Socialism: the wrong formula.
I belong to what is now called Generation X, and I must confess that during my first 40 years of life I never heard of these generations. What I did hear from a very young age, almost like a mantra, was that the formula for success was: Study, so that you can be something in life. Work hard, so that you can be successful. For many years, this formula worked in the country. It was like a straight line paved with personal sacrifice. No matter where you came from or what you studied, many of us managed to climb the social ladder.
One day that changed. A shadow began to sweep across our fields, hundreds of Pied Pipers emerged, selling pipe dreams, and people began to use the wrong formula for success. It was no longer about effort, honest work, and preparation; it was the complete opposite. It is a flawed formula that will take centuries to study and will never be explained: a rich nation with a poor people.
Surely some readers will say that we are human, that we are fallible, and that is why we fail when we use recipes or formulas that are obsolete. But we do not only learn from our own experiences; we must also look beyond our comfort zone and see what works and what does not. My greatest wish is that in the coming years we will never repeat the wrong formulas again.
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En Español
El socialismo la formula equivocada.
Soy de los que ahora se ha denominado generación X, debo confesar que durante mis primeros 40 años de vida nunca escuche esas generaciones. Lo que si escuche desde muy niño, casi como un mantra era que la fórmula del éxito era: Estudia, para que seas algo en la vida, Trabaja duro para que tengas éxitos. Durante muchos años esta fórmula funciono en el país. Era como una línea recta pavimentada con los sacrificios personales. Sin importar de donde vinieras, o lo que estudiaras muchos de nosotros logramos ascender socialmente.
Un día eso cambio, una sombra comenzó a recorrer nuestros campos, emergieron cientos de flautistas de Hamellin, vendieron sueños de humos, la gente comenzó a usar una formula equivocada del éxito. Ya no era el esfuerzo, el trabajo honrado, la preparación era todo lo contrario. Es una fórmula equivocada que tardará siglos en ser estudiada y nunca será explicada: Una nación rica con un pueblo pobre.
Seguramente algún lector dirá, que somos humanos, que somos falibles y por eso fracasamos al usar recetas o fórmulas que están obsoletas; pero no solo de las experiencias propias se aprende, también hay que levantar la mirada más allá de nuestra área de confort y ver que funciona o no. Mi mayor deseo es que los próximos años más nunca volvamos a repetir formulas equivocadas.
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You are absolutely right when you say that there are sinister characters who offer heaven and earth with an ideology that only leads to ruin.
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