Video exposing the left: 'Signs of fascism' in Murcia, Spain
A video of activists in Murcia, Spain, denouncing fascism goes viral: their signs describe Sánchez's government's policies. Irony or blindness?
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
A group of people pose in Murcia, Spain, with signs denouncing fascism. The problem is that their banners accurately describe the policies of the coalition government.
The video has gone viral on social media: around twenty people, mostly elderly women, hold signs with phrases such as "doubting the election result is fascism", "using the secret police" or "denying reality with constant lies". Filmed outside the Podemos headquarters in Murcia, the scene has an amateur performance feel, but the intent is not ironic: its spokespeople identify as anti-fascist activists.
The mirror effect
The reaction on social media was immediate: far from denouncing the far right, the signs seem copied from the sanchismo (the political movement around Pedro Sánchez) roadmap. "Point by point, the history of the Soviet Union", one analyst commented. Others pointed out that the list applies just as well to the PSOE as to Vox, to the Soviet Union or to Margaret Thatcher. The confusion is not minor when the video is filmed right at the door of Podemos headquarters.
Provocation or blindness?
What at first glance looks like an unintentional parody is, according to commentators, the perfect example of psychological projection. The activists themselves would be unknowingly describing the practices of the system they belong to. The question hanging in the air is whether the video is a stroke of sarcastic genius or a display of the left's disconnect from its own contradictions. Meanwhile, the video keeps circulating and generating bewilderment: are they denouncing the PSOE without meaning to?
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The video has gone viral on social media: around twenty people, mostly elderly women, hold signs with phrases such as "doubting the election result is fascism", "using the secret police" or "denying reality with constant lies". Filmed outside the Podemos headquarters in Murcia, the scene has an amateur performance feel, but the intent is not ironic: its spokespeople identify as anti-fascist activists.
The mirror effect
The reaction on social media was immediate: far from denouncing the far right, the signs seem copied from the sanchismo (the political movement around Pedro Sánchez) roadmap. "Point by point, the history of the Soviet Union", one analyst commented. Others pointed out that the list applies just as well to the PSOE as to Vox, to the Soviet Union or to Margaret Thatcher. The confusion is not minor when the video is filmed right at the door of Podemos headquarters.
Provocation or blindness?
What at first glance looks like an unintentional parody is, according to commentators, the perfect example of psychological projection. The activists themselves would be unknowingly describing the practices of the system they belong to. The question hanging in the air is whether the video is a stroke of sarcastic genius or a display of the left's disconnect from its own contradictions. Meanwhile, the video keeps circulating and generating bewilderment: are they denouncing the PSOE without meaning to?
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