The most ethical thing is always to side with the most vulnerable, fighting for their rights and improving their living conditions. But I don't get why that imperative has mixed with hedonism and disdain for values like loyalty, sacrifice, prudence, or decorum. The most revolutionary and anti-capitalist mindset is to think of others, putting aside our individual desires. Caring for a mother with Alzheimer's, educating the kids, supporting your partner in the fight against illness, or helping the foreigner who suffers material hardships is the most radical way to take on the heavens. Non-violent revolutions are the only ones that leave a fruitful trace. #JustinSunSuesWorldLibertyFinancial
Twenty minutes before Donald Trump announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, someone placed a bet of 760 million dollars that the price of oil would fall.
They made huge profits in a matter of minutes. But what is relevant is not just how much they earned, but when they acted.
Everything points to someone knowing what was going to be announced. And this should be thoroughly investigated. Trump's circle is cashing in. #IranRejectsSecondRoundTalks #TRUMP
How the verbal poverty of certain leaders ended up becoming a political style, and a symptom of intellectual degradation.
There are times that produce statesmen and others that produce loudmouths. Ours, unfortunately, seems fascinated with the braggart: that character who confuses volume with intelligence, rudeness with authenticity, and outburst with bravery. Certain leaders are no longer required to think well, but to hit hard; not to argue, but to humiliate; not to elevate public conversation, but to drag it into the mud with the ease of someone who feels comfortable in it.
My reading of what happened in Venezuela in the light of cold geopolitics
My reading of what happened in Venezuela in the light of cold geopolitics:
1. International law no longer exists. Much less that of the world based on rules. It died in Gaza and now Trump confirms it in his "backyard." What prevails now, regarding the relationship of the powers with their spheres of influence, is force. As for Latin America, we return to the framework of the late 19th century and early 20th century: a zone of U.S. intervention in accordance with its fundamental geopolitical interests. At a time when the Northern empire refocuses on those resources it needs from its immediate geographic space: oil, minerals, arable land, water, and strategic positions (ports, maritime crossings, etc.).
It wasn't the UN, it wasn't Pedro Sánchez and his puppet king, nor Putin, nor the environmentalist without a boyfriend. It was the Evil Donald Trump who managed to convince Hamas. Do you think the coin #TRUMP managed to go up again? #TrumpCrypto
The "culture of poverty," a utopia formulated by liberation theologians, assumes that "no one has the right to the superfluous until everyone has the essentials" (Ignacio Ellacuría) and claims that the liberation of the human being will be unattainable without the liberation of Nature, brutally exploited by an insatiable capitalism: "Today the waters, the forests, the animals scream, the whole Earth screams – writes Leonardo Boff. Within the option for the poor and against poverty, the Earth and all ecosystems must be included. The Earth is the great poor that must be liberated alongside its condemned sons and daughters." This ideal is profoundly revolutionary, but it will not advance without an exercise of collective reflection that internalizes a new vision of the world.
The 21st century should be the stage for that change. Justice, freedom, and solidarity will not be possible if humanity does not manage to reverse the destructive forces of a capitalism incompatible with social peace and the preservation of life. Hope is always foolish and reckless, but without it, the future closes, transforming into an impenetrable wall. "Let us transcend what exists – wrote Ernst Bloch in The Principle of Hope (1959) –. The future is not a mere prolongation of the present. […] The future depends on us; let us not be carried away by the inertia of day-to-day life or by defeatism. Optimism is a matter of will; let us focus on what can be changed and on what depends on us."
Humanity can still reinvent itself and illuminate an ethical tomorrow, without violence or inequality. The utopia of what is just, beautiful, and fraternal is not a daydream but the only horizon that can guarantee our survival as a species.
"We live under an economic and financial model that oppresses the individual," said Robert Redford, whom I will always remember in The Human Beast, a film by Arthur Penn that denounces intolerance, violence, and racism in the U.S. Like Gregory Peck, Redford always aligned himself with good causes and never tired of warning about the danger represented by Trump: "We are facing a crisis that I never thought I would see in my lifetime: a dictatorial attack by President Donald Trump on everything this country represents." Redford stated that Trump's first presidency resembled "living in an abusive home."
The actor has died at the age of 89 while sleeping. He leaves behind a handful of iconic films: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, Barefoot in the Park, The Adventures of Jeremiah Johnson. Rest in peace. #TRUMP
The story of the garage, again and again. I think it's the umpteenth time I've read the same story: Gates' garage, poor Zuckerberg and his problems with girls, Emilio Botín's tiny bank, etc. Then you start scratching the surface, and you find In-Q-Tel behind Zuckerberg and Amazon, the money from the City behind Botín, or the family fortune of Gates and Elon. It is part of a massive process of learned helplessness, very typical of capitalist epistemology, through which people are convinced that they are not millionaires because they have not been brave enough, or because they have not had clear priorities. Applied to social psychology, we have this other monstrosity called "positive psychology" by Martin Seligman, who in turn created the concept of learned helplessness (which I would call induced), by which the individual's happiness is isolated from their social conditions, so that if one is not happy, it is because one does not want to.#USNonFarmPayrollReport
Just as Netanyahu has become the main promoter of antisemitism, the various Christian churches have become the largest factories of atheism and hatred of the religious phenomenon. The institutionalization of spirituality has only served to transform religion into an instrument at the service of political and economic power. Absurd and cruel inventions such as the idea of hell, the virgin birth, and the doctrine of original sin have caused the idea of God to be associated with cruelty, revenge, and oppression. The less-than-exemplary history of the churches, which have accumulated wealth, promoted massacres, and abused the innocent, has only strengthened this phenomenon.
#LoUltimo The 10% tariff decreed by Trump on all imports from the U.S. goes into effect this Saturday at 00:01 local Eastern Time, a measure that threatens to provoke even more turmoil in international markets. #TrumpTariffs
What is hell? A physical place? Hell is the name we assign to one of the most terrifying feelings: hopelessness. Hope may seem irrational, but if we do without it, the universe leads to absurdity. To love is an act of hope, for love dreams of conquering death. Loving is the way we approach that mystery we call God or transcendence.
We deny God because we only believe in what we can perceive. However, our knowledge of things is limited. We will never have direct access to the first cause of the universe or its meaning. Skepticism attributes to man the monopoly of knowledge, ignoring that ultimate truths can only be glimpsed through inner experience. Poets, who feed off their inner life, are more reliable than scientists, who have an increasingly narrow view of the world.
Science can unravel the secrets of biology or physics, but it can never explain to us the meaning, origin, and purpose of life. Caravaggio understood the mystery of existence better than Einstein. What is essential, as Exupéry said, is never a visible evidence, but an intuition that can only be experienced through the heart.
🚨A very large war is about to break out. This is the war that the Islamic world has been provoking and pushing. And once it starts, there will be no turning back, and it's unknown how far it may escalate.
Perhaps what Europe needs is a catalyst to unify again and apparently Trump's madness would be perfect. What worries me most is our cryptocurrency market.
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No one was absent from the summit in London, in support of #Zelenskyy , even Canada and Turkey joined forces. It is Europe's time. The US renounced its leadership and left through the back door, allying with tyrants, insulting people, and causing disturbances. For History.
And amidst all this, the crypto market is playing with volatility to the rhythm of #TRUMP and #ElonMusk.
We cannot continue with this pair of crazies manipulating the market. Enough.
No one was absent from the summit in London, in support of #Zelenskyy , even Canada and Turkey joined forces. It is Europe's time. The US renounced its leadership and left through the back door, allying with tyrants, insulting people, and causing disturbances. For History.
And amidst all this, the crypto market is playing with volatility to the rhythm of #TRUMP and #ElonMusk.
We cannot continue with this pair of crazies manipulating the market. Enough.
There is no longer society, only masses. Society is composed of individuals with their own judgment and the capacity for rational assessment. The masses are amorphous conglomerates driven by atavistic impulses and primary emotions. I am not a fan of Zelensky, but I have been outraged by the humiliation he suffered in the Oval Office. Trump and Vance have behaved like two schoolyard bullies. Malicious, rude, arrogant, and ignorant, they took advantage of the setting to disgracefully mistreat the president of Ukraine.
Trump and Vance are not two politicians, but two brainless fools with no sense of decency. They are the perfect example of the new leaders of the far-right: boorish, rude, corrupt, and manipulative. The same could be said of Milei, Orban, Ayuso, Abascal, or Meloni. How did we get to this? There are many explanations, but I want to highlight one: the media long ago abandoned ethics and pedagogy. Their only concern is business. Degrading programs like First Dates or The Island of Temptations have brutalized society, feeding its basest passions.
The sensationalism of newspapers and radio and television talk shows has also contributed to this spiral of degradation. Recovering ethical and quality journalism is essential; bad taste, vulgarity, and systematic distortion of facts prevail. Democracy does not work without an enlightened society. The belligerence and stupidity of the masses led to World War II. What awaits us in our time? The omens are not good. #TRUMP