Arturo Pérez-Reverte participates in the podcast for the third time The wild projectpresented by Jordi Wild, and left no one indifferent. At 74, the writer treated himself to a a raw look at the present, particularly at the situation of young people, those he considers to be “defrauded” by society and the system.
“Young people have reason to be angry, because we deceived them. We prepared them for something that doesn’t exist and we have given them a lot of references that are not useful to them,” he said. Pérez-Reverte explained that, although many adults are bothered by the insolence or anger of new generations, this anger is understandable. “How can they not be?” he asked.
According to him, from this satiety Three scenarios can arise: resignation, hope that the world will change and a much more explosive third. “The Molotov cocktail: I’m breaking up the system, I’m burning the banks, the companies, those who refuse me a house…”, he declared, adding that a young man who cannot start a family or live with dignity on a salary of 1,500 euros might want to “set the world on fire”.
“When the opium of the Internet or cheap vacations are no longer enough, someone will say: “I’m going to burn this shitty world down.”he warned. Thus, he stressed that young people with studies find themselves unemployed, with precarious salaries, inaccessible housing and other difficulties.
Another key point of his intervention was the vulnerability caused by the digitalization of daily life. The writer regrets that everything is on the Internet, which, according to him, makes the system more precarious. “To be a Spanish citizen you need a smart phone“considered. Without it, it is almost impossible to carry out basic procedures: traveling, getting paid, making an appointment or even getting in a taxi.
“They force us to live in a way of which they do not even guarantee the security“, he criticized, warning that this technological dependence could lead, sooner or later, to serious social dysfunctions.
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