La verdad no puede tener sólo una cara

No deja de impresionar el hecho de que ciertas verdades, que se nos suelen antojar evidentes e irrefutables cuando las descubrimos... nos pasan desapercibidas con tanta frecuencia.

Si una vida ordenada, con una serie de objetivos, de deberes, de caminos trazados, de sueños por cumplir, de deseos que satisfacer, de experiencias que vivir... si todo ello es una promesa tan evidente de felicidad, ¿por qué tan poca gente, aparentemente, lleva una vida ordenada?

Leyendo recientemente a algunos escritores rusos, se perciben ramalazos de esa contradicción tan rusa... donde son capaces de la mayor exquisitez y de la mayor brutalidad, con la misma naturalidad y contundencia como si fuesen dos caras del mismo espejo. La mezcla del caos de la vida nómada de ciertas etnias de su periferia con la estricta jerarquía social de la época zarista. Y cómo el alcohol impera allí donde los sueños están rotos, donde la realidad se impone por encima de los anhelos... y donde perder la razón se asemeja más a vivir que seguir las pautas marcadas.

Humanity... and so? what are we, then? (II)

I like to think that the social order (the classes) has an objective. But apart from some technological improvements, I am not sure we are moving towards any objective, as a race.

The countries, let´s think of the "developed" countries, have a surplus of resources to devote to something more than just "living well", but what do we do with them? Probably right now not much... we keep investing in infrastructures, maybe technology... but I don´t see aiming, purpose.

This may come as a naive thought, but when we think of the autoritarian societies, there seems to be a more significant concept of project or society. Yes, they respond mainly to the dream of a man, or a group of them, not to the development of the whole group, but still, there is more sense of purpose.

Let´s look back in the history... I don´t know if it´s because we look at history based on its rulers, assuming they provide the guide and promotion of their time (maybe wars... even if only a few seem to respond to personal reasons), but times of progress seem to be associated with specific leaders... when probably they were just unleashing some forces for development that were already there. But well... let´s assume they have something to do with it, since historians seem to link the rulers and the changes. Let´s take some examples... how much did Napoleon personality and personal objectives got to do with the History of mankind? I think a lot. Let´s take Henry VII and his role in the history of England, Stalin or Hitler in this past century... for the worse, in this case.

Wrapping up, I think current leaders are not providing a direction for our countries, and I think the "hidden powers" are interested in keeping the situation as it is. No "adventures"... just keep what we have. No "changes". No "objectives"... they are risky.