At the mercy of a wild stream. Opinion

We already know that the world is full of experts. How could we not suspect that the man who this week became a disaster strategist for Dana Pass, the day before yesterday he presented himself to us as a volcanologist and every summer he presents himself to us as a fire expert. Reveals in front. Today the time has come for the all-rounder to instruct us in the difficult task of finding the mistakes made by Democratic candidate Kamala Harris so that an upset candidate like Donald Trump secured his second victory with a huge advantage. It’s like that little game that children’s magazines gave us kids: seven differences.

It’s obvious that if you apply yourself you’ll eventually find the flaws that led Harris to defeat, but I admit that she still seems like an unbeatable candidate to me, unless, of course, she gets those flaws. Seeing through lenses that have to be adjusted. Americans judge the panorama. At a time when the global trend has turned towards conservatism if not reaction, Kamala Harris, a candidate eloquent in her spirit but moderate in her promises, has entered the playing field with unexpected confidence, smiling despite the insults she faces. Have received awards along with. With silly laughter, he has beautifully shown his intellectual superiority against an opponent who can express only nonsense in the eyes of a knowledgeable person, he has not stopped reaching out to Europe, he has not played the excessive feminist card and is discriminating. There has been an affirmation of race and origin, and all because this energetic, intelligent, cultured and attractive 60-year-old woman came forward with the intention of reaching out to the American people, to like-minded people and to Republicans who were committed to this cause. Become independent from the party colonized by Trump. He left behind the destructive “deplorables” with which Hillary Clinton had defined Trumpist voters. She did not represent the elite class in New York or Washington that hated those who were not part of the party. Kamala Harris was no shadow of a husband toting interns in the Oval Office; He, like Obama, came from a self-made class and had popular interests and hobbies. If he were confronted with fundamental issues of American culture, such as weapons, he could laughingly assure that it is legal to possess as long as it is used in legitimate defense; If he touched the Middle East, he did his best without putting Israel in trouble. Very American. He seemed so innocent that when he faced on television the most bizarre and unconvincing opponent ever to run for president, we thought victory was certain.

If the mainstream media examined its conscience after Trump’s first victory, admitting that it had ignored much of what was going on across the vast country that runs from coast to coast, this opportunity But, while being punished, he has shown an increasing interest in the deep beat of the heart. The country should not be left unsaid, but this will to fully explore the feelings of the people has come face to face with a new, difficult reality that transcends borders: a brutal wave of misinformation that does not subside in the face of institutions. Nor does it respect the minimum commitment of allegiance to the facts we have shared so far and, as a result, grants power to those who must use it arbitrarily and for their own benefit. It’s been more than a decade since millionaire Warren Buffett said the phrase that has become the most accurate definition of the current moment: “There’s class warfare, okay, but it’s mine, it’s the rich, he’s doing it.” ” The war, and we’re winning.”

I suspect that the key to Democratic defeat does not lie in Kamala Harris. It will not be easy for a candidate to re-emerge as inspiring as he did in the first moments of this campaign, but I am very afraid that failure will not be his first name. This is the planet being shaken by a reactionary tsunami, which will subside only when its cycle ends. Republicans have ceased to be the conservatives of the past, they now define themselves as Trumpists, and the party must reinvent itself if it wants to re-enter the Democratic game; Democrats will have no choice but to conduct politics without engaging in the disgusting spectacle that Trump has turned into American democracy.

It is not that I had blind and innocent trust in their institutions, but we have to accept that there are certain limits that have been crossed and we do not know the extent to which such a character abused power. We Europeans will suffer the consequences of their bizarre economic decisions; The Palestinians will suffer a direct loss of steadfast support for Benjamin Netanyahu’s destructive plans; Perhaps the Ukrainians will be forced to accept peace on Putin’s terms.

The world turns in the other direction. When reality warns us that we must be more attentive to the vulnerable, prevent climate disaster, protect migration lands that have become hostile to them (partly because of our greed), when electoral data tells us warning that rebellious youth have found accommodation in these new versions of fascism and that brave manhood is being dusted off, we urgently need to ask ourselves what will happen on the day when all this madness passes, Because it will pass, and then we will have to repay a lot of broken debts. We must call out that state, the despicable state, the state of lazy officials who steal money from the entrepreneurial heroes of capitalism, to restore the social justice that was established like an uncharted island after World War II. All those who have thrown up their hands in applause at characters like Trump will realize that returning their country to the days of Wild West regulation was actually not a great idea; they will find themselves more vulnerable than ever, they have There will be nowhere to die.

This will all pass, but what can we do in the meantime? We have no choice but to fulfill our task as best we can, even if the atmosphere is violent, do not stop defending our beliefs, do not shrug our shoulders, use our freedom so as not to narrow it down, liar. So that it doesn’t confuse us, don’t let us be seduced by the mass, false populism that steals our judgment, don’t let us be manipulated by the ghost of algorithms. This is a time of uncertainty, of confronting the absurdity of criticizing Elon Musk’s illegal practices, of making an election campaign an uncontrolled raffle and then increasing our capacity for influence by becoming prisoners of the uncharted territory he has given us so that we can Can do. Bring out our deepest feelings.

The world will heal, but we will emerge from these dark times scarred. A series of fearsome men (and a few women) have come to rule the planet with no fear of the damage they might cause. Why have they come to power and not others? Until time passes we will not be able to answer such a complex thing. At the moment, I can only think of borrowing the title of Henry Roth’s brilliant memoir, At the Mercy of a Wild Current, to define this deep sense of terror, but never of surrender.