The Government lies systematically and is fundamentally engaged in political marketing
A good theatre play needs a quality plot and actors/actresses. A bad plot lets demanding spectators down. A good actor/actress is natural when playing the part. Politics is considerably theatrical because it needs to convince. Deficient education, very little reading and the media’s task all favour lies being accepted. Being good at acting is not the same as being a liar. Quite the opposite as empathy with the played character must be shown and the role must be credibly played. Both are incompatible with the lies that spectators suspect.
President Felipe González was a good actor. President Sánchez is not despite his legion of applauders. He is only natural when playing the thug and narcissist: “who will the Chief State Prosecutor’s Office depend on if not the government” (as noted with this Office’s request to file 40 criminal prosecutions against the government, all together without being investigated). When playing any other role, and despite speaking low to cause emotion, imposture is noted. To show off and lie, he has no limits: “the state of alarm has saved 450,000 lives”. No moral curb, not doubting about distorting reports, hiding 19,000 deaths and deceiving by stating there would be COVID-19 vaccinations in December. This government believes that Spaniards are ignorant, submissive and capable of accepting any lies and loss of freedom.
In Spain there are 3,500 official annual suicides. Actually there are many more. Professions at higher risk co-exist with violence and arms use. Drug and alcohol use multiplies by 7 the risk of suicide among the depressed and stressed. Yearly more than 15 Civil Guards commit suicide. Sánchez stated that he lamented terrorist Igor González’s suicide, lowered his voice, hung his head, but submitted to Bildu. A disgraceful intervention. No empathy for innocent ETA victims and those who served the State. He identified ETA and Bildu, and acted emotion to gain support. Neither Bildu believes what Sánchez laments, nor does Sánchez really lament. Pure interest. Both lie and deceive spectators. A kind of absurd theatre play. The truth was what Thatcher referred to with terrorists who committed suicide: “they have the freedom to choose their death, a freedom they do not grant their victims”.
Pablo Iglesias plays the plumber role by placing piping with this followers: squatters; pro-independent movements, separatists and communists. Spokeswoman Montero’s nonsense: “love for Spain that links the government, and parties ERC and Bildu” can only be equalled by her former colleague Celaá, who said “children do not belong to their parents”. The worst of Montero’s decree about municipal surplus funds was not her clumsiness, but her evidencing empty public funds due to less investment and fewer tax payments because of economic stoppages, more social payments. Those who squander forget that debt must be paid by strict pay-by dates: before the end of November, 83,855 million euros must be amortised, which are lacking. The European funds expected to be received are practically spent already with more debt. The socialist essence is: squander, spend, invent taxes, impose prohibitions. Minister Escrivá plays the tax collector role by increasing social payments to 80% for the self-employed. Minister Díaz acts the forced saver, but leaves aside extending layoffs to commerce and hotel trade. Imitating Italy and reducing the number of politicians would have been more decent, with 445,568 in Spain (1 to every 106 inhabitants). This doubles the number per capita of Germany or the UK. This expense is shameful, unsustainable.
In the meantime, 77,000 firms have closed; unemployment is 22%, but 41.5% for youths; 125% GDP is debt; 100,000 homes are illegally occupied: Vice-President Calvo, plays the “social engineer” role by making the most of power and shaming us with lessons about democracy with totalitarian law: “of democratic memory”, inventing official “truths” to be indoctrinated in schools, prohibiting any discrepant thoughts. Conversely, they do not respect division of powers, and passed the new Education law without discussing it during the state of alarm. The socialist plot since Zapatero has been as simple as it has been totalitarian: eliminate making the effort in education, confront Spaniards, and control culture and the mass media with public subsidies.
Post published in Las Provincias