How Spain (Narrowly) Became a Democracy

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  • @barleysixseventwo6665
    @barleysixseventwo6665 2 роки тому +3655

    King: "I am the undisputed dictator of this nation, AND I WANT A DEMOCRACY!"
    Fascists: "But...you can't...that's not...No!
    King: "Disagreeing with the Dictator are you? That's awfully democratic for a so-called 'fascist'!"
    Fascists: "Nooooo this isn't how its supposed to work!"

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza 2 роки тому +2684

    Francisco Franco sounds like the sorta name you would come up with if you were suddenly placed on the spot and told to come up with a Spanish-sounding name.

    • @marcocliment9723
      @marcocliment9723 2 роки тому +120

      Franco means truthful

    • @Mrmidknight-yx9pg
      @Mrmidknight-yx9pg Рік тому +15

      Honestly I keep thinking of james franco both awful but for different reasons

    • @PhantomKING113
      @PhantomKING113 Рік тому +48

      Paquito para los amigos

    • @BrightWendigo
      @BrightWendigo Рік тому +5

      @euskoferre yeah SPANISH for french lmao

    • @kaymarx9677
      @kaymarx9677 Рік тому +4

      @euskoferre I once heard that his name could be rendered as "Frenchy French."

  • @ZebcastHistoria
    @ZebcastHistoria 3 роки тому +2851

    You could have mentioned Juan Carlos' eventual fall from grace and exile in August 2020. He is the regal personification of the saying "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain". Excellent video.

    • @RandyMCPEmaster
      @RandyMCPEmaster 2 роки тому +133

      What happened to him?

    • @emrecanarduc4378
      @emrecanarduc4378 2 роки тому +29

      yeah why

    • @zaek2144
      @zaek2144 2 роки тому +574

      @@RandyMCPEmaster Scandals related with money (In addition, the fact that, in the past, he went to Africa to hunt some elephants didn't really help his public image)

    • @EnderCrypt
      @EnderCrypt 2 роки тому +435

      oh thats a bit of ashame
      though it sounds like he atleast did plenty more good than bad

    • @zaek2144
      @zaek2144 2 роки тому +548

      @@EnderCrypt He will probably be remembered by his role in the transition to democracy. But that will be long after his death I suppose.

  • @deancooper6709
    @deancooper6709 3 роки тому +2973

    Is it just me or does anyone else get the sense SideQuest will be a big history UA-cam channel one day

    • @teddyboragina6437
      @teddyboragina6437 3 роки тому +49

      I really hope so. I think the problem is the lack of outreach. they have no twitter, for example. also the name is hard to pin down (side quest can mean a lot of things). I really hope they can solve these issues and become as big as they deserve to be!

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson 3 роки тому +1

      @@teddyboragina6437 a lot of of the history channels on UA-cam grow without Twitter (they later get on Twitter) and many grow with Channel names that don’t mean too much. But it can certainly help to maybe add “history” to the same so SideQuest History” would be a better name

    • @roseblite6449
      @roseblite6449 3 роки тому +6

      I agree with you and hope that SideQuest does become a huge History channel.

    • @Ronin777z
      @Ronin777z 3 роки тому +17

      They already should be, SideQuest is legitimately the most underrated channel that I know of. It’s crazy how well made these videos are while having such few subscribers. I really hope they take off soon, they deserve it

    • @nasis18
      @nasis18 2 роки тому +3

      It's crazy they only have 79k subscribers. The quality of the videos is amazing!

  • @Lukewarm_Sushi
    @Lukewarm_Sushi Рік тому +509

    Fun fact about Franco's dealings with the US: He allowed them to build an observatory in the Canary Islands that NASA wanted to make for its space program. Franco only allowed it if they promised to build a university next to it at no Spanish expense so they could educate new astronomers right there. Both are still standing and used to this day

    • @tomeullabres5288
      @tomeullabres5288 Рік тому +58

      Franco also allowed americans to build a radar in the highest mountain in Mallorca (Puig Major) from which you could control most of northern Africa and most of the Mediterranean sea. My father did the former mandatory military service at that base. It was awesome for him because he had access to a lot of things that were forbidden for spanish people through the american soldiers assigned to that military base.

    • @jomahiro
      @jomahiro Рік тому +27

      And more... Due to the position of the moon, Armstrongs landing un te moon un 1969 was broadcasted from Canary Islands to the world

    • @eydriancastroperez9188
      @eydriancastroperez9188 Рік тому +8

      En mi pueblo, actualmente cerrado por culpa de gases volcánicos, durante la época de Franco había una base militar estadounidense de detección de submarinos, mi pueblo es Puerto Naos (Puerto De Naos) en la Isla de La Palma, Islas Canarias
      In my town, currently closed due to volcanic gases, during the Franco era there was an American military base for detecting submarines, my town is Puerto Naos (Puerto De Naos) on the Island of La Palma, Canary Islands

    • @davidesperanza5413
      @davidesperanza5413 Рік тому

      I can't understan why he is not brought to sanctification with a university and a radar. He only killed more than 100000 spanish people! Not 1 million, 100000 people... Not to many humans 🎉

    • @aduntoridas80
      @aduntoridas80 Рік тому +4

      Didn't know that. Intelligent that Franco.

  • @HistoryOfRevolutions
    @HistoryOfRevolutions 3 роки тому +576

    Jose Ortega y Gasset once wrote:
    "We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create"

    • @albertocastellanos541
      @albertocastellanos541 2 роки тому +9

      yeah thats my two favourite philosophers

    • @darreljones8645
      @darreljones8645 2 роки тому +6

      And Chevy Chase once said, "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. There is no reported change in his condition."

    • @AceroCarbono
      @AceroCarbono Рік тому

      ​@@albertocastellanos541José Ortega y Gasset it's one whole name, there's not two philosophers xD

    • @albertocastellanos541
      @albertocastellanos541 11 місяців тому +2

      @@AceroCarbono that´s the joke XD

  • @kinnelyuwu5771
    @kinnelyuwu5771 3 роки тому +1311

    How do you not have more subs, like genuinely? Your production value is so good

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson 3 роки тому +21

      Yeah, what’s going on? Great production value and interesting videos and yet it doesn’t have that many subscribers?

    • @S0ulSUrviv0R713
      @S0ulSUrviv0R713 2 роки тому +4

      Well, this just got another sub

    • @rrider1998
      @rrider1998 2 роки тому +6

      @@S0ulSUrviv0R713 this is the second video I've watched, amazing production value. I feel like this channel could really be big one day, there is a niche for what they are producing.

    • @S0ulSUrviv0R713
      @S0ulSUrviv0R713 2 роки тому +6

      @@rrider1998 it's a good one. It's a bit like History Oversimplified or Overly Sarcastic Productions
      I love these short, info-filled videos :)

    • @epelly3
      @epelly3 2 роки тому +4

      We all start somewhere

  • @paprikooltu
    @paprikooltu Рік тому +141

    I always have respect for those UA-camrs which don't censore Nazi Germany flag for fear of demonetization. History didn't deserve to be censored! No matter how cruel it is!

  • @MonsieurDean
    @MonsieurDean 3 роки тому +498

    The way you say "boogaloo" tickles the ears.

  • @petergriffin3194
    @petergriffin3194 2 роки тому +691

    Note that you’re wrongly interchanging republic for democracy, Spain had been a constitutional monarchy since 1833 and was nominally a democracy albeit under the same circumstances regarding suffrage, similar to most European nations at that time.

    • @sciencefliestothemoon2305
      @sciencefliestothemoon2305 2 роки тому +38

      Well, it is from a country where they call a constutional oligarchy with a unelected chamber an absent sovereign and lack of Impact of ones vote a democracy

    • @ElHipokondriako
      @ElHipokondriako 2 роки тому

      Between 1833 and the first republic the suffrage was restricted only to the 1% richer, and male. Essentially, nobility, landowners, and the raising bourgeois. Freedom of press, speech, association... were much more restricted than in, say, UK.
      After the first republic came the "Turnismo". Voting was less restricted, but the liberals and conservatives, lead by Canovas and Sagasta, agreed to alternate in power with absolute majority by means of electoral fraud - this is both very well documented and not even a secret at the time. After that came Primo de Rivera (Falange´s founder) dictatorship and after that the second republic. There was really not a democracy until 1931. France had universal suffrage or male universal suffrage at several points during its history before this.

    • @petergriffin3194
      @petergriffin3194 2 роки тому +43

      @@ElHipokondriako Although proper democracy in Spain was not implemented until 1931, and that the military, aristocracy and dictators had control over the nation at that point: the First and Second Republics were republican regimes while the Kingdom was a monarchist regime. And nominally, all three were democracies so a better way of distinguishing them is by republic and monarchy which is how it is normally done.

    • @raidensergi2378
      @raidensergi2378 2 роки тому +11

      As an Spaniard the problem of xix.century and early XX.century "democratic" monarchy was the slow steps to modernize the country. In terms of economy, democracy, corruption and the bad manage of the war against marocco. Mistakes that in 1898 was seen Spanish American war. Spain had 1 battleship when all great powers had 5 Minimum.
      All this problems caused the intervention of military in polítical issues. The King only was the scapegoat of the politicians except assuming their mistakes.
      One italian King that came to Spain trying to restore a government said: " Spain is ungovernable".

    • @adamcheeseplease
      @adamcheeseplease 2 роки тому +2

      @@sciencefliestothemoon2305 Yes I agree, Spain resembles an Oligarchy now more than anything and democracy took it there. Good observation Christian

  • @Haibing22
    @Haibing22 2 роки тому +212

    Everybody expected Franco's second in command, Carrero Blanco, to become the leader at the death of the generalísimo. But, something happened.

    • @condecotua8620
      @condecotua8620 2 роки тому +11

      He got killed

    • @HUNDmiau
      @HUNDmiau 2 роки тому +162

      He went on to become Spains first Astronaut

    • @dantecaputo2629
      @dantecaputo2629 2 роки тому +44

      Good old ETA.

    • @gabbyn978
      @gabbyn978 2 роки тому +4

      Two years before Franco himself.

    • @pakitin
      @pakitin 2 роки тому +15

      A severe cause of bombingthehellouttahim happened,and thanks it did!

  • @teddyboragina6437
    @teddyboragina6437 3 роки тому +92

    I've been sharing these with friends; you guys need to hit a million subs by the end of 2022

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 3 роки тому

      That's quite a imposible mission

    • @TurPauk
      @TurPauk 2 роки тому

      @@losdirectosdetroopa973 What do you think now?

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 2 роки тому

      @@TurPauk A million subs in a history channel, thats pretty hard, it is a niche topic and also, UA-cam doesnt reward quality, it rewards speed. This videos clearly have A LOT of work behind them and delivering them fast is not possible. Thats why I think its almost impossible this channel will get a million subs by the end of 2022, although I would really like that happens

  • @EnglishOrthodox
    @EnglishOrthodox Рік тому +8

    1:18 I actually spat out my tea and dropped my top hat at this part.
    Had to get my servants to clean up the entire ballroom...

  • @PhantomKING113
    @PhantomKING113 Рік тому +37

    Very nice video! People even here tend to forget that qe never 'overthrew' the dictatorship, it ended through negotiation, and that is basically opposite to what happened elsewhere.
    Still, Spain had had sorta-democracies before. As a reminder, Spain had the first parlamemtary entity (though the regime as a whole was faaar from a democracy, it was still an absolutist monarchy): the Cortes de León, back in 1188, which allowed dialogue between the priviledged (nobles and all that) and the unprivileged (peasants, or, more accurately, the representatives they chose).
    Love from Spain! And thank you for explaining our history in a way one can wrap their head arround xd.

  • @leedunning1825
    @leedunning1825 3 роки тому +154

    I wish my history classes in high school had been this interesting and fun.

    • @lloyd9500
      @lloyd9500 2 роки тому +6

      Unfortunately history isn't just about storytelling. It's about critical and analytical thinking that stretches far beyond the tellings of a single source. While channels like this are amazing at disseminating information in an engaging manner, they should always be viewed with a modicum of scepticism. What sources has the channel used? Are they mainly using secondary sources biased to one school of thought? Or are they using a combination of primary and secondary sources in order to come to their own conclusions in the retelling of their story? Anyway, I have appeared to have gone on something of a rant so I'll shut up. Just something to keep in mind.

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 2 місяці тому

      @@lloyd9500 exactly, 9/10 of what that british joe know it all said is not true

  • @alicamilletti469
    @alicamilletti469 3 роки тому +119

    Amazing as usual! Your videos really do feel like those of the million-sub history channels.

  • @willip51
    @willip51 2 роки тому +245

    Great video, but I would like to point out that the transition to democracy wasn't just carried out by Juan Carlos alone, it was the will of the people, it was gaining momentum, it was basically inevitable.

    • @aitor9185
      @aitor9185 2 роки тому +43

      I agree. The king read the writing in the wall (well it was explained to him, probably) and allowed for a peaceful transition, arbitrated by all international powers. Not much later Spain was in the EU and NATO, so clearly there were many interests beyond whatever the King wanted.

    • @Gloriaimperial1
      @Gloriaimperial1 2 роки тому +10

      @@aitor9185 El rey (aunque su imagen ahora no está muy de moda) estaba decidido a hacer una democracia, peleando y torciendo la voluntad de los continuistas del régimen, y eligiendo a Suárez para que hiciera el cambio. Obligó por ejemplo a Arias Navarro a dimitir, e impuso su voluntad democrática a los franquistas. Él sabía que la dictatura no llevaba a ningún sitio. Incluso Franco (más listo que todos sus colaboradores y palmeros) sabía que la continuidad de la dictadura no tenía futuro, y por eso trajo a España al príncipe, para educarlo, y que fuera un referente neutral, viniera el régimen que viniera, que él sabía que sería una democracia. Juan Carlos simplemente fingía delante de él. Sólo tenía que ver que estábamos rodeados de democracias, y que la economía y la imagen de España estaba muy mermada por una dictadura. Ya no había soviéticos en España como en la guerra, y la OTAN y Europa iban a mirar con más simpatía a una democracia opuesta a la Unión Soviética, impidiendo que volviera el peligro de una dictadura del proletariado, que el mismo Franco había impedido. ¿Para qué seguir con una dictadura entonces?

    • @Gloriaimperial1
      @Gloriaimperial1 2 роки тому +2

      @@ja8114 Muy de acuerdo contigo. El único reproche que le hago a Juan Carlos es que casi arruina su propio legado, al ser sus errores instrumentalizados por la izquierda (lo que por otra parte es lícito en democracia) pero espero que prevalezca lo que hizo durante la Transición y la influencia internacional, muy benéfica, que ha tenido y tiene la monarquía (casi más que los presidentes del gobierno), sobre todo para unirnos, cuando los nacionalistas quieren destruir todos los símbolos de unión. Lo que tenemos que hacer es reforzarlos.

    • @lizzardking4859
      @lizzardking4859 Рік тому

      You're spanish and you praise this antispanish propaganda? 😂😂 No wonder we are where we are. This video is a bad joke

    • @jal051
      @jal051 Рік тому +3

      @@Gloriaimperial1 Los años anteriores a la muerte de Franco el sentimiento de la gente era que cuando muriese Franco se acababa la dictadura. Eso podía haber acabado de muchas maneras, por supuesto, ya que en el poder seguían los franquistas. Pero yo también soy de la opinión de que Juan Carlos se dió cuenta de que no iba a salir adelante con lo otro fácilmente. Iniciando la transición se aseguró su propio futuro.

  • @reeman8846
    @reeman8846 3 роки тому +142

    I love the animation style. Also sidequest is going to be a big channel one day. I know it's going to happen.

    • @darreljones8645
      @darreljones8645 2 роки тому +2

      He's getting there. The channel is closing in on 400k subs as I write this.

  • @enriquebenedicto506
    @enriquebenedicto506 2 роки тому +136

    1:31 actually, the anarchists and communists hated each other so much that during the civil war they started to fight between them. The war became a three-sided conflict that ended with the fascist winning. Also, there was another democratic period in the 1820s called "Trienio liberal". Finally, although Juan Carlos restored democracy here in Spain, he now is out of the country because he has stolen a lot of money from the Spanish government even while he was receiving a percentage of the taxes and was already rich. It's complicated to judge him because he stopped the coup of Tejero, saving the democracy in Spain. Anyways, the video is accurate and shows good the modern history of Spain.

    • @hullie7529
      @hullie7529 2 роки тому +4

      No ha robado nada, no mientas.
      He didn't stole anything. Don't lie.

    • @enriquebenedicto506
      @enriquebenedicto506 2 роки тому +27

      @@hullie7529 depende de a quién preguntes te responderán cada cosa, pero el que ha robado es un hecho

    • @hullie7529
      @hullie7529 2 роки тому +4

      @@enriquebenedicto506 En tu cabeza quizá, en la realidad no. Que muchos le acusan no te lo niego, pero las acusaciones de momento hay que probarlas. Al menos si queremos distanciarnos de los linchamientos populares.

    • @supremojefedeestado3544
      @supremojefedeestado3544 2 роки тому +12

      @@hullie7529
      Siga creyendo en “monarcas santos”🧎🧎🧎

    • @Mrkabrat
      @Mrkabrat 2 роки тому +7

      Problem is that the spanish king can't be judged by law since he is considered "not responsible of his actions". Juan carlos. when he abdicated and lost that protection, was given the non-existent title of "Emerit king" so that he couldn't be prosecuted for corruption.

  • @faletepower694
    @faletepower694 2 роки тому +39

    Ok, I must point out something: you missed another democratic chapter in spanish history: the Borbonic Restoration (I probably translated it wrong, it's "Restauración Borbónica" in Spanish). From 1874 (IIRC) to 1923, there was a democratic (though, extremely corrupt) regime under the monarchy of Alfonso XII, Queen Maria Cristina (when his son was too young) and Alfonso XIII. In 1923, King Alfonso XIII supported a coup d'etat made by the spanish army and lead by General Miguel Primo de Rivera (BTW, his son would be the creator of Falange during the 2nd Republic). In 1930 there was a 2nd dictator that didn't last very long because democrats, republicans and socialists agreed to create the 2nd republic, which lasted until the Spanish Civil War (1936-39).

  • @eisbergsyndrom5010
    @eisbergsyndrom5010 2 роки тому +77

    Gigachad Juan Carlos: "I used the dictatorship to destroy the dictatorship."

    • @starkiler13
      @starkiler13 2 роки тому +8

      Like thanos using stones to destroy the stones

    • @antonino_glez5535
      @antonino_glez5535 2 роки тому +4

      Eso es falso

    • @LowestofheDead
      @LowestofheDead 2 роки тому +5

      Democracy was also gaining political support - neighboring Portugal overthrew their dictator the year before in 1974. Juan Carlos knew his time was up

    • @Natetip777
      @Natetip777 2 роки тому +2

      Traición

  • @jorgeadelprado
    @jorgeadelprado Рік тому +81

    The system ruling Spain between 1875 to 1921 is called "la restauración" and had a democratically elected parliament with a constitution. It was as much a democracy as their British counterpart, maybe more corrupt but a democracy nonetheless. And was until recently the longest period of political stability seeing by Spain in centuries.

    • @itizjuan
      @itizjuan Рік тому +18

      Sin decir que la II República era mejor, debo admitir que la Restauración fue tan solo un show de dos partidos y unas elecciones amañadas por caciques. No había democracia real en ese entonces, aunque existieran las instituciones. Sí fue verdad que España tuvo paz interna.

    • @adamnesico
      @adamnesico Рік тому

      Is democracy when elections are a fraud?
      Results were agreed previously.

    • @marcpegueroles6769
      @marcpegueroles6769 Рік тому +7

      Well, """""democracy"""""

    • @pedropalotes7638
      @pedropalotes7638 Рік тому

      @@itizjuan misma "democracia" que con la republica, ¿ganan las derechas las elecciones? Pues intento dar un golpe de estado, eso sí, no le llamamos golpe de estado que queda feo, le llamamos "revolución", igual que se mira para otro lado mientras se ataca a los monárquicos o se queman los conventos, ¿recuerda?

    • @pedropalotes7638
      @pedropalotes7638 Рік тому

      @@marcpegueroles6769 at least as democratic as the Republic that came after the fall of the Monarchy

  • @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
    @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 2 роки тому +36

    Franco's second in command becoming Spain's first astronaut also helped

    • @Natetip777
      @Natetip777 2 роки тому +8

      Cuando Carrero Blanco murió España fue para abajo , el tenía grandes proyectos a futuro para españa entre ellos el nuclear lo cual haría de españa un país a tener en cuenta.

    • @hullie7529
      @hullie7529 2 роки тому +9

      Un chiste muy gracioso y sobre todo muy original, pero junto a Carrero murieron su escolta y su conductor, gente de clase media que nada tenía que ver y a los cuales sus familias todavía les echan de menos y les tienen que recordar de manera dolorosa cada vez que un descerebrado como tú lo dice.

    • @suerte1392
      @suerte1392 Рік тому +3

      @@Natetip777 Cuando Franco empezó el golpe de estado España se fue mucho más para abajo. Imagínate si no hubiéramos tenido por pasar por la pos-guerra ni la autocracia.

    • @lectiobambou
      @lectiobambou Рік тому +2

      ​@@Natetip777España iría para abajo, pero Carrero Blanco fué para arriba xd

  • @josesierragarduno752
    @josesierragarduno752 2 роки тому +11

    I think Adolfo Suarez and the President of the Franquist Courts (yes, there was a parliment, just a very obligarquic and un-democratic one), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda who did most of the job to transform Spain into a democracy

    • @pedropalotes7638
      @pedropalotes7638 Рік тому

      Miranda, the only man that called "senile old man" to Franco in his own face, and only Franco in the room understood what Miranda had said 😂😂

  • @jacintovski
    @jacintovski 2 роки тому +808

    The Spanish King could have also feared a similar fate that the Estado Novo in neighboring Portugal had. The Portuguese dictatorship heavily supported Franco. It collapsed in 1974 with revolution. This probably might have been a warning to the king of Spain that if he wanted to retain some power he would need to give most of it away or fear losing it all away.

    • @gabbyn978
      @gabbyn978 2 роки тому +59

      Fear? When the Portugese changed their government, the 'shells' of most of the army rifles were carnation flowers. Hence the name 'carnation revolution'. The only violence that happened came from right wing military that attacked a number of peaceful protestants and killed four.

    • @EuroUser1
      @EuroUser1 2 роки тому +23

      In perspective, I also doubt that democracy was saved so narrowly. Could Spain remain the only dictatorship in Western Europe for much longer?

    • @EuroUser1
      @EuroUser1 2 роки тому +50

      In Spain, Carrero Blanco wanted to continue the Francoist regime and was assassinated. King Juan Carlos might've suffered that same fate. Or perhaps he just feared being removed from the throne and its perks, which have allowed him to carry a very hedonistic life.

    • @pereballestergost2985
      @pereballestergost2985 2 роки тому +10

      @@EuroUser1 After the death of Franco democracy was seen as the next step for Spanis. If a dictator had gone on it would failed.

    • @EuroUser1
      @EuroUser1 2 роки тому

      @@pereballestergost2985 Yes. That's a - slightly simplified - version of my point.

  • @am-bushgaming4811
    @am-bushgaming4811 3 роки тому +14

    Your the only channel who's videos I don't want at 2x speed. Keep up the good work!!

  • @ikad5229
    @ikad5229 3 роки тому +37

    Este canal merece tener millones de seguidores. ¡Muchísimas gracias por hacer un vídeo de España! Saludos desde Madrid.
    This channel deserves millions of followers. Thank you a lot for making a video about Spain! Greetings from Madrid.

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 3 роки тому +3

      Totalmente de acuerdo, tiene mucho talento, y merece mucho más reconocimiento por ello. Saludos desde Toledo.

    • @luisrico2916
      @luisrico2916 2 роки тому

      Saludos desde Madrid también

  • @luisjavaloyes4054
    @luisjavaloyes4054 2 роки тому +8

    (It’s not hate)- It’s a pretty inaccurate video. I understand that Spanish transition it’s a very complex subject, but this video it’s not just simplify but competing very sustancial errors, being the two principal: Don Juan Carlos don not have such protagonism in it, and it is pretty simplistic to identify periods of democracy in Spain with the only ones who have a democratic regime. But it’s understandable to be complicated to understand it in a small period of time. I love the animation btw.

  • @tomfrazier1103
    @tomfrazier1103 2 роки тому +72

    Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War goes into Spain's bad 1808-1939. Franco's dictatorship mellowed out as time went by. There were a lot more nasty places Spain could have gone. Research the meeting he had with Hitler in 1940. Spain sent some soldiers to Barbarossa to return Stalin's favor in the late war, and called them home when it became clear that Hitler was gonna lose.

    • @Stroggoii
      @Stroggoii 2 роки тому +21

      Franco also went out of his way to make Hitler hate him personally so Germany would avoid any unnecessary business with Spain.
      "I'd rather have four teeth extracted without gas than meet again", et al.

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 2 роки тому +9

      @@Stroggoii Hitler was personally disgusting to many. His anticlerical views would have been first to annoy Franco, then it would get worse.

    • @gabbyn978
      @gabbyn978 2 роки тому

      Yet this country was good enough for the German dictator to test their new air raid squadron -> Guernica

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 2 роки тому +2

      @@gabbyn978 The Soviets tested their aerial bombing technique, but did not have a famous artist paint it as an advertisement.

    • @gabbyn978
      @gabbyn978 2 роки тому

      @@tomfrazier1103 (confused) in a foreign country that was supposed to be an ally? What are you referring to?

  • @MatthewTheWanderer
    @MatthewTheWanderer 7 місяців тому +3

    AT 2:23... So, THAT'S how and why my dad was stationed in Spain during the late 1960s while serving in the US Navy. I always thought that was weird, what with Franco being a fascist dictator and Spain not yet being part of NATO.

  • @shironeko1843
    @shironeko1843 3 роки тому +10

    Nice video, and greetings from Spain!

  • @ianhammock4564
    @ianhammock4564 3 роки тому +13

    Cool! A new SideQuest video. I was wondering when the next one would come out.

  • @AlexVanChezlaw
    @AlexVanChezlaw 2 роки тому +19

    Was almost democratic? It was a constitutional monarchy before the republic, just as Britain

    • @virdino7947
      @virdino7947 16 годин тому

      There wasn't democracy, there was a "Pacific turn" of political parties. There were elections but just for the show, they were rigged. There was democracy at the same level as Venezuela during de Canovist system.

  • @sopota6469
    @sopota6469 Рік тому +9

    The short answer is ‘money’. The fascist rulers knew that with democracy, the gates of credit and foreign investor’s wallets will open. When someone in Spain tells very loudly how patriotic they are, you know their money is in a tax haven. Even our former king is living in a self imposed exile to avoid being prosecuted for tax evasion.

    • @pedropalotes7638
      @pedropalotes7638 Рік тому +1

      There are no charges against him since months for that, even Switzerland has cancel the charges

  • @Mrkabrat
    @Mrkabrat 2 роки тому +7

    Funnily nough you'd think that a dictators memory would be demonized, but in spain there's quite a few people that openly glorify it and the huge problems like when they confiscated the Pazo de Meiras from the descendants of the said dictator, which resulted in said amily stealing the contents that were inside.
    Also to note; due to the spanish king not being able to be judged so long as he's in power there has been some serious corruption going on (mainly with juan carlos). Furthermore, each time there have been attempts to strive towards transparency certain political groups go nuts declaring it a "attack on the royal family and thus an attack on spain".
    All this puts a huge stain on the spanish democracy in my opinion.

  • @fgm5225
    @fgm5225 2 роки тому +12

    I mean... If you ignore the entire 19th Century and reduce it to "Monarchy or democracy" then it's alright, I guess... I'll grant it has a superb animation, but the research... Not so much.

  • @theMultiJawee
    @theMultiJawee Рік тому +5

    “Really just wanted their church back?!?” What?! That’s a pretty generous definition of fascism.

  • @yokin0996
    @yokin0996 2 роки тому +62

    Two small corrections to the video, Spain from 1931 to 1939 was a full democracy comparable to any other European country, so the "history of Spanish democracy" does not begin in 1970, furthermore, Spain was not neutral during the 2WW, it was non-belligerent. Very good video.

    • @ShadasinGaeshi
      @ShadasinGaeshi 2 роки тому

      Well, I wouldn't say that Spain was a perfect democracy during the 2nd republic since women couldn't vote in the 1931 elections and in 1936 there was also an electoral fraud. Also, Spain declared their war state as neutral until 1942, when Franco decided to support Germany against the USSR and the US against Japan due to the Spanish genocide in Philippines. The only front in which Spain remained neutral was the one between Germany and the US

    • @yokin0996
      @yokin0996 2 роки тому +9

      @@ShadasinGaeshi 1- There is a difference between being neutral and non-belligerent and Spain was non-belligerent.
      2- I have not said that Spain is a perfect democracy, only that it was a complete democracy if we compare it with the rest of the European countries that are called democracies in the 1930s.

    • @Dariet88
      @Dariet88 2 роки тому +8

      Jakajaja los rojis y vuestras ínfulas

    • @Daniel-xh6tv
      @Daniel-xh6tv 2 роки тому +11

      @@yokin0996 actually Spain was both, from 1939 to 1943 was non-belligerent, and from 1943 to 1945 was neutral. That is why Blue Division was disolved in 1943

    • @yokin0996
      @yokin0996 2 роки тому

      👍

  • @mcflymikes
    @mcflymikes 3 роки тому +15

    Is sad to see such high quality content with so few views. I hope one day one of your videos goes viral and you become famous.

  • @xeroxsaw1303
    @xeroxsaw1303 2 роки тому +32

    Although this was a great video, there are some minor inaccuracies that I feel like addressing. For starters, while it’s true that Franco’s regime was fascist in its beginning due to the influence of the Falangist party, after the Second World War Franco started to distance himself from fascism and by the early 60s Spain, while still being a totalitarian state, had moved far away from the teachings of fascism, especially in regards to the economics. This is due to the gradual replacement of falangist ministers with technocrats.
    Another minor inconsistency is that you referred to Juan Carlos swearing fidelity to Falange. However, by this time Falange had come to be known as “Movimiento Nacional”, which was much less associated with Fascism and was almost merely a formality.
    Finally, it is implied here that Juan de Borbon, Count of Barcelona supported his son Juan Carlos after taking the throne. In reality, Juan de Borbon reacted negatively to his son inheriting the throne and didn’t even recognize him as the legitimate king of Spain until 1977.
    Juan de Borbon was also not very democratic himself. Sure, he might have favored a constitutional monarchy of sorts but not necessarily a democratic one like we have today. Bear in mind one of Juan de Borbon’s main supported was Gil Robles, ex-leader of the CEDA, a hard right party from the time of the republic with ties to fascism.

    • @jal051
      @jal051 Рік тому +1

      All in all the video is pretty good. When it started comparing to Britain I already said "Oh, no. One of these again". But after that it drew the rough picture fine enough.

    • @kiliang96
      @kiliang96 Рік тому

      Also the national side suspected that there was a fraud in the 1936 elections (which has been proven to a certain extent now) and their intentions were to celebrate elections again, also Franco wasn't even the leader, he just ended up there through sheer luck and strategy since he was really smart

  • @RealConstantinusMagnus
    @RealConstantinusMagnus 6 місяців тому +4

    Juan Carlos shouldn’t have been king to begin with, he had an older brother who was disinherited for being deaf, that older brother’s grandson is now also the claimant to the throne of France

  • @miguelservetus9534
    @miguelservetus9534 2 роки тому +23

    Your presentation is too simplistic. Spain’s course is so rich and worth understanding. It reflects the complexity of human history.
    You have a chance to help educate humanity if you control your bias.

    • @MixedMediaEnterprise
      @MixedMediaEnterprise 2 роки тому +18

      Buddy... this IS a simple video. The whole channel is about simple videos.
      If you want something more in depth then maybe you should go an watch an actual documentary?

    • @jamestown8398
      @jamestown8398 2 роки тому +4

      It’s “simplistic” because it’s six minutes long, this video is meant to be an entertaining introduction, not an exhaustive documentary.

    • @miguelservetus9534
      @miguelservetus9534 2 роки тому +4

      @@jamestown8398 Perhaps I was not an effective communication, a fault my spouse will frequently note.
      My issue was with the bias.

    • @carlosmendoza-rs5he
      @carlosmendoza-rs5he Рік тому +4

      Agreed. There's a sense of anglosaxon bias that runs through the entire video that goes from the title, through the analysis all the way to the little joke at the end ridiculing the spanish legacy by imitating rhe accent of a mexican peasant that has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Spain. The bias is much too obvious.

  • @narayananjayachandran831
    @narayananjayachandran831 3 роки тому +16

    Dude... This is amazing quality content... You surely deserve more subs and views. My wishes

  • @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n
    @ElizabethMcCormick-s2n Рік тому +2

    Way to go, Juan Carlos!

  • @CharlieBo1
    @CharlieBo1 2 роки тому +15

    It wildly known in Spain that the Juan Carlos blinked. He wanted to keep power but seen it would be the end of him. Don't give him props.

    • @cardozoluciano8362
      @cardozoluciano8362 2 роки тому +1

      He could just as easily oppose it and if worse came to be, take up his chances and start a new civil war, he deserves the credit.

    • @MrDoom885
      @MrDoom885 6 місяців тому

      It was a pragmatic decision because he didn't want to make the same mistakes as his predecessors.

  • @skace13
    @skace13 3 роки тому +4

    Why this channel hasn't blow up yet,the quality is outstanding!!!!!!

  • @LTSneed
    @LTSneed 2 роки тому +15

    Fun fact: Adolfo Suarez was at some point member of the Falange

    • @antonino_glez5535
      @antonino_glez5535 2 роки тому +4

      Fun fact: culaquier persona que quisiera tener labores de gobierno debía pertenecer a la FET de las JONS

    • @jalejandromartin7642
      @jalejandromartin7642 Рік тому

      Y Felipe González

    • @perfectprince8062
      @perfectprince8062 9 місяців тому +1

      That's par for course for single party dictatorships. You ain't gonna be allowed to work for the state unless you're a member of the ruling party.

  • @user-zn7tj3xc7k
    @user-zn7tj3xc7k 2 роки тому +47

    So spain wasnt a democracy because it had a monarchy in the 19th century, unlike uk that it was a democracy even if it had (amd still has) a monarchy
    Have you ever heard about a parlamentiary monarchy? I mean, like the uk, the dutch, belgian, sweeden, etc.. etc...

    • @adrianchezorts
      @adrianchezorts 2 роки тому

      Spain wasn't a democracy during the 19th century because, before the 1868's Glorious Revolution, the liberals and conservatives constantly overthrew by coups each other's governments, and after the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy in 1874, the Canovist System began, in which the two parties alternated in power so peacefully that they even used to agree who was gonna win the next "elections".

    • @tile7769
      @tile7769 2 роки тому +5

      This video oversimplifies the history of Spain. There were many attempts at parlamentiary democracy as soon as the 1820s, they were opposed by the monarchy pretty heavily. No mention too of the 1923 dictadorship-with-a-king (TM) that fell when the 1930 democratic republic started.
      So basically spain monarchs were total despots that only started liberalizing when it was that or disappear.

    • @jal051
      @jal051 Рік тому

      @@tile7769 The video mentions it. It starts with the typical "Britain is better" that you can find at any video made by British, but it paints a fair (while rough) picture after that.

  • @6724johnps
    @6724johnps 3 роки тому +6

    Awesome stuff as always, thank you!

  • @Electric0eye
    @Electric0eye 2 роки тому +27

    My man got born with a name like Francisco Franco and just knew he was meant to be the protagonist.

    • @RockNRollSurf
      @RockNRollSurf 2 роки тому +6

      Based GigaChad

    • @juanon_industries7256
      @juanon_industries7256 Рік тому +4

      Francisco bahamonde franco, or paquito rana to the homies

    • @pedropalotes7638
      @pedropalotes7638 Рік тому +1

      @@juanon_industries7256 Francisco Franco Bahamonde, "Bahamonde y Pardo de Andrade" era el apellido de la madre y el apellido materno siempre va segundo

    • @juanon_industries7256
      @juanon_industries7256 Рік тому +1

      @@pedropalotes7638 ahhhh, solo que un día escuche que le dijeron francisco bahamonde franco y nunca pense mas sobre el orden de los apellidos👍

  • @AlexWest10
    @AlexWest10 Рік тому +7

    The intro is very misleading. You're mixing up being a republic with being a democracy. If the early Netherlands, the UK and France are considered a "democracy" during the 19th century, so is Spain during the last half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century.

  • @GlatHjerne
    @GlatHjerne 3 роки тому +27

    Recommended you to my friends and they like your content. Love from Denmark, I'm sure you will get a large channel if you keep it up with this quality.

  • @medievalthebucket5248
    @medievalthebucket5248 2 роки тому +7

    Amazing video but you could’ve also mentioned that otto von habsburg was also asked to become king which he refused

  • @luisserranomunoz4504
    @luisserranomunoz4504 Рік тому +1

    Fun fact: At the time of the coup in 1978 my father was doing his military service in Valladolid, a city which is well-known in Spain to have a predominant right ideology, however he didn’t serve in the coup because it was so unpopular between military.

  • @Julianna.Domina
    @Julianna.Domina 11 місяців тому +4

    Saying the Francoists "just wanted their church back," is a hell of 1) a euphemism, and 2) a lie

    • @tomgachagan1347
      @tomgachagan1347 11 місяців тому

      I was like "excuse me?" when I heard that

  • @ignaciomoreno9655
    @ignaciomoreno9655 Рік тому +3

    Saying that the Secon Republic was democratic. Well, it has a big asterisk.

  • @joseluismartinalonso1736
    @joseluismartinalonso1736 Рік тому +11

    Técnicamente una fantástica presentación, muy imaginativa y colorida, perfecta para mentes infantiles. Totalmente maniquea y prescindible, desde la primera frase cuando se cuenta la tradición democrática europea y puedes comprobar que el sufragio femenino en Francia no llega hasta después de la 2ª mundial y en Gran Bretaña nunca antes de 1928 ( las colonias tampoco votarán), además de completamente descontextualizado, como si fueran iguales Suiza y España, la cual aún está en un proceso desintegrador postimperial al que este video pone su granito ya consciente o inconscientemente. Un detalle el tío Sam junto a su pigargo sin mencionar la dictadura del proletariado desde el año 17 y su expansión a partir de la derrota alemana a todo el este de Europa hasta los años 90. Y entre muchas otras lindezas se salta el proceso de autodigestión de las cortes franquistas y la aprobación por plebiscito de una constitución en 1978. En fin, fantástico video para seguir promoviendo ignorancia y odio, fantástico para demagogos (creación de la democracia) e hipócritas.

  • @VictorRuiz-dc9ed
    @VictorRuiz-dc9ed Рік тому +1

    The caveat to all the "bring democracy to spain" is that the transition was not a break up with the dictatorship, but a procedural change of appearence. In the end resukting in a very old fashioned constitution and the reminiscence of the dictatorship is very rprsent...

  • @albertgaspa1670
    @albertgaspa1670 2 роки тому +15

    Well....many major things missed there I'm afraid.
    -Cadis constitution from 1812 was actually the first "modern parlamentary regime" try...which goes bad, but put the basis for Amadeo de Saboya's monarch parlamentary regime.
    -Suárez in 1975 was not a liberal, he was totally part of Franco's regime. He was just opportunist.
    -Tensions with nationalities beneath Spanish territory has been a major vector of conflicts between many political left and right forces, between federalish territories and a jacobinistic center. Missing this is a gross error.
    -the Coup d'état in 1981 done by comandant Tejero, was a manouver of the monarchy, they let him go on with the first moves, to publicly stop him before it was too late. Exactly the same that DeGaulle did with Algeria colonialist militaries in the 70's and what is already told in "The Prince" of Maquiavelo, when he talks about ruling over a reluctant city you just conquered. Nothing new or bizarre. Indeed, Tejero was judged for this, and the video and statements he did in court are still official secrets in Spain...so...

  • @TheMrCos1
    @TheMrCos1 Рік тому +1

    there is a spanish joke that goes like "Juancarlos I, great king, definitely would vote him again"

  • @bYDaxX100
    @bYDaxX100 Рік тому +2

    FUN FACT: Juan Carlos I turned out to be one of the most corrupt monarchs in all of Europe…

  • @SpazzyMcGee1337
    @SpazzyMcGee1337 Рік тому +1

    Good on you, Juan.

  • @j.manuelp.vicens3888
    @j.manuelp.vicens3888 2 роки тому +60

    Well... We had "democracies" in the XIX century. Though they were terrible... More or less like the one we've got today hahaha.
    And by the way, the 1st Spanish Republic tried to create a federal state copying the USA in the beginning....... It failed miserably.

    • @Halcon_Sierreno
      @Halcon_Sierreno 2 роки тому

      The colony surpasses its home continent. How do you Europeans feel about being at the mercy of one of your former colonies? I bet it's pretty humiliating. Are those oil and gas prices nice and high now? Just wait until winter rolls around again. 😂😂😂

    • @antonino_glez5535
      @antonino_glez5535 2 роки тому +1

      La primera República tuvo 4 presidentes , dos a favor de una república unitaria y dos de una federal, el problema que se encontraron a la hora de decidir los estados es que no podían hacer como los americanos y expulsar a todos los que vivían ahí desde hacía siglos

    • @Gloriaimperial1
      @Gloriaimperial1 2 роки тому +5

      British, German, French, Russian or Italian democracy in the 19th century were very imperfect (prohibition of women voting, prohibition of voting for the poor, or direct dictatorships of Napoleon III and Bismarck) We do not need to flag ourselves, our European brothers also had much to progress in that regard.

    • @Natetip777
      @Natetip777 2 роки тому

      La democracia mató a españa. Un puñado de ignorantes elegirán a un presidente ineficiente o peor aún que quiera suicidar al país como hace Pedro Sánchez.

  • @adamdodda3275
    @adamdodda3275 Рік тому

    4:35 wasn't expecting a crossover episode a few days after he finally died

  • @evenlord7825
    @evenlord7825 2 роки тому +6

    I love your videos they’re accurate, and they have soul making them unique and extremely entertaining

  • @southyyy
    @southyyy 10 днів тому

    Nice video! Not many covering the transition. Sometimes its forgotten in spain how important juan carlos was in the whole thing (with all his huge controversies)

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 2 роки тому +5

    Not only your animations, your illustrations are simply
    brilliant.

  • @MitchsBeTrippin
    @MitchsBeTrippin 3 роки тому +4

    Great stuff as always.

  • @e.mataix268
    @e.mataix268 Рік тому +4

    As a spanish historian i must say that you are confusing the term democracy with republic. Between the two republics, the government could be understand like a democracy, incomplete, but democracy, even with a King. Just like Spain now, just like UK...

  • @joshtiel2980
    @joshtiel2980 2 роки тому +4

    I absolutely love these episodes and the little bits added in here and there! So good!

  • @michealzachary3888
    @michealzachary3888 2 роки тому +86

    This is one of those times when you got to wonder what was different about Juan vs Franco what caused one to be a dictator and the other a liberal king who not only agree to give up power but threw it away without even being asked. Now you could say upbringing but I highly doubt that his calls with you US were going on so often that they canceled out Franco’s teaching so I have to assume their must have been some king of hard wiring that lead to these outcomes. Also Spain basically finally got democracy on luck.

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 2 роки тому +47

      I doubt he learned democracy from Kissinger. He had no problem with Latin American dictatorships tossing people into the sea out of helicopters.

    • @FunnyBlackHole
      @FunnyBlackHole 2 роки тому +8

      Most likely US pressure

    • @HUNDmiau
      @HUNDmiau 2 роки тому +31

      @@FunnyBlackHole Since when does the USA exert pressure for democracy?

    • @When_did_they_add_handles
      @When_did_they_add_handles 2 роки тому +15

      Honestly I assume it was the father who wanted democracy

    • @VashdaCrash
      @VashdaCrash 2 роки тому +5

      @@HUNDmiau Now that you say that, I imagine Kissinger could have been trying to convince him to go full monarchy and it backfired lol

  • @mrmouse1243
    @mrmouse1243 6 місяців тому

    00:05 Spain's democracy arrived in the late 1970s.
    00:50 The Second Spanish Republic brought democratic reforms.
    01:31 Spain transitioned to a single-party dictatorship under Franco.
    02:20 Franco's regime in Spain had tacit approval from the West due to his alignment with the US and anti-communist stance.
    03:08 Franco restored the monarchy in 1947 with conditions.
    03:52 Juan Carlos transitioned Spain from dictatorship to constitutional monarchy.
    04:42 King Juan Carlos faced challenges while democratizing Spain
    05:28 Juan Carlos brought democracy to Spain.

  • @lucaskp16
    @lucaskp16 2 роки тому +12

    i love history chanels on youtube and just found this one, maybe is the lack of social media, or the name or the fact that youtube really don't likes short videos. it is surprising the low number of subscribers with the great quality of the content. but then again I am the target audience and yet youtube never recommended me this channel until today.

  • @99batran
    @99batran 2 роки тому +2

    5:21 you can see a small shrinking Spanish flag on the side there

  • @josephine1468
    @josephine1468 3 роки тому +4

    Love it. Vastly Underrated

  • @M_Montalvão
    @M_Montalvão 3 роки тому +2

    One of my favourite UA-cam channels. Keep up the great work!

  • @ogshortsiee
    @ogshortsiee 2 роки тому +4

    1:11 SideQuest doesn't believe in Königsberg

  • @Prauwlet213
    @Prauwlet213 2 роки тому +2

    “Shining examples like the uk”
    Good one 😂

  • @wbcx4491
    @wbcx4491 3 роки тому +37

    You could have noticed how unpopular the monarchy is in Spain today, much of which is also work of king Juan Carlos

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 3 роки тому +25

      It's like 50% hate 50% love.
      Many hate the monarchy (me included)
      And many love the monarchy

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 2 роки тому +16

      @@oregum Por donde yo vivo (Toledo y Madrid) es bastante 50/50.
      La verdad es que se podría saber cómo de popular es exactamente si se preguntara a la gente, al fin y al cabo algunos anti-monarquicos hacen mucho ruido
      Es como la independencia de Cataluña, parece que la mayoría lo quiere y es muy popular, pero eso es sólo porque los independentistas hacen mucho ruido

    • @lepangolin4080
      @lepangolin4080 2 роки тому +3

      @@losdirectosdetroopa973 To me the independentist won many elections over many years.
      Maybe this is foreign propaganda cause I'm aren't spanish but tho.
      Always funny for european country to force Serbia to lose Kosovo bc there is the "self determination of people", but everybody close their eyes when Cataluna does it x)
      [But yeah, spanish didn't tried to commit genocide against catalonia....Since Franco x) ]
      I just don't get how ppl can still defend Franco in Spain. The few times I've been there, I was amazed by the cult around this dictator. I mean...He garroted students ffs, how ppl could defend his actions....

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 2 роки тому +12

      @@lepangolin4080 1. Spain doesnt support the ilegal independene of Kosovo
      2. The PSC (unionist) has also won many elections, the independence thing is very 50/50
      3. I dont know where you been but franquistas are very very little people

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 2 роки тому

      @@lepangolin4080 It happens when people don't tell the real history. Russia has Lenin/Stalin, USA has Confederacy/Jim Crow/Native policy, Turkey has Armenian genocide that get propaganda instead of truth.

  • @thehorselesshussar9813
    @thehorselesshussar9813 2 роки тому +1

    The nachos at the end killed me, please get this beleaguered autocrat his nachos!

  • @lukascarbol6173
    @lukascarbol6173 2 роки тому +3

    I had to look at the date to be sure this wasnt april fools joke.

  • @srtenaz
    @srtenaz 10 місяців тому

    bastante detallado y bien estructurado me gusta el video

  • @cabadias87
    @cabadias87 2 роки тому +3

    Totally and absolutly desagree.
    When Franco died the society wanted to open a the country and have different system. Adolfo Suarez was part of the dictatorial system, not an outsider.
    There were strikes every where, and the situation was very tense.
    Only a few people wanted the system to remain as it was.

  • @frgv4060
    @frgv4060 Рік тому +2

    As I Spaniard I feel most of my fellow compatriots need a reminder of this instead of demonizing so thoroughly Juan Carlos. Not to excuse certain behaviors but when all is on the scale we still have a debt because he really had a choice.

  • @CKBmay10
    @CKBmay10 Рік тому +4

    Lovely channel. Friendly observation: from 1833 to 1923 there were elections, liberals and conservatives alternating power, like Wigs and Tories. Canovas & Sagasta were our Gladstone & Disraeli. Monarchy and democracy are not opposites (are they? 🧐🇬🇧). The first Democratic constitution in Spain was in 1812. Fernando VII became an absolute king (🤨) tolerating liberals for 3 year but at his death in 1833, there were changes in the electoral system in 1834, 1837, 1843, 1845, 1852, 1857 and 1865 before Amadeo of Saboya came. So indeed democracy was not comparable to 70’s standards but it was in line with XIXth century and early XXth century standards.

  • @losdirectosdetroopa973
    @losdirectosdetroopa973 3 роки тому +7

    Quite cool seeing a video of my country in a foreign lenguage.

  • @pablosanchezcasares9878
    @pablosanchezcasares9878 3 роки тому +10

    Men thanks to bring the world a piece of history of my country greetings from spain

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 3 роки тому +1

      Well, he technically brought a piece of the history of our conutry when he talked about Bolívar.
      Greetings from Spain

    • @pablosanchezcasares9878
      @pablosanchezcasares9878 3 роки тому

      @@losdirectosdetroopa973 otra parte de nuestra historia que no es tan conocida

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 3 роки тому +1

      @@pablosanchezcasares9878 Quien? Bolívar? Si es conocidísimo, sobretodo desde que surgió el "bolivarianismo" venezola con Chávez

    • @pablosanchezcasares9878
      @pablosanchezcasares9878 3 роки тому

      @@losdirectosdetroopa973 ya pero en ese vídeo se habla sobre todo de Latinoamérica, también habló de España pero no tan profundamente como en este

    • @losdirectosdetroopa973
      @losdirectosdetroopa973 3 роки тому +1

      @@pablosanchezcasares9878 Lo se, solo dije que hablar de las independencias americanas es hablar también de la historia de España

  • @whimai412
    @whimai412 Рік тому

    I support Side Quests absolute power XD

  • @DKraken991
    @DKraken991 2 роки тому +14

    I love this channel with a passion. If the videos were released more often or on a more consistent intervals this channel could rival some of the biggest out there for history in a year or two easily

    • @logandeutschmann
      @logandeutschmann 2 роки тому +2

      A week ago, this channel was at 60k. Now, it's at 200. Quite the jump.

  • @Fafuncho
    @Fafuncho 11 місяців тому

    The quote "As long as the military bases stay intact, I'll suport democracy" says so much more then it seems.

  • @brandonsmith8235
    @brandonsmith8235 3 роки тому +3

    Love this channel! Keep up the great stuff!

  • @nocharge7189
    @nocharge7189 2 роки тому +2

    2:11 Just a note that Finland wasn't part of the communist bloc.

  • @albertomartin6464
    @albertomartin6464 Рік тому +2

    Except for the period of Franco (1939-1975) and Primo de Rivera (1923-1930), Spain has been celebrating elections since 1833.
    The first universal suffrage elections were celerbrated on 1868.

  • @RaKaNiShU117
    @RaKaNiShU117 2 роки тому +2

    Your content is phenomenal

  • @jamp6223
    @jamp6223 2 роки тому +3

    I’ve binged all your videos from this one very entertaining, been reading ‘homage to Catalonia’ very good to hear the story articulated again for new masses.

  • @nasis18
    @nasis18 2 роки тому +2

    These videos are amazing!!

  • @Joridiy
    @Joridiy Рік тому +3

    And to think Juan Carlos I, the traitor, dared to promise autonomy and/or freedom for the Sahrawi people just for then to abandon them to their own in Morocco's hands (which he shouldn't have done for Sáhara was already a constitutional province and the Spanish Courts should've treated the matter with the Sahrawi representatives and officials). He was even also thinking in cede Ceuta and Melilla to secure his crown if necessary. He basically played a Fernando VII on modern Spain.

  • @alpacaofthemountain8760
    @alpacaofthemountain8760 Рік тому

    Juan Carlos: I’m about to do what’s called a pro-gamer move

  • @julienschafroth8498
    @julienschafroth8498 2 роки тому +4

    Omg i just can‘t watch this, this representation of the transicion is not right. We had a seminar at Uni about exactly this.
    Winners write history and so did juan carlos „el bobòn“… He was not, as he had some historians write „el piloto del cambio“ (the pilot of the transition).
    As some commenters have pointed out already, dictatorship in spain after Francos death would no longer have been fiesable due to changing sentiments amongst the people and the political semioscope around europe. JC had to realise that even if he tried he couldn‘t have upheld a dictatorship.
    Militaryman Tejeros coup in 1981 which JC allegedly ended singlehandedly was not unknown to JC before happening, historians have pointed that out in the last decade. JC had knowledge of the forthcoming military coup, let it happen and waited out how the spanish people and world media would react, it was only after that he realised a dictatorship couldn’t have been upheld any longer and took position against the coup, and thus initiated the transition to democracy.
    The version represented in the video is still the commonly known one but it is highly patchy and incomplete in its true telling of history.

  • @javiergildeavila4449
    @javiergildeavila4449 Рік тому +1

    Well, As a Spaniard i would add what kind of democracy was made. It was not a Democracy system choosen by people, was a Democracy chosen by a dictator, wich was made to be imposible to be changed. Spain still have the 3 main powers controlled by only 1 person, while Montesquieu told us about the importance of dividing them. Also important to understand how voting system was made to allow big groups and not let space to small bands of people , what happed with all Fraco's friends witch remained with the power of the country or how us or the problem with autonomies.