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Re: Spain to launch modest trial of four-day working week

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Post by ladyanita22 » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 11:41 AM UTC

arcturus17 wrote: post #138

severino wrote: post #116

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> I certainly do not miss Rajoy, but I whole-heartedly believe that a social-communist government is possibly the worst alternative to get us out of this hole. Why is that? We said we needed a new labour law so you can lay off people at no cost, because they said that was the reason the unemployment rate was so high here in Spain. And we did it. And we still have the very same law, nobody is changing it. They also di…

> Of course, calling this government "communist" is a joke in poor taste, but people from outside Spain may believe this country is the new Soviet Union Many members of the government (eg, Iglesias or Garzón) repeatedly define themselves as communists, though. And they regularly use the term "social-communist" to literally define the government. So maybe they are the ones joking and deep down inside they believe in a…

It's beautiful to see people on the internet knowledgeable in Spanish politics.

And by the way, I very much agree with you.

Plus, I certainly hope Ayuso wins the elections.

Re: Spain to launch modest trial of four-day working week

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Post by ladyanita22 » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 11:42 AM UTC

arcturus17 wrote: post #140

Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #109

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Come on, the government is not "communist" in any practical sense of the word, anymore than the right is "fascist" as people in the left usually call it. Those words work well to inflame the masses and polarize political campaigns but not for serious political analysis. Sure, some individual members of the government (with very limited decision-making power, being the minority members of a coalition) declare themselv…

> with very limited decision-making power, being the minority members of a coalition You seem to follow Spanish politics, so surely you must have seen how moderates like Calviño are often put in extremely rough spots? The communist wing of the government is not nearly as powerless as you claim to be. We'll see what comes out of labor reform, for example, but I suspect there won't be any measures that are conducive to…

Absolutely. Let's see what goes on, but I've seen reports of Yolanda Díaz trying to return to the previous labor law.

And boy, do we know how everything went back when we had that law.

Re: Spain to launch modest trial of four-day working week

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Post by ladyanita22 » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 11:45 AM UTC

pezezin wrote: post #125

arcturus17 wrote: post #91

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> regardless of the party in the government I certainly do not miss Rajoy, but I whole-heartedly believe that a social-communist government is possibly the worst alternative to get us out of this hole. We need jobs, a lot of them, not only in the public sector, and I think that our current government is tremendously ill-equipped for this task. Has anyone noticed how members of the government rarely, if ever, talk abo…

> I certainly do not miss Rajoy, but I whole-heartedly believe that a social-communist government... Dude, stop reading La Razón and listening to Marhuenda/Inda/Losantos, the "social-communist" bullshit is beyond ridiculous.

Isn't it true that Garzón and Pablo Iglesias identify themselves as communists?

If the leader of a party identifies himself as a Nazi, it's a nazi party. If the leader identifies as a communist, it's a communist party. That's it. That's the truth.

If a nazi is in power, how would you call the government? The same applies to the communist.

Stop reading Escolar, that guy didn't even finish his degree.

Re: Spain to launch modest trial of four-day working week

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Post by arcturus17 » Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 10:26 PM UTC

ladyanita22 wrote: post #141

arcturus17 wrote: post #138

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> Of course, calling this government "communist" is a joke in poor taste, but people from outside Spain may believe this country is the new Soviet Union Many members of the government (eg, Iglesias or Garzón) repeatedly define themselves as communists, though. And they regularly use the term "social-communist" to literally define the government. So maybe they are the ones joking and deep down inside they believe in a…

It's beautiful to see people on the internet knowledgeable in Spanish politics. And by the way, I very much agree with you. Plus, I certainly hope Ayuso wins the elections.

> It's beautiful to see people on the internet knowledgeable in Spanish politics

I'm Spanish, so to be expected!