Hay un millar podando las ramas del mal por cada uno que se esfuerza contra su raíz, y pudiera ser que quien emplea la mayor cantidad de tiempo y
dinero en los necesitados esté contribuyendo en la mayor medida con su modo de
vida a producir la miseria que en vano se esfuerza en aliviar.
HDT (Walden, Capítulo 1)
El reciente movimiento rootstriker.org ha asumido como suyo el lema de Thoreau y tiene el siguiente manifiesto:
"Our government is
corrupt. Not corrupt in any criminal sense. But corrupt in a perfectly legal
sense: special interests bend the levers of power to benefit them at the
expense of the rest of us. Both parties are part of the problem. Both have
become dependent upon the campaign funding of the tiniest slice of the American
people — not to mention the funding of corporations and other non-citizens. That
dependency is this corruption.
Only the people can force lasting change on this broken system. And that change begins with understanding: The people must recognize that corruption is not just one among many important problems. Corruption is the root problem, that makes solving the others so difficult.
As Henry David Thoreau wrote — "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." — so will we practice. Our aim is to recruit teachers — citizens from every part of society who will work with us to spread the recognition of the corrupting influence of money, and help us build the movement to reform it.
We work with a wide range of groups, all committed to fighting this corruption. But our distinct role is to build and share tools that make it easy for anyone to recognize this signal threat to our Republic.
There is no partisanship in the fight against this corruption. There are liberals, conservatives, and libertarians among our members. And while we don't pretend that we share a common end, we do recognize our common enemy. Our project will live until that enemy has left."
Only the people can force lasting change on this broken system. And that change begins with understanding: The people must recognize that corruption is not just one among many important problems. Corruption is the root problem, that makes solving the others so difficult.
As Henry David Thoreau wrote — "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." — so will we practice. Our aim is to recruit teachers — citizens from every part of society who will work with us to spread the recognition of the corrupting influence of money, and help us build the movement to reform it.
We work with a wide range of groups, all committed to fighting this corruption. But our distinct role is to build and share tools that make it easy for anyone to recognize this signal threat to our Republic.
There is no partisanship in the fight against this corruption. There are liberals, conservatives, and libertarians among our members. And while we don't pretend that we share a common end, we do recognize our common enemy. Our project will live until that enemy has left."
2 comments:
Gracias por la foto, Guillermo. Sí frecuentas mucho, física o mentalmente, un lugar determinado, con el paso del tiempo llegas a pensar que ese lugar es tuyo, en cierta manera. Me pasa a mí con el camino del Penchat y supongo que a ti con otros lugares de los que, a veces, pones fotografías.como la sierra de Cebollera o la Laguna Negra.
De todas maneras el reto es siempre el mismo: cómo vivir de manera satisfactoria en el lugar que vives, más que suspirar por aquellos lugares en los que sólo estamos de paso. Aunque de paso siempre estamos, según como se mire.
Un abrazo
Gracias a tí Jose Luis
La fotografía no se plantea el dilema de elegir el momento del hecho que puede perderse.Todo se pierde y puede perderse salvo por su conmemoración.
La repetición, la serie o la fotografía aislada son el subrogado de cualquier momento.
Esa falta de jerarquía es una de las cualidades de las fotos que tú "eliges" y haces
Un abrazo
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