It is to Oscar Wilde that the expression “reality always surpasses fiction” is attributed, which amounts to saying, in our post-truth regime, that reality surpasses history. Indeed, reality, which is true, is stranger than fiction, which is false, because, as Mark Twain said, “fiction must stick to possibilities and make sense, which is not the case of reality”.
And we have continued like this for a week now, with a government which constructs fictions from an atmospheric phenomenon which far exceeds them: in its origin, in its development and in its consequences. As unpredictable and improbable as it may seem, DANA was and is a devastating reality, and the fictions created within the government and its environment become, at best, an indirect product of this reality that is limited to observing it now. , in one way or another, distort it.
Something different happened to the Valencian administration. In a sinister metaphor, the wave passed over them and made them applaud without order and with more voluntarism than efficiency, without realizing that sometimes they were swimming more towards the bottom than towards the surface, and that the explanations were not They weren’t such because they didn’t do it. They managed to explain to each other what was happening. In Christ versus Arizonaexperimental novel that Camilo José Cela wrote in a single paragraph of hundreds of pages, the narrator’s monologue contains the following text: “Gérard Ospina told me, you have to put order in what you explain so that people are not mistaken, the best is to count the dead, I replied, speaking is very easy, but putting order in what is said is no longer so easy.
The deaths of hundreds of people, the pain and suffering of several thousand people and the material losses are consequences that matter directly to those affected, but which afflicts the hearts of all Spaniards. But also, and this angers us, we all feel outrage and helplessness in the face of the government’s petty and sinisterly calculated actions. Sordid miseries of a handful of unscrupulous politicians whom we have already seen in so many indignities that no one can attribute to them humanity, commiseration or empathy.
At a diametrically opposed point of generosity and animosity are all the compatriots who give their donations without waiting for anyone to ask them, or who mobilize to help directly with their hands and their means. There is no one who does not think about how to contribute to this cause, and this weekend there were countless demonstrations of solidarity during all kinds of meetings or social or sporting events. The aid provided by Caritas has exceeded all forecasts; The brushes in all the churches were filled and, likewise, in all the masses they prayed for the deceased and asked for comfort for all those affected.
This also shows how far the Government is from the feelings of a large part of the citizens who, just as they are proud of the dignity and courageous serenity of the Kings, seek protection in a faith which comforts them in the face of suffering and their gives them hope for the future. They know that the litanies are used for remembrance, but also for salvation. Neither Christ is really fed up with sinners, nor we Valencians, nor Spaniards in general, teach God despite his infinite patience. Deep down, as Wendell Espana, narrator of the novel Cela, knew in his sinner’s soul, “Christ goes to Arizona and to the whole world, Christ goes against no one because he is powerful and humble” .
Perhaps these clear words and exemplary attitudes will serve to confront and purify the many sordidities we face.
Today the state of Arizona can be the protagonist in North American elections. Not only because the eleven elected delegates could be key in determining who the next president will be, but also because an amendment to the local Constitution will almost certainly be approved, allowing abortion until the fetus is viable (a condition which only It is reached after 26/28 weeks of pregnancy!). No, Christ is not against Arizona either, but there may be more deaths than those that were counted in his depiction of Arizona. OK Corral duel!
