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Its not that simple. I do not know about Franco's Spain, but violent rebellion does not usually make things better. Most violent revolutions end up replacing one dictatorship with another.
Even when it's gone really badly, like the Russian revolution, the revolution was a huge improvement. 80% illiteracy. I think revolutions almost always go well because you usually have to be really terrible to cause one to happen.
I would not characterize the Russian revolution as 'better.'
Under the czar successful farming resulted in high taxes.
Under the communists, successful farming made you a kulak, you died / starved to death, and then everyone else did too.
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#44A familiar story even today in the U.S: https://time.com/6997172/teen-torture-max-abuse-documentary/ “They are often a last resort for parents struggling with children with behavioral problems, suicidal thoughts, and substance abuse issues. Depending on the state, these rehab centers—a multi-billion-dollar industry—have few regulations, and there are no overarching federal standards governing them. Many are faith-bas…
She threw molotov cockatails I don't think it's similar at all. she was lucky she wasn't imprisoned or executed
Why do you keep saying she wasn’t imprisoned? She was imprisoned in a convent and then in a mental institution.
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#45Any discussion about Franco always attracts cool heads and reasoned discussion
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#46"Soon, Mariona joined her new friends on "raids": a few of them would block off a street, throw Molotov cocktails, hand out leaflets, and when the police turned up, scatter in every direction." okay she threw molotov cocktails, she was lucky she wasn't imprisoned.
it's Francoist Spain. people were imprisoned for much less (hence the molotovs)
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Isn’t that relatively normal? They’re really easy to make. The ‘throw molotov cocktails’ are mentioned in the same sentence as ‘hand out leaflets’, which makes me feel the surrounding people were generally not panicking about the fire. Hard to say without reading the book though.
no throwing molotov cocktails is in NO way "normal"
Yes, not normal in a normal context. However if you're fighting against a dictatorship it fully qualifies as heroism. When dictatorship comes to your country (madness is growing everywhere so be prepared) you'll be grateful for anyone fighting against it, or one day you'll be the one writing "... then one day they came for me, but there was no one left to fight for me".