Opinion Sur
We say that history teaches because it shows countless events that serve as inputs to support interpretations of what is happening in the present. However, it should be made explicit that those who investigate and explain historical processes do not make up a homogeneous whole, but quite the opposite. Each researcher analyzes with greater or lesser rigidity from his or her ideological perspective. That is, of the universe of factors and relationships that exist at any historical moment, each author prioritizes some and ignores others based on what s/he considers relevant to understand what s/he considers to be decisive. Enormous …
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Carving out new paths
In the face of social and environmental disaster generated by the process of concentrating wealth and decision-making power, humanity faces the enormous challenge of carving out new directions. How to do it? The concentrating operation of wealth and decision-making power today severely punishes almost two-thirds of humanity while favoring only 1% of the world’s population. It destroys nature by affecting the functioning of the planet. Social and environmental risks are growing at unsustainable levels. There are other ways of functioning that each society will need to evaluate by choosing those that better adapt to their singularities. There are no single …
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General theory of debasement: A theme of our time
The title is somewhat exaggerated and of course ironic. It is not a theory in the strict sense but a series of observations and hypotheses. “Debasement” refers to the degradation, first gradual and then sudden, of values and practices to which we were accustomed until not long ago. Social change is dizzying, but it does not connote improvement in many areas of life. There is no more subtle and surest way to destroy the basis of society than to corrupt the currency. John Maynard Keynes Argentines know Gresham’s Law well because they have lived it for a long time. They …
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Alternatives to the global food crisis
It is necessary to rethink the current diet in its entirety and act now. Because given the systemic advantages of malnutrition, short stature, obesity and micro and macronutrient deficiencies, and given that, despite individual suffering, they are functional to the development of social life, then we must expect this to be the new form of hunger in the new millennium. The colonial expansion of the European powers will find in Africa, America, and Asia not only the gold that financed their development, but also the possibility of growing the most expensive food in their price pyramid: sugar, which will go …
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Initiatives
“It’s a great achievement to twist a trajectory of death.” Alejandro “Duke” Palmas, referent of the Winds of Freedom Seedbed https://www.pagina12.com.ar/757751-es-un-gran-logro-torcer-una-trayectoria-de-muerte Argentina seeks to export satellite services Argentina busca exportar servicios satelitales Cecilia Bartoli Laschia la Spina
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Reflections
About weapons exports According to a study published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), more than 75% of weapons exports in the last five years have come from just five countries: the United States (42%), France (11%), Russia (11%), China (5.8%) and Germany (5.6%). Between 2019 and 2023, about 30% of international arms transfers went to the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and Israel being the main buyers in the region. The majority of arms imports from Middle Eastern states came from the United States (52%). Again, both Ukraine and a convulsed Middle East are big …
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