Something that modernity has facilitated extraordinarily is the possibility for anyone, through merit and effort alone, to advance and ascend. It is a privilege to note that someone who seriously undertakes a study and achieves prominence in the area to which he dedicates now has a multitude of means to disseminate the knowledge he has gained and, what’s more, to make a living from its dissemination. In other words, in an environment with virtually no limitations, scholars can dedicate themselves to what they are interested in without depending on sponsors. In this respect, there is no denying the beneficial and ostensible emancipatory effect of modernity.
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It Is Always Moving When We See…
It is always moving when we see the birth of a spirit that has been displaced, whether in time or space. When we look at him from a distance, we get the feeling of total injustice, of an excessive and unjustified penalty for a crime that was not committed, of a torture that only seems to obstruct him and pull him back. And it is touching to note that a little, a nothing that most people have, would make his existence significantly more pleasant. However, when we analyze his trajectory and look for the motivation for each of his steps, we realize that they are all rooted in this displacement which, deeply felt, generates a discomfort that drives action. It is therefore a productive discomfort that needs to be expressed and acted upon in order to alleviate the feeling; it is a discomfort that, in short, does not allow for accommodation.
It Does Not Seem Possible for This Process…
It does not seem possible for this process of individuation to take place without it being preceded by a crisis, a discomfort in relation to the environment which, for many, stimulates a feeling of identification. In order to perceive oneself, the individual has to differentiate, and this differentiation seems to be evidenced most often in conflict, which leads to an inner anguish yearning for affirmation. If this process, as is generally agreed, drives the expansion of consciousness, stimulating it seems more sensible than repressing it, and repressing it only seems to curb a fundamental stage in the development of the being.
The Communist Experiment
Despite all the extensive documentation about the horror of the communist experiment on earth, a horror so absolute that it is almost impossible to carry out an extensive investigation into the subject, since to investigate it is to come across endless accounts of deprivation, misery, torture, moral corruption and annihilation as varied as the human imagination, it is unbelievable to note that the word communism not only fails to arouse the appropriate terror, but is innocuous to many and seductive to others. This fact is such a shattering exclamation that it must be evidence of a profound lesson. On a collective level, communism amounted to carnage that raised misery to an unprecedented level; on an individual level, it amounted to degradation. In this deplorable experiment, what we saw was the flowering of the most treacherous and savage things, the unbridled expansion of cruelty and oppression; the average individual was subjected to a life of misery and involuntary deprivation, booty, psychological torture at inconceivable levels, so that their very survival became conditional on submission. Incessant shootings, without reason or pity, but which, given the general scenario, seemed more like a release for those shot… And all this, although massively recorded, although alongside an endless obituary, seems pointless. There is only one lesson to be learned: man is absolutely incapable of learning.