Our shoes
In Brazilian culture shoes have great importance, nowadays, symbol of power, in the past, freedom. At that time of slavery, slaves did not wear shoes, this luxury was only granted to freed slaves. But the person who has spent most of his life walking barefoot will hardly be able to fit his foot into the numerical pattern. Thus, in colonial or imperial Brazil, being barefoot was synonymous with being captive, it was enough to look at the feet of the blacks for you to know their condition. However, it was very common for freed blacks, at the time, to buy their shoes and, although they could not wear it on their feets, carried them hanging around their necks, or when they arrived in their houses, put them in a prominent place in their residence. It was therefore necessary to show the shoes.
Well, although I talk about shoes, the intention here is not only to make discussion about a subject that seems to be exhausted, but to show the importance of the actions of the same people, who even putting their life at risk, by abdicating their personal desires, they conquer great things in the name of humanity. So why is the human being altruistic? What allows you to act according to your own conscience? So why is the human being altruistic? What lets you act according to your own conscience, even paying a high price for it?
The history of humanity was marked by historical transformations, when we can see heroes, geniuses who were ahead of their time, several preferred death to captivity, others did not corrupt and surrendered. The idea that man has his price does not fit all humans, we have exceptions. Marighella, Guevara, Lamarca, Gramsci and others of sad end. But they have a dignity that makes us feel a bit more human. Some days ago some people came to tell me and ask questions about what this reason a Brazilian woman who lived in the Middle East under the attacks of the State of Israel refused to leave her house because to stay there until the imminence of death, was the heroic act.
For this and other cases, we have several interpretations, I do not intend to account for their totality, but this woman is aware of her role in history. She lives in a country whose people do not give up their land and do not surrender. They are in fact defending their achievements and not this false Brazilian nationalism that appears four and four years in the Soccer World Cup. The Brazilian is Brazilian because of marketing and not conscience.
The key to the question is there, in consciousness, when we acquire it, there are no weapons, armies or any other force that prevents it. Consciousness is an irreversible process, it does not shut up, it even torments us, it does not let us sleep, but it is the best quality that the human being can acquire.
Then several humans showed off their shoes and they were not remembered, they were forgotten or their acts trivialized. They fought for a society to the pride of the few and the shame of many who did not even show theirs, but in this case, has another reason: cowardice. However, this subject can be discussed in another article.
The history of humanity was marked by historical transformations, when we can see heroes, geniuses who were ahead of their time, several preferred death to captivity, others did not corrupt and surrendered. The idea that man has his price does not fit all humans, we have exceptions. Marighella, Guevara, Lamarca, Gramsci and others of sad end. But they have a dignity that makes us feel a bit more human. Some days ago some people came to tell me and ask questions about what this reason a Brazilian woman who lived in the Middle East under the attacks of the State of Israel refused to leave her house because to stay there until the imminence of death, was the heroic act.
For this and other cases, we have several interpretations, I do not intend to account for their totality, but this woman is aware of her role in history. She lives in a country whose people do not give up their land and do not surrender. They are in fact defending their achievements and not this false Brazilian nationalism that appears four and four years in the Soccer World Cup. The Brazilian is Brazilian because of marketing and not conscience.
The key to the question is there, in consciousness, when we acquire it, there are no weapons, armies or any other force that prevents it. Consciousness is an irreversible process, it does not shut up, it even torments us, it does not let us sleep, but it is the best quality that the human being can acquire.
Then several humans showed off their shoes and they were not remembered, they were forgotten or their acts trivialized. They fought for a society to the pride of the few and the shame of many who did not even show theirs, but in this case, has another reason: cowardice. However, this subject can be discussed in another article.
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