A System of Disgust

A short while ago, I was reading an interview in a newspaper with the wonderful film director (at least to my personal taste) Oliver Stone. I want this text to serve as a declaration that I feel completely identified with what he says because, like him, there are certain aspects of this society that make me want to vomit, to say the least.

Mr. Stone said he was repulsed by what real estate companies and banks—among other powerful groups that dominate modern society—had done to his country. This can be extended not only to the US, but also to the rest of the world, which is irretrievably influenced by the land of the dollar.

From what we can see, Americans are just as likely to export cutting-edge technological advancements of all kinds as they are to send out garbage (to use a rather benevolent term) to be sprinkled across the universe. They are the most powerful country on Earth (with China's permission), and the rest of the international community just has to swallow it; there is no choice but to bow before the strongest. Although there are always honorable exceptions that still keep their dignity and pride intact, these are mostly just symbolic stances, since the big fish is so enormous (whale-sized) and the little fish is so small (sardine-sized) that the fight is always lost in advance for the latter.

Continuing with the creator of Salvador, Heaven & Earth, Platoon, Nixon, Wall Street, and other excellent films in which the filmmaker is consistently critical of the system and stands out as a perpetually politically incorrect figure, he also mentioned in his statements that it sickened him to see the path his country had taken, primarily due to banks, insurance companies, and powerful law firms. Coincidentally, the aforementioned groups are usually in the eye of the storm in almost every country. We assume that, as in any group, there are honorable exceptions.

To conclude, I would like to make a personal contribution to Oliver Stone's list, and so I will also add politicians—that ruling class of our homeland. In view of the poor example they frequently set for the public through corruption, embezzlement, malfeasance, bribery, influence peddling, fraud, misappropriation of funds, falsification of documents, money laundering, electoral crimes, disastrous management, and constant broken promises, they make the sense of revulsion absolute.

Of course, I exclude the honest ones from the above, who fortunately still exist; however, like certain animal species, they are, unfortunately, endangered. Though it should be noted that honesty alone is not enough, for if its dance partner is ineptitude personified, the duo is of no use to us at all.

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