COULD I LIVE LIKE CUBANS DO IT IN ITS LAND, WITHOUT ANY PRIVILEGE AS TO EXPECT TO HAVE A HOUSE, A CAR OR SIMPLY ACCESS THE INTERNET?
I will never forget a scene from the movie "The Last Emperor", in which the monarch, already old and turned into a gardener by the Chinese cultural revolution, sees a group of prisoners dressed in gray with a humiliating sign hanging in front of him. neck, where you could read the alleged crime committed by them. Crimes such as believing in another religion, owning books other than Mao's red book, kissing in public or having a typewriter. Anything that was not to worship Mao Tse-Tung was reason enough to be publicly imprisoned and humiliated.
The truth is that in the film, the emperor timidly turns his face towards a crowd of fanatics who insult and beat the unfortunates who were tied up. What would not be his surprise when he recognized among the detainees the main henchman of when he was also imprisoned, humiliated and stripped of the most minimal rights that a human being can have.
The couple of seconds that the exchange of glances between the last emperor and the former torturer takes place, can happen soon among Venezuelans if we do not unite, not against the Government, but in favor of ourselves.
I would like that in an act of objectivity and sincerity, the people who support the Government seriously consider what is happening. The call is for those honest who have a small farm, a house on the beach or an apartment achieved with hard work and effort.
The call is also for workers who have good jobs in serious companies, for rural workers who work with responsible employers and for some intellectuals and artists who in good faith support the Government. Sincérense with yourselves, ask yourself the following question and answer it intimately without comment with anyone: Could I live as Cubans do in their land, without any privilege like aspiring to have a house, a car or simply access the Internet?
Revolutions do not forgive, remember what happened with the actors of the French, do not forget Stalin, Pol Pot in Cambodia, Kim Il Sung in North Korea, Mao Tse-Tung and his wife in China, spouses Ceausescu in Romania. All these criminals murdered many more people than Hitler. Revolutions are like black widows, spiders who kill their consorts after they use them for copulation.
Those who persecute today will also be persecuted. Those who pull ball and sapean today, tomorrow will call us to say they did not know how things were. We are still on time. The first thing is not to be indifferent to the attacks suffered by others. Do not surrender or be discouraged. Do not be silent. Do not be afraid. Think that we had a country that made many mistakes and many scoundrels ruled us but it was a country where we all fit or not?
Personally, coming from the left, I always worked with the Governments of Acción Democrática and COPEI. They never asked me if I had voted for their candidates or if I had signed against them. Those were times when we were adversaries but not enemies.
All those who today exclude and sow hatred in the area of culture, lived very well during the horrific 40 years of Acción Democrática and COPEI: they bought their houses, their cars, they traveled representing Venezuela and they sent their children with State scholarships to Study abroad, some even worked as cultural representatives in embassies.
There is little time left, but there is still time. Do not fall for lies, the thing is difficult but you can still do something. A small light has appeared. The majority of the opposition parties came together. Maybe it was not what many people aspired to. But when the Titanic sank the people who were about to drown did it matter if the raft they were going to save was white, green or pink? I think it's time to support ourselves. Let's leave the foolishness of abstention.
Let's go back to the street with optimism, faith and without fear, because otherwise we will all lose everything! ... Until they, when they fall into disgrace and no longer need them. Think about it, lest it happen to us like the last emperor.
VENEZUELA SANGRA ....
