In a portrayal of
Voltaire
,
Roland Barthes
defined the author of
Cándido
as the last "happy" writer, since he never had high opponents in his time.
In that sense, perhaps the Spanish left is the last truly "happy" European left.
Not because he is excessively intelligent, which he is not, but because almost no one dares to contradict his opinions, however controversial they may be.
This fact is evident above all in the historiographic field, when topics such as the
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