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With all this gold, Spain went on a buying spree, weapons, art, churches etc - and the sellers(rest of Europe) industrialized as the gold trickled down into THE
by aurizon 9mo ago
With all this gold, Spain went on a buying spree, weapons, art, churches etc - and the sellers(rest of Europe) industrialized as the gold trickled down into THEIR economies.
When the gold no longer arrived, Spain went into a steady decline as their rich upper crust of RC Churche, Kings, Queens, Lords, Ladies etc. and eventually became democratic after Franco.
- anthk 9mo agoWe were democratic before Franco. Twice. Until the damn conservatives threw the Republic down, twice, too.
- otherme123 9mo agoPrimarily spent in wars (mercenaries, weapons, warships...) and keeping the colonies under control.