The History of the Second Republic

The first republican government, under the left republican Prime Minister Manuel Azania, held that the republic must be a completely leftist regime. To anyone paying attention, this is merely the usual tactic of the left. The ratchet must go only one way. It can go left, but however far left it goes, it can never go any less left. If the right threatens to disturb the ratchet, violence is the acceptable solution to keep left dominance. Until recently, this was a purely continental phenomenon. Its most recent manifestations have shown up in France, with the National Rally,. and in Sweden with the Sweden Democrats.