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2050’s Spanish Grandmother Víctor Blazquez Milara Wednesday, 9 th February 2060 Dear Bohumír, How are you? I’m fine, and a bit nervous. I’m writing this letter to let you know that your grandma (me) has always loved you. For that reason I’m writing this, to show you that some “things” which I did in the past were for your own good. If you’re reading this letter it is because you have become a grown - up and you can understand what I’m going to explain. I was born in Madrid, Spain, the 25 th of September of 1965, and now I’m dead, as you know. The first ten years of my life were a nightmare. I was born in the dictatorship of Franco. In this period of time there weren’t any kind of rights, so people didn’t live in good conditions, just Franco’s followers lived as kings, the rest of the people (most of the population) didn’t. But, anyway, I’m not writing this letter to talk about my chilhood, but yours. Do you remember when you were just a curious child? Do you remember these infinite questions you asked me? I dind’t respond you clearly, because you were just a child, too young to understand how Spain worked in 2050, but you have already become grown, so I think it’s time to answer the questions adequately. One of your questions was “what does community mean?”. A political community, in your times, is a large group of people living together in the same territory, with the same conditions, under the govern of someone choosen by the people there, by voting. Then, the rulers of the communities are governed by another person, who takes decisions according with the preferences of each ruler, which are the ones of the people. It is the way in which Spain is organized politically. But there are many more things to talk about. I talked about rights before, in Franco’s dictatorship, I said that there were really insignificant rights. It’s different now. In the year 2050 Spain turned into the best country of the world because of its rights. The rights in Spain establish that every person has basic necessities such as a home, public health service and education, equality and freedom. They are the bases of spanish rights. They are like a constitution, they are inalienable rights which have to be