Yes, I know that everything that involves verbal disputes and opinions has certain necessary risks, but in our reality, sometimes far from reason, I see the colloquium more as a fight in which only to hit is worthwhile and nothing to receive.
But if we want to move forward as a society, and not use this word as part of a pathetic slogan, we should be worthy not only of the pleasure of being «beaten» verbally, but also of being beaten with sticks. Something that may also be fair and inevitable, as certain dictates of life should be, if we aspire to real and democratic progress.
What’s all this about, some might ask. Well, to a very lively, polemic and painful topic of daily life in Cuba: vulnerability.
Remember, or better, please understand, that this scourge can affect anyone who, given their financial situation, does not have their own answers, which require various economic changes in society. Although by law there are opportunities many times for reasons of exigency, there are not equal conditions to satisfy these demands.
There are several scenarios in which a vulnerability is found. One of them is to see when and how it appears. The social differences that it uncovers, in addition to generating distrust, unease, apathy and nonconformity, also manage to generate discrimination.
Yes, this fatal transformation creates disadvantages that require a deep and continuous dialogue, linked to urgent and effective solutions, in which the tentacles of bureaucracy cannot knot or hinder vital actions.
We must not forget that even those who have overcome it, according to the protocols, may return to it at some point due to some fatal economic shock.
This path in our country is long, rocky and even open to thousands of opinions and heated criteria. The feeling of blindly searching for a real and effective embrace is hard and serious. Its solution will require hard work, consideration, sacrifice, understanding and true humanity. Remember that in the present circumstances in which we live, any of us can be vulnerable, don’t you think? Look around you, even at yourself.
