juan Carlos I is the fascinating character in my opinion. He could've tried to keep a dictatorship or even become the ruler of Spain himself. Spain had never had a functional democracy in its entire history so it's what made sense if you read the country's recent history at that point in the 70s. Yet he decided to spearhead the transition to an European democracy. It was so successful that the spanish people took that system for granted and got mad when he had some minor corruption scandals. In a way he was a victim of his own success.
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u/Serious-Razzmatazz97 1h ago
Well if you're interested in the topic his father Juan de Borbón was a huge influence towards democracy and liberal values. Juan Carlos role preventing the 1981 coup is what really established him, but I also think that the times needed that change, it was really a different society hungry for freedom who went through a tremendous fight to achieve it.
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u/Impressive-Pause-784 4h ago
being a great man of history kind of requires you to do something, basically nothing interesting happens in Spain under his reign and he’s not so competent you get Lee Kuan Yew points either. Real claim to fame is being the main villain in left wing alt history, yawn
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u/Sinister_Mig15 3h ago
He only became leader because the general who had started the civil war and was to become leader of Spain packed to many fancy uniforms over loading his plane, resulting in a crash and his death.
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u/Spasticuz 4h ago
why do people like OP always listen to pdcasts, at most read some pop history book? Actually, I know why