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ERIK V. KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

So great is the commotion elsewhere in the world that everyone seems to have forgotten Spain. Yet Spain’s political evolution is interesting. The country is not a democracy; it has undeniable dictatorial aspects; it is ruled by government from above; but for these very reasons it may indicate the direction Western civilization will eventually take. The vast majority of Western Europeans believe that democracy is the only legitimate form of government, and is here to stay. The historian and the discriminating student of politics, however, know that everything has an end—except for the sausage, which has two.

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ERIK V. KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

So great is the commotion elsewhere in the world that everyone seems to have forgotten Spain. Yet Spain’s political evolution is interesting. The country is not a democracy; it has undeniable dictatorial aspects; it is ruled by government from above; but for these very reasons it may indicate the direction Western civilization will eventually take. The vast majority of Western Europeans believe that democracy is the only legitimate form of government, and is here to stay. The historian and the discriminating student of politics, however, know that everything has an end—except for the sausage, which has two.