Fallera

 

Spain is behind Europe in its capacity to innovate for which few like her. In the business of politics, however, she is probably one of the most extensive. 3,000,000 public employees, many of whom appointed at will amongst family members or friends, with a certain disdain for culture and a great liking for wasting money.

A generation of women, my generation, manipulated by a devastating ‘machismo’, continues to try to gain access to a culture which they always found forbidden. The generation of “at ten you are home”, possibly the most beaten up of all. Getting tangled up with a boyfriend in the car was sin. Pregnant women with money aborted in London, the rest clandestinely, risking their lives. Exactly like today. So what are we talking about, Mr. Ruiz Gallardón?

Spain, country of lies and corrupt democracy, places mediocre relatives in high positions, in exchange for favors.

I abhor politicians’ abuse of power, the multiplication of positions which are only slotted in, the lack of common understanding. There are few faultless public tenders, and many times no public hearings or admission of allegations in public hearings of local character. Social and economic subjects are never discussed with the people in public.

It is a business for a rare few. The same politicians move on to private enterprise, benefitting multinationals and bankrupt companies, all to the detriment of the people whom they ignore.

 

They expropriate land in order to run electricity cables to impossible industrial zones, devastating whatever lies in front, even if it is by way of serious environmental offense.