They show an image of an elderly Asian woman stuck in her wheelchair and trapped on the train track. And this will be circulating on these rails in a minute. The accident seems inevitable. Do you want to know what happened? the Hitchcock news anchor asks us. And he adds: Well, wait a few minutes and we will tell you about it after the ad. I think this is being told on friendly television. Or in another. How do they change? They are clonal, stupid, manipulative, sinister, regardless of the ideological qualifications with which they try to disguise themselves in the market. That is, progressives or fascists. The owners are the same. They sell one product and another. Completely to the taste of the bloated but also conscious consumer.
And of course the moderators take stock of the year's news. The Ukraine and Gaza issue is the most notable and darkest. But I blush when they highlight one of the most transcendent world events, what happened to soccer player Jenni Hermoso when a thug attacked her with a grotesque blow to the lips. They also ask employees about their fears and wishes for the next year. Finally, blessed logic appears in their answers. They worry about their health, the price of the shopping basket, the care and support from their family and friends. Of course, no one comes out with a broken body or a hopelessly sick soul or alone and abandoned, expressing a desire to end it as quickly as possible so that the state offers him a painless and quick solution to his stay in the world to end world. I need encouragement. That's why I reread a book by this extraordinary writer and unusual person named Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio. The title is optimistic: There will be more bad years to come and they will make us blinder. May everyone who can and wants be saved. Preferably children and good people. There's not much, not much.
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