David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

France and Britain released their African empires in the early 1960s. Why did Salazar hang on for another dozen years? Salazar's wish for a frozen Portuguese social order - dominated forever by landlords and bishops - could only be kept afloat by the profits of empire. 6/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 3, 2021 Hibernated

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David Frum @davidfrum

Of course, the cost of the wars to Portugal was only the tiniest fraction of the cost in blood and treasure to Portugal's African colonies: tens of thousands of civilians killed, hundreds of thousands displaced - and ultimate victory to Moscow-aligned radicals. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

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David Frum @davidfrum

Without the wealth extracted from its overseas empire, Salazar's (absurdly misnamed) "New State" was doomed. The instant the empire was lost, the New State collapsed - and Portugal had no choice but to join the modern world. 7/x — PolitiTweet.org

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