Vicarious shame can be taken to unhealthy extremes. Feeling deeply disturbed by the actions committed by others. This can be justified by the archaic reason of Judeo-Christian education, but it comes, I think, from the sense of honesty that your parents instilled in you. That anticipated fantasy that made you see yourself handcuffed if you stole. Only those who stole out of necessity deserve forgiveness.
When I see Abalos’s last gesture before his trip to prison, instead of feeling the anger of someone who has been defrauded, I feel deep shame and the need to look him in the eye to rebuke him: How is it possible that you were not able to imagine this moment? These are feelings that arise so frequently that they must be neutralized. We have to put an end to putting ourselves in other people’s shoes in real life; On the other hand, in literature, you have to know how to put on the shoes of an idiot.
And the shame increases when we see that those who showed themselves as examples of cheap rhetoric were receiving it badly. While the country holds its breath daily when the number of deaths due to coronavirus is announced, some criminals have taken advantage of this tragedy. Impudence causes unbearable shame. Even more so when it comes to people who hold power and enjoy stable economic lives. They steal, they steal from us, but in a triple somersault that leaves us amazed, they make children, women and lovers participate in the crime. They don’t mind being involved. It’s embarrassing and scary, too, because all of this causes deep resentment.
And I’ve believed for a year that Dana Mazzone that morning downplayed the storm because she didn’t want to destroy tourism profit. After a thousand versions of the story, something was added to the intention of the Former President: He was not willing to let nature spoil a great plan. Words by Salomé Pradas that appear in the intro Save Supporting this theory: Pradas claims she received instructions on how to communicate with Mazzone that afternoon. This meant that I was given vague orders not to disturb him. We have a man who holds the highest political office in his country, a position he should hold as an honor, and who commits himself without conditions or timetable, and who is as irritable as a teenager who teases his parents. It’s embarrassing.
It is also given by those who engage in lying. The excuse of not holding political office is a bad refuge. With so many victims, any citizen has a moral duty to tell the truth. Women are not helpless without the ability to make decisions when we are around a strong man. Anyone has ever been in an inappropriate situation that they regret, but it is even more shameful to insist on lying when you end up knowing the truth. This is really embarrassing.
I believe, for me at least, that this shame over so many daily foolishness does not lead me to disbelief in the democratic system, but it does lead to a significant percentage of citizens. To “everyone is equal,” which is the beginning of the collapse of this system.
Politicians today are imbued with a double social role recently thanks to social networks, believing that they are like artists, as funny as comedians, aware of their popularity, aware of the impact of their headlines and the applause that their bold words receive, and they must be asked to speak not only to see themselves reproduced in the headlines. From time to time, a subordinate clause, a long-standing and developing idea, does not hurt. They seem to act without realizing that they are playing with fire, ignoring that their duty is also to eliminate all those inauspicious acts that taint public office and bring us shame. They are the ones who should feel it and act.