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To: HotHunt
I'm sure it's a little different now, over 50 years later, but the concept of time in the Spanish culture was much different than the one practiced in the US.

A spaniard once told me, in response to my voiced frustration with Spanish lack of timeliness, that 500 years ago when Spain was a superpower, they were always on time. But their not a superpower anymore so they can relax. America is a superpower so we're the ones who need to be on time now. Made some sense.

But as you can see, the cultural leftists want to erode everything that led to progress in the west over the last thousand years by not just respecting other cultures but being forced to embrace their chaotic and primative natures as our own. The lowest common denominator shall rule rather than the best and the brightest.

60 posted on 04/15/2017 8:57:47 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie
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To: pepsi_junkie
But their not a superpower anymore so they can relax.

Even in the 19th century Spaniards realized that nothing was getting done due to red tape and laziness. There is a hilarious short story written by Mariano José de Larra in 1833, entitled Vuelva Ud. mañana. .

The author recounts a tale about a foreign visitor who comes to Madrid to settle an inheritance and invest money in Spain. He plans to spend 10 days conducting his business and 5 days sightseeing. After six months of frustrating"Come back tomorrow" and countless excuses from bureaucrats and "professionals", he has not been able to accomplish anything so he leaves the country in disgust.

64 posted on 04/15/2017 9:34:36 AM PDT by DeFault User
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