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Economic: Capitalist
Governance: Totalitarian
Coords: X+2 · Y+4
Economic: Capitalist
Governance: Totalitarian
Coords: X+2 · Y+4
Descriptor
Francoist
“Authoritarian Catholic corporatism.”
Exemplar ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Francoist actually means.
Francoism was an authoritarian regime led by General Francisco Franco in Spain (1939–1975). It maintained absolute control over executive, legislative, and judicial powers, suppressing political opposition and censoring dissent.
Franco ruled by decree, with no effective checks or balances. The regime employed censorship, secret police, and imprisonment (or worse) for dissenters.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
National-Catholic identity as state ideology.
02
Single-party rule under a caudillo.
03
Vertical syndicates; banned independent unions.
04
Autarky giving way to managed capitalism.
05
Suppression of regional nationalisms.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X+2
CAPITALIST
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y+4
TOTALITARIAN
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- Pensamiento Político de FrancoFrancisco Franco1975 · Speeches
§ Critics
- Franco: A Personal and Political BiographyStanley G. Payne2014 · ~640 pp
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