“My words have no bitterness, but disappointment”

Among some of the things I hate, and somewhat hurt me is the Chilean political class, because, even though there are some other social problems Chile suffers, I relieve this is the “greater problem”, as it derives into the other issues.

Since the military dictatorship, passing through the transition to democracy, and until now, I believe that Chilean politicians are way different to those we had back, befote the 1970s. Their convictions, principles and ideologies, proper of those years mutated in their economical convenience, their eager to be famous, looking for power. There are few exceptions, to the point of being invisible.

It’s not surprising how, as time passes, some conflicts of interests of our deputies and senators have arisen, they succumb to the poweful, but hateful lobby. Where’s representation? It’s only the interest of a few over the collective interest. It’s a congress that responds to similar thoughts of those which conspirated and ended with the project of president José Manuel Balmaceda.

It’s sad that, the only affected by this, is the whole Chilean society, victim of unattention and the forgetfulness of our representatives, who spread ignorance and the low civic participation. The society is immersed into an useless inertia, as they secure a system and paradigms that have only benefited them. They have condemned the country to an eternal inequality, privatization and economic dependence.

Solution? I believe the solution is us, the young people, we have got to take on the work of revitalizing the Chilean politics, unpriced because of the disasterful administration of the current political class. I share, and firmly believe we have got to socialize politics, and politicize social issues, for us to advance progressively for the supressing of our representation system, to struggle for a participative democracy and a constituent assembly.