Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 5:37:29 GMT
The sit-ins continue in Colombia . The clanging of pots and pans cannot stop being heard in Bogotá and in many municipalities of the country. They are peaceful concentrations at certain points, but new massive mobilizations are planned for the coming days, and, with all certainty, many for next year. The media speaks little about the demands of the Strike. Before they talked excessively about vandals and evil hooded men; Now, they revel in the setbacks that the marches embody. The merchants' losses, so far, according to the National Federation of Merchants (Fenalco), amount to one trillion pesos (about three hundred million dollars.
A considerable impairment, no one denies it, unjustified and unfair. Less than anything, of course, next to the overflowing corruption of those who fleece the State, and give vigor to Iraq Telegram Number Data any protest. And as if without marches those merchants could make happy accounts in a country full of trifles to see and few coins to buy them. The media also talks about the traffic jams caused by the marchers. That they do not respect the rights of non-marchers, and that they must walk for kilometers because the collective transportation systems do not work.
As if these protests were not also about the non-demonstrators who travel crowded in buses that others do not even have the means to pay for. As if the rallies were not against the violation of rights, those fundamental rights that the state and government attack against marchers and non-marchers alike. Of course, enforcing the rights of the majority population means taking away privileges from the minority that holds them. Two inversely proportional magnitudes, here and wherever: the decrease in the poor and miserable in a country is equivalent to a noticeable increase in the rage of its elites.
A considerable impairment, no one denies it, unjustified and unfair. Less than anything, of course, next to the overflowing corruption of those who fleece the State, and give vigor to Iraq Telegram Number Data any protest. And as if without marches those merchants could make happy accounts in a country full of trifles to see and few coins to buy them. The media also talks about the traffic jams caused by the marchers. That they do not respect the rights of non-marchers, and that they must walk for kilometers because the collective transportation systems do not work.
As if these protests were not also about the non-demonstrators who travel crowded in buses that others do not even have the means to pay for. As if the rallies were not against the violation of rights, those fundamental rights that the state and government attack against marchers and non-marchers alike. Of course, enforcing the rights of the majority population means taking away privileges from the minority that holds them. Two inversely proportional magnitudes, here and wherever: the decrease in the poor and miserable in a country is equivalent to a noticeable increase in the rage of its elites.