Conformism I

said Mark Twain that it is easier to deceive a man than to show him that he has been deceived. And that’s because people like to stick to lightness., to the simplicity of the familiar terrain. We make that lie, no matter how absurd, a part of our person. Well, those who try to eradicate it, deny it, change it will become for us a part of the long enemy army that lives in our heads.

Because the heavy veil that we put over our eyes, the one that we use to not see the obvious lie that is in front of us, is not to protect our integrity or our dignity, nor to defend our morals or our values, we put it on, we put on the uniform. with it because it is easier , less complicated; because this is how we are used to living and we have no desire to find a better way. It’s not laziness or laziness, it’s not intransigence or fanaticism, it is mere conformity.

That’s why we are satisfied with what we have, with the lack of water, with power outages, with increased taxes, with bad rulers, with the condition of the streets, schools and hospitals, with crime, with hunger, with misery. We settle, we get used to it because it’s easier to accept what we have to do for what we want. And that poisonous resignation destroys every shred of common sense, silence every voice that criticizes the land on which we are spread. We do not allow anyone to pollute the merde polia that fills us with obedience. But then again, no matter how polished it is, no matter how shiny and glitzy, crap will still be crap.

Grumble, murmuring and murmuring, that is the only thing that unites us with active critics. Useless cheap attacks that do not harm us, nor allow us to be harmed. After dinner comments, Disagreement Medals for Lesser Carburetors. We do not want to change, nor to be changed, we are intolerant of evolution, but we ask for mercy in the face of a barrage of accusations. And if we continue like this, the streets will continue to be full of craters, hospitals without medicine, your house without water and without electricity, and your children without education and without opportunities. All because we’re taught to applaud the idiot on duty who makes the most noise, the one who shouts the loudest wins here, right? Who reads more than 280 characters? What psychopath seeks education? Which junkie is a philosopher?

We are proud of 75,517 kilometers of poverty, hunger and destitution, because at least there is no mining…no work, no health, no consistency, right? Because our gold is green, but we don’t want tourism or foreign capital. Because we are better than the others, but we are twelfth in the Gini index. Since we are interested in the fashion that appears chewed and digested on our phones, the one that is easily understandable to us, we prefer to stay attached to those questions, the dogs of the aristocracy bark from their latest cell phones. What is the purpose? What is important?

So what do we want? Nothing and everything, at the same time. We want to be able to close our eyes and imagine that everything is resolved. But we go out on the street, for what, because of the photo, because of the pressure, because of the followers?

Even we don’t know. We call those who for whatever reason do not think the same as us cowards and “sellers”, but who is the bigger coward? Conformism also means not knowing or not wanting to point out what is wrong for fear of it our comfortable despondency is affected. Everyone is guilty of this stupidity; We are the parents of the misery that surrounds us.