This year we celebrate the bicentenary of our country. In fact, we don´t have, like free and republican country, two thousand years, however we celebrate our independency at September 18th. The question that I think right now is ¿how much we actually been changed since that days until today? Unfortunately, there are many things from that Chile that, in a different and modern way, we still have in our days. Maybe in that context, celebration of bicentenary is a good date for think about that. In the colonial Chile, like every colonial place, there were few people who used to have power and money; they, in his parties and meetings, decided the future of all the country. When our country was finally free, not a Spanish colony, still was a small group of people that decided; the principal difference was that the powerful people was named like Chileans, but the names and families was the same that before.
In our days still are a few families that have power and money, and they tend to be related one each other. It´s true that today a regular Chilean citizen has more capacity to decided that in the beginning of our country, but that is a limited power; in fact, it´s so tiny that a citizen just can exercise his power in a vote in a election, and we, as Chileans and as part of our regions or towns, we can´t even choose all of our authorities. It seems that we don´t have many impact in the future or our nation.
The problem is that rich and powerful people don´t do anything for trying to include more persons in that circles and the people don´t try to get in either. With that situation, we still are, and will be, an unequal country.With all that, is very obvious that Chile, in these two thousand years, hasn´t changed too much. We, as a country, have more equality, but we don´t are an equality country. I believe that have many causes, but one of them is what I say: the powerful and rich people are always the same, they related with each other, and they decided the way of Chile. If the people don´t see that reality as a serious problem, Chile never is going to be an equal country.
Good post, very interesting!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your ideas....
We hope that Chile could be a equal country...
Well, the same old families plus some newly rich people who have become rich through speculation, not through real work, and who are now deciding our future.
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This year we celebrate the bicentenary of our country. In fact, we ARE NOT, AS A free and republican country, two thousand years OLD, however we celebrate our independANCE ON September 18th. The question that I think right now is ¿how much HAVE we actually (/) changed FOR THE BETTER since thOSE days BACK IN 18810 until today? Unfortunately, there are many NEGATIVE things from that Chile that, in a different and modern way, we still have in our days. Maybe in that context, THE celebration of OUR bicentenary is a good date TO think about that.
In the colonial Chile, like every colonial place, there were few people who used to have power and money; they, in THEIR parties and meetings, decided the future of all the country. When our country was finally free, not a Spanish colony ANY MORE, THERE still was a small group of people that decided/TOOK ALL THE DECISIONS; the principal difference was that the powerful people wERE named like Chileans, but the names and families wERE the same AS before.
In our days THERE are still a few families that have THE power and money, and they tend to be related TO each other. It´s true that today a regular Chilean citizen has more capacity to decidE thAN in the beginning of our LIFE AS A country, but thIS is a limited power; in fact, it´s so tiny that a citizen just can exercise his power in a vote in aN election, and we, as Chileans and as part of our regions or towns, can´t even choose all of our authorities. It seems that we don´t have many impact in the future or our nation.
The problem is that rich and powerful people don´t do anything TO try to include more persons in thEIR circles and the people don´t try to get in either. With that situation, we still are, and will be, an unequal country.
BECAUSE OF all that, IT is very obvious that Chile hasn´t changed too much in these two thousand years. We, as a country, have more equality, but we are NOT an ABSOLUTELY equalitARIAN country. I believe that THERE ARE many causes, but one of them is what I say: the powerful and rich people are always the same, they ARE related with each other, and they decided the CHILEAN way of LIFE/IDIOSYNCRACY. If the people don´t see that reality as a serious problem, Chile is never going to be an equalARIAN country.