La trampa de la polarización
El goteo del discurso del caos va calando: en lugar de hablar de radicalización de unos, terminamos hablando de un escenario polarizado de forma simétrica
Claude G. Bowers, the U.S. Ambassador to Spain from 1933 to 1939, provided a vivid portrayal of the Second Spanish Republic and the Civil War in his memoirs. He explained that the conservative strategy after the 1936 elections involved orchestrating a powerful propaganda campaign, making it appear as though the country had descended into anarchy.
Bowers likened it to the United States, where every conflict, death, theft, crime, strike, and minor incident was recorded and featured on the front page of The New York Times under the permanent headline "Social Unrest in the United States." His analysis revealed a counterrevolutionary objective: to incite confrontation without compromise.
By stoking fear due to the perceived chaos and collapse of the state, an authoritarian solution seemed like the only viable option.
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