DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRACY

I have said something like that before. That democracy can be too expensive. Ladies and gentlemen, I´ve lived different times in my life. Times of a dictatorial regime, when there was nothing we could do but wait and pray that the minds of the men in power would be magically enlightened by some divine gift. We didn´t suffer, believe me. We simply didn´t know what was happening in the backstage of politics. We danced, played soccer and lived our lives.We were innocent: it was not our fault. We hadn´t elected them, it was something imposed , against our will.

Now it´s different. We choose the one who must do his best to improve the country. We have to face disappointment and uncertainty. The shadow of responsibility is a permanent ghost in our dreams and expectations. Once there was a president who was elected just because he was so young and determined and ended up as disaster. Then a sociologist whose main qualities were his arrogance and so called “competence”. (Yes, he was competent enough to disguise the problems) Two years ago we finally elected a self-made person, a man who could identify with the problems of the nation and guess what happens? The opposition, firmly backed by their old interests, is trying to make him incapable by charging him of corruption, their own everlasting fuel. This is Latin America, but this country happens to be the eighth economy in the world. It´s too much money at stake, too much money to be in the hands of an emerging party, they think.


Corruption in Brazil is, no doubt, the root of all evil, and it´s been like this for a long long time. We know it can´t be banished just like that. Corruption is everywhere you go. It´s in your office, at the neighbor´s, in the lives of your close friends. It´s so strong and settled that only a steady government could deal with it. We need a new mentality, something that could only be achieved through comprehensive education. If Jesus Christ were a president in Brazil he would probably be crucified again.

The foxes waited for two years after the election. They knew there was nothing they could do, in the name of democracy. Now they think it´s time to gain grounds again. To make sure that the old system will be maintained by preventing the president to be re-elected. (How dare he be successful or change things?) Who cares if the next missing two years will be a mess, nothing being accomplished due to so many charges? Who cares? They just want to preserve the old status quo that will certainly make them feel comfortable in business. For the sake of democracy, they will probably say … They have the power!

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