Friday, February 25, 2011

If we were a bank

Oh, oh, I beat you to write a serious post, or serious, which is worse. I ran away from the spin doctors-to-superficial moralist. Oh well, those who fear allergic-type reactions, read these first three lines stop and go to more qualified bloggers. If you want to go I will try, at least, to be brief. Let's talk about money.

And responsibility. And Libya. I read and I feel a bit 'indignation everywhere, position papers, to protest for what at best can be described as international relations very careful to respect the most basic civil rights of so-called developed democratic countries and those rich in natural resources but poor democracy.

Honor (or dishonor) of the latest news of Libya, but the list of dictatorial regimes with whom we do business, with or without makeup and wig, it would be dramatically longer. Sacred indignation, therefore, sacrosanct stigmatize especially the very special talent to choose the friendships of our premier (it will be a matter of greasepaint and wig).

Though. But with all the necessary distinctions, with all the exceptions and extenuating circumstances, to read, for example, how much money was pumped into the coffers of companies very Italian dictator of Libya, and especially in what and how many speakers - some just citiamone: Mediobanca Eni, Juventus, Finmeccanica, Unicredit - to read these names, you do not hear you too, from far away, a small voice (I warned you that I would have overlapped with the morality ...) that there wonders if, somehow, some way, we, each of us gives a few pence, some support, even if only by omission, for sloth, laziness, habit, for small conveniences, including indirect support to a system that feeds consistently to situations such as Libya has uncovered that the revolt? All of this around to conclude with a consideration by no means original, but more timely than ever: in these parts you vote yes in the ballot box, but above all to vote with your wallet (even when empty).

It would end taking a statement by the spokesman of the Social Watch Italy who recently reminded us as well with an economic effort in less than two years supported by world governments to rescue banks, we could end poverty worldwide, the declaration which commenced a powerful paradox: "If the poor were a bank would have been saved." And if we were a bank? If each of us was a small, shabby bank, who would decide to give their money (or ask), who would choose to do business with?

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