in thread "Who is Portugal For? (and what's the point of democracy anymore?)": I will say something further, but I wanted to comment on this...... 1y ago (collapse hidden) retry 5 5 I will say something (view hidden) retry 5 5 I’m only curious why the author doesn’t mention Salazar. Maybe there’s no taboo. Maybe it’s simply the case that, as someone said above, he would be unknown to many readers of an English-language article on Portugal, or understood only in the narro... 1y ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3 I’m only curious why (view hidden) retry 3 3 To get back to Salazar, I wouldn’t argue that Salazarism could be reconstructed and resurrected in present-day Portugal. I couldn’t argue against it, either.... 1y ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3 To get back to Salaz (view hidden) retry 3 3 The description of two levels of decay is useful, and, taking this into account, it does limit the promise of resurrection in any way of older systems on the present foundations.... 1y ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3 The description of t (view hidden) retry 3 3