Thomas Sowell, the great American economist, wrote a few months ago
very interesting article in which he spoke of a terrible evil that suffers the world: The inability to disagree. It seems that today we can not have points different views, but we do or do have to be in an evil end, and this can be seen every day in Bolivia and (though it bothers me to say) much of this evil is owed to the left. Every day we see vandalism committed in favor of "common good" and if someone dares to criticize it automatically becomes the ambassador of Nazism in Bolivia and agent of the multinationals. The leftist intelligentsia dominates the universities, where all the "analysts" come professing to neoliberal system and influencing public opinion terribly methods that are nothing new.
The stigmatization was incredibly effective weapon the Soviets in the expansion of its revolution around the world, and these tactics persist even today. So then, is that if we left Santa Cruz to defend ourselves against vandals who have no other intention but to create chaos, then we are fascists / racists and members of the white oligarchy that wants to oppress the peasants.
not only stigmatize, but to adhere to causes little or no affinity with their ideas, as the peasant movement in Bolivia. A clear example of this is our best friend, which inspired me to name this blog: Evo Morales. He was a peasant leader, with nothing but coca-not-a-cocaine in his head, until one day he caught another revolutionary chip (Or someone activated it) because fascists decided that it is wrong for selling drugs to survive Bolivia.
That is why Evo is just the tip of the iceberg of a tangle of problems in this poor country, ranging from institutional and cultural to the political and economic. In Bolivia the only political movement with a defined ideology, militancy has had for many years is left. And with its moral and intellectual superiority categorize others as it suits them. I am sure that Bolivia is not the only place in the world where this happens.
hope the day comes when we can reach productive conclusions of the disagreements we have, but while ideas de Castro (Fidel) still going strong around the world, and others do not learn to listen a little more, will be a while until that day comes.
