When a politician says:
“The people need to understand; we have a right to luxuries,”
all it proves is that many people didn’t read Animal Farm…
or worse: they did read it, but identified with the pigs.
George Orwell didn’t write a cute animal fable for children.
He wrote a brutal X-ray of power.
At first, they arrive claiming to fight for the people.
Claiming they oppose abuses.
Claiming everyone will be equal.
Claiming that, finally, privileges are a thing of the past.
Claiming the elite won’t live like kings anymore while the common people break their backs.
But the moment they sit in the big chair…
the moment they get a taste of power…
the moment they feel the warmth of the public purse…
they start changing the rules.
And then the revolution turns into a banquet.
Austerity becomes mere rhetoric.
Equality becomes propaganda.
And the new “defenders of the people” end up living just like—or worse than—those they swore to fight.
That is the real gut punch of Animal Farm:
The animals oust the tyrant…
but end up obeying other tyrants with different faces.
Because the problem isn’t always the party color.
It isn’t always the flag.
It isn’t always the ideology.
The problem is power when it falls into the hands of people who talk like the common folk but live like royalty.
And here’s the uncomfortable part:
The people don’t have to “understand” your luxuries.
The people don’t have to justify your excesses.
The people don’t have to applaud you living surrounded by privilege while millions can barely afford rent, food, transport, medicine, or school.
Don’t confuse public service with divine right.
If you want luxuries, fine.
Earn them in the private sector.
Start a business.
Invest.
Risk your own money.
Work your tail off like any other citizen.
But don’t come telling the people they need to understand your privileges when those privileges come from a system that lives off everyone’s money. Orwell said it without saying it:
In the end, the pigs were walking on two legs, drinking whiskey, sleeping in beds, and doing business with humans.
And the other animals, confused, simply watched from the outside, unable to tell at what point the revolution had turned into just another exploitative farm.
Mexico does not need more politicians who masquerade as “the people” to gain power, only to act outraged when the people question their luxuries.
Mexico needs citizens who are less fanatical and more well-read.
Because when you haven’t read Animal Farm, you end up applauding the pig…
simply because it wears your party’s colors.
And therein lies the real problem.
Not everyone who shouts “the people” actually loves the people.
Some have merely learned that the word opens doors, wins votes, and justifies mansions.
All animals are equal…
but some public servants feel more equal than others.
Source: mexicodailypostnews
