There are some concepts that I understand can be difficult to grasp, or sound weird, for someone that was not raised in Spain. Let me say something that I think will make what Jorge is trying to explain here much easier to understand:
Imagine a world where the fascist won the war.
This is Spain.
Being an openly fascist dictatorship made relationships with the democratic neighboring countries difficult and this isolation hampered economic progress.
The nazis designed a system that would allow them to save face abroad but still allow them to keep the actual power, and not be tried by their crimes.
This is the current Spanish “democracy”.
Would not you also want out?
