Dali


Was Dali a fascist?

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Yes he was a genius, but he was very self involved, greedy, self righteous and I think maybe went along with whatever suited his ambition best. I believe his politics swayed with whoever he was hanging with at the time. What do you think?

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I agree. He altered his politics to suit the crowd he was with and changed his allegiance to whatever he thought was best for him personally I find it sickening that he chose to support Franco and his fascist regime - the very people who had murdered Lorca.


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yes, they don't bring that up in the film, but in his letters to lorca he does talk about being in the army and wearing the uniform, like it was a game

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He seemed aspire to be a capitalist to me.







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he was essentially apolitical, is my understanding. He would only do what he wanted to do.

It was a major reason why the Surrealists pushed him out of their movement. they had a political agenda, and he didn't go along with that aspect so they forced him out. He might have been a pain in the butt too (ooh, didn't mean to have a pun here..) I just read a lot about him.

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The question is not whether or not Dalí was a fascist -- he adamantly, passionately and publicly proclaimed his utter support for Franco every chance he got. The question is, rather, whether Dalí was a fascist in the same way Stephen Colbert is a Republican...

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Your translations of Lorca's poetry (http://victormv.wordpress.com/) are the best translations of Lorca's poetry in existence, eternal praise

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