I’ve been thinking about how we were domesticated… and how they could domesticate us again. Continuing with this theme Part III
The Transposition
No government is perfect. All make mistakes, have flaws, and need renewal. Faced with this reality, there are two possible paths: either errors are recognized and corrected, or what must be changed is acknowledged and changed — or, instead, one’s own faults are denied and “transposed.”
To transpose means “to change place.” How is this used in politics? By moving what is negative elsewhere — taking it out of one’s own yard and putting it into someone else’s. In other words, blaming others for one’s own mistakes.
How have we “Cubanized” this principle over the decades?
The best-known and most repetitive example has been attributing our ever-deepening economic crisis to the “Blockade.” We live on a blessed island, extremely fertile, suitable for many crops, ideal for livestock, surrounded by a sea full of life, and with capable people eager to make progress. So what are we missing? For the “Blockade” to end? We would do much better if state centralization ended, if productive forces were freed, and if incentives were given to production.
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I’ve been thinking about how we were domesticated… and how they could domesticate us again. Continuing with this theme Part III
Nota del Consejo para la Transición Democrática en Cuba (CTDC) sobre la salida de su presidente, José Daniel Ferrer