🕳️ Released Phantom Node 10: Francisco Franco. No Requiem
- Foundation date
14 July 2025
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 10: Francisco Franco. No Requiem
He ruled with discipline. He died with pride.
But there will be no hymn, no monument, no myth.
Type of Node: Political Phantom
State: Removed from the mausoleum, but the cult lingered
Form of Retention: Memorial architecture + political silence
Image: Abandoned wall. Pedestal without a statue. The phantom remains, not invited.
Instead of the phantom: Public space without glorification
What Held It?
— A dictatorship disguised as unity
— A body placed among the fallen, as if he had fallen for them
— A regime that survived his death
Franco appointed a king. But the monarchy did not continue his rule.
The system mutated — and the cult lost its host.
This was not a defeat by force.
It was a fading out.
Spain did not rise against him — it rose beyond him.
How Did the Phantom Form?
— When victims were denied names
— When memory was replaced by silence
— When the dead were buried together — victims and executioners alike
Why Was the Phantom Still Active?
— Because monuments speak longer than voices
— Because memory needs cleaning, not suppression
— Because symbols linger when not named
State of the Phantom
The phantom did not leave.
But he was no longer needed.
No one called him. No one asked him to stay.
And yet, he stood — a remnant.
Until the day came when even the last statue was gone.
Now he has no place.
Not even for mourning.
Collective Response
We will not sing for you.
We will not defend the silence.
We will not carry your name forward.
We clear the space.
And you are no longer part of it.
Key Principle
Absence is not forgetting.
But silence is no longer obedience.
And history is no longer yours.
After the Regime
There is no voice left for the phantom.
No echo.
No appeal.
And that is enough.
Alt-text:
A pencil drawing shows an abandoned wall. On the wall hangs an empty rectangular frame. A simple pedestal stands below, empty. A human-like figure — ghostlike, dim, without details — stands next to the wall, facing it, not glorified.
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Anna Pivtorak Kostyuk
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14.07.2025
