Because a law is only as effective as the authorities' will to enforce it. With police being what it usually is and a judicial body with a heavy Opus Dei presence, the ban on francoist symbols is largely unenforced.
this post was submitted on 18 May 2026
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Because it was never properly de-fascisized and is still full of cryptofascists. You don't need to look any further than the Guardia Civil, the paramilitary "police".
Spain is a clear lesson that you can't transition out of fascism. You need a clear cut, at least like what happend in Portugal.
Which country does not have fascist police?
You seem to be unacquainted with the Guardia Civil, which is more like a military force to suppress the local population.
Police everywhere is bad, but there are definitely different levels of bad.
Because it's not a ban on private display. Bars don't belong to the state, they can do whatever they want.
That's not what the private part is about: it means private spaces, not privately-owned or -operated places.
Private place means your living room. A bar anyone can enter is a public place. An office all kinds of people work at but is not open to everyone is also not a private place. See what I mean?
Youβre describing quasi-public, not public, spaces under US law. Different countries, different laws
Alright, the ban is on the administration, not on individuals. This is not a courtroom and it was clear from the context.
That would only apply if they were private membersβ clubs. As theyβre open to the public, the law theoretically applies.
Just imaging the folks going into such a bar
I sometimes go to a place that has Marxist symbols, doesn't mean I'm a tankie. It's just a nice place with chill people.
Does Marxist imply tankie? I was under the impression that some Leninism was needed for that.
Edit: yep. Marxists are not tankies
It's 2026, everyone is either a Zionist, anti-semite, tankie, racist, misogynist or homophobe.
Let's just say people see Marx and Engels and immediately jump to Stalinism.
It always amuse me how people think that just because someone go to a certain place then he should be a supporter of whatever the place represented in the past (for the present I might somewhat agree but still seems stupid most of the time).
Following your reasoning, we should demolish basically everything in Europe, almost everything could be linked to some not so nice past period or event.
These places are not historical. These are bars that have been filled with Francoist memorabilia to explicitly exalt the Dictator. Imagine a nazi bar chock-full of swastikas, the only book in the bookshelf is neon Kampf, and instead of a mirror you have a big picture of Hitler, all with the finishing touch of the radio playing Hitler's speeches.
THAT is what is being referred to here. And yes, if you go to a place like that, you are a fascist
And btw, for the particular bar mentioned in the article, the owner is Chinese and not at all afraid of showing what it's about:
If I had a nickel for every francoist bar in Spain owned by a Chinese guy, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't much, but it's weird that it happened twice.
(The other one I know is called Bar Oliva, and it's in Usera, Madrid)
Coincidentally, cops seem to love it.
No, but if you go to a fascist fan cafΓ©, people will think that you are a fan of fascists. And there is a difference between historical monuments and businesses catering to fascists