martes, setiembre 30, 2008

Perspectivas

"No Congress of the United States ever assembled, on surveying the state of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which appears at the present time. In the domestic field there is tranquility and contentment, harmonious relations between management and wage earner, freedom from industrial strife, and the highest record of years of prosperity. In the foreign field there is peace, the good will which comes from mutual understanding, and the knowledge that the problems which a short time ago appeared so ominous are yielding to the touch of manifest friendship. The great wealth created by our enterprise and industry, and saved by our economy, has had the widest distribution among our own people, and has gone out in a steady stream to serve the charity and the business of the world. The requirements of existence have passed beyond the standard of necessity into the region of luxury. Enlarging production is consumed by an increasing demand at hom6 and ail expanding commerce abroad. The country can regard the present with satisfaction and anticipate the future with optimism."

(Presidente Calvin Coolidge, Sixth State of the Union Address, 4 de diciembre de 1928)

(vía el libro "Historia del Siglo Veinte" de Eric Hobsbawm, que estoy reconsumiendo 14 años después de que lo compraramos a media con mi hermano cuando comprar libros así tan gordos y tan nuevos era todo un esfuerzo, que tiene un nombre en inglés muuucho más lindo --"The Age of Extremes"-- y que está bárbaro. Veo sonreír a mi amigo jahey: esto no es ficción, lo reconozco. Y reconozco que me dan ganas de leer más. Y que pienso en realidad hacerlo9.

1 comentario:

Javier Couto dijo...

La palabra mutual es la que más (me) golpea del texto, te diré.