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RE: Short-term Memory Loss: the Malady of socialists, chavistas, anti-imperialists Defectors
And this ... is why Henrry has my salute ... he has the courage of his convictions. Countries are not built by cowards.
Quill
Thanks, Quill.
I have witnessed the utter destruction of all the institutions and cultural assets I grew up with. Whatever defined me as Venezuelan, from territorial notions to traditions, exist no longer in the same way they existed 20 years ago.
All because people have ben afraid to (at least) speak up.
I saw the destruction of my university (and the rest of the universities in the country, although some still manage to function) and with perplexity I saw how fellow faculty members, who allegedly possess the highest levels of intellectual/cultural/historical awareness refuse to see what was coming; they refused to support measures that might have prevented the total collapse of our higher education system.
Ironically, most of them are now out of the country,enjoying a better life, erasing their role in this mess.
When we see that level of cowardice in those circles, we can only hope that masses, with less restrains resulting from formal education (what Bertran Russell would call "good manners"), would ignite a flame that will burn the whole damn system down.
In our case, those masses have been domesticated with the oldest of tricks: bread and circus inside a barrier of ignorance and misinformation.
PS. Thanks for the token (just noticed). Most generous of you.