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RE: Animal Farm, George Orwell - review by @papi.mati
Hola estimado amigo: Pienso que más que vernos como un boxer es que tenemos que 'involucrarnos' con lo que creemos, con los principios . ¿Que algunos se benefician con eso? puede ser, lo que no debemos es ver los 'toros desde la barrera' por miedo a que nos usen.
Espero no ser impertinente, Saludos cordiales!
SPOILER ALERT - My comment contains some spoilers.
First of all, thank you for the comment. I am very happy that we can discuss the book, I love debate.
Sure, involvement in matters that are important to us is crucial. But I think we are talking about something completely different: if I understand correctly, what you described is civil society, grassroots activism - this is definitely worth promoting and in fact, some even suggest measuring the health of democracy by the scale of civil society activism. What I tried to express, maybe not clearly enough, is that for me the character of "Boxer" from the book is tragic not because of the work which he dedicated to something that he believed in, but more because of the naive character.
He believed in the impeccability of the new system even when everything appeared it's evil. Boxer was a very easy-to-manipulate character who sacrificed his health and worked beyond his own strength for free for the pigs repeating over and over again "Comrade Napoleon is always right", the pigs are "immaculate" and "wonderful". How did he finish? Lured by a visit to the vet and sold by pigs to the slaughterhouse.
I think that the lesson from this reading does not necessarily suggest not to become active in what we love. Sure, such activism is very important. I think the real lesson is not to do it at the expense of your own health and, most importantly, always keep an open mind ready to criticize. The boxer was killed by the excessive idealization of power, which exploited him subtly and then sentenced him to death.
I'm looking forward to hearing your opinion. Always ready to debate, always ready to change my mind. All the best to you, my friend!
Básicamente estoy de acuerdo, nadie quiere pecar de ingenuo, pero siempre habrà quien quiera pescar en río revuelto. Estamos en lìnea amigo!