currently it is only used in a rhetorical way to point out the irony that, despite living in a liberal democracy, some freedoms that were permitted by the francoist regime, such as smoking in public places or barbecuing in the mountains or the beach, have been taken away. similarly, it is used to criticize current problems in society that did not exist in the franco era, like the spanish property bubble, and the consequent delay in young adults leaving the family home.