Good riddance

Ordinary people in Spain have suffered more than many others in the aftermath of the financial crisis. I suppose, then, that it is some comfort that their Parasite-in-Chief has abdicated.

Right now, however, I want to call shenanigans on the 'man who oversaw the transition to democracy' narrative being weaved by the press. The simple truth about the Spanish monarchy is that it would not exist were it not for Franco. That dictator, himself a monarchist (in classically fascist fashion, the Spanish State was an emergency measure, for a state of exception), stole Spain from the Republic, and made it once again safe for its aristocracy.

All monarchy is drenched in blood. In the case of Spain, the blood is barely dry.