The King of Spain abdicated today in favor of his son Felipe. This is an effort on the part of the King to save the monarchy that has been heavily damaged by the corruption scandals involving the King himself, his daughter Cristina, and his son-in-law Iñaki Urdangarín. In the midst of a severe economic crisis, the endless revelations about the insane amounts of money acquired by the royal family through its practice of corruption have not been taken very well by the Spaniards.
Felipe has not been at the center of these scandals, and the King is trying salvage the monarchy in Spain by pushing him to the forefront.
I have to say that I find few things as barbaric as calling anybody a King or a Queen in the XXIst century. When you have a decorative monarch, like the British do, this is not a big deal. However, when you have a royal family that is actively selling governmental favors for bribes and engaging in really outrageous crimes, it’s high time to rethink why anybody needs this monarchy at all.
The people of Spain have gotten themselves into the trap of believing that having a King guarantees their democracy. That is an outdated vestige of the events of the 1970s, however. Today, the monarchy is a threat not only to Spanish democracy but to the continued existence of Spain itself.
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mozilla ate my previous attempt to comment, so I’ll just say that whatever good he’s done in the past (and I think he did do lots of good early on) he’s outlived his usefulness and his abdication will only work if it’s paired with defanging the throne so that royals aren’t in a position to go around influence peddling.
Less space for him the press means more time and attention devoted to my favorite Spanish celebrity, Cayetana “la momia viviente” duquesa de Alba.
http://desmotivaciones.es/3855540/Viva-la-momia
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“I have to say that I find few things as barbaric as calling anybody a King or a Queen in the XXIst century. When you have a decorative monarch, like the British do, this is not a big deal. ”
Yeah. What I don’t get is the so called ‘economic’ arguments from the monarchy-lovers who say that the income generated from tourism more than makes up for the taxpayer money spent on the royals. Or those that claim that the royals give a lot of their ‘earned’ income from their properties back to the Treasury.
a) I think the tourism income would increase ten-fold if people were actually allowed to go inside royal residences. Set up guided tours and overpriced cafes/giftshops inside Buckingham palace and laugh your way to the bank!
b) The properties aren’t theirs to give. They should belong to the people to begin with.
c) Fuck the royals.
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And what about people using this kind of jargon?
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