The year is 1937, and civil war has broken out throughout Spain. There are so many conflicting political ideologies coming from all over the place. On one side of the war, you have the nationalists, including their leader Fransico Franco. He sure is one charismatic guy, similar to a couple of other leaders in Europe, such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Franco had a successful career in the Spanish military, fighting in the Rif War. He also had a large role in the suppression of the Asturian miners strike by Spanish military forces. It seems, at least to me, that Franco wants to model Spain after fascism, similar to Italy. Franco wants the political power to be centralized in the leader of Spain. However, there are other sides in this war. There are people who favor different political ideologies than Franco. There are some in the Republican forces who disagree with the idea of a fascist state. They believe that fascism may allow the leader of the state to become too powerful. Instead, they would prefer to model their country after a liberal democracy. Some of the Republicans
believe that the power should reside in the people, not the state. Power should be given by the people to the leader of the state, and the people should have ability to take away power from their leader, if the leader is not looking out for the peoples best interests. There are also others in the Republican forces that believe that Spain should be modeled after a communist state, such as the Soviet Union. The goal of communism is to create a classless society. Everyone is a worker in a communist state, even women. With communism, people are working towards a collective goal, instead of worrying about their individual goals. Communism creates equality among all people. Choosing between these political ideologies is difficult, but I personally want to model Spain after a liberal democracy. I think it is the best option for Spain moving forward. Firstly, I am going to discuss the pitfalls of the other two political ideologies, fascism and communism. Then, I am going to show why liberal democracy is the best option out of these three political ideologies for Spain to be modeled after.