***HUMANITY SHAKENED AND SOCIETY COLLAPSED BY A SMALL MACHINE. A small microscopic ...
by Moustapha Dahleb, Chadian writer
March 21, 2020
A small microscopic thing called coronavirus upsets the planet. Something invisible came to make his law. It challenges everything and upsets the established order. Everything is back in place, differently, differently.
What the great Western powers could not obtain in Syria, Libya, Yemen, ... this little thing got it (ceasefire, truce ...).
What the Algerian army could not get, this little thing got it (the Hirak ended).
What the political opponents could not get, this little thing got it (postponement of the election deadlines . ..
What companies could not get, this little thing got it (tax rebates, exemptions, zero-rate credits, investment funds, lower prices of strategic raw materials. ..).
What the yellow vests and the unions could not get, this little thing got it (lower prices at the pump, enhanced social protection ...).
Suddenly, we are seeing fuel in the West world gone down, pollution has gone down, people have started to have time, so much time that they don't even know what to do with it. Parents get to know their children, children learn to stay with their families, work is no longer a priority, travel and leisure are no longer the norm of a successful life.
Suddenly, in silence, we turn around and understand the value of the words solidarity and vulnerability.
Suddenly we realize that we are all in the same boat, rich and poor. We realize that we robbed store shelves together and see together that hospitals are full and that money doesn't matter. That we all have the same human identity in the face of coronavirus.
We realize that in garages, high-end cars are stopped just because no one can get out.
Only a few days were enough for the universe to establish social equality that was impossible to imagine.
Fear has invaded everyone. She's switched sides. She left the poor to go to live in the rich and the powerful. She reminded them of their humanity and revealed their humanism.
May this be used to realize the vulnerability of human beings who seek to live on the Mars planet and who believe themselves strong to clone human beings in order to hope to live forever.
May this be used to realize the limit of human intelligence in the face of the force of heaven.
It only took a few days for certainty to become uncertainty, for strength to become weakness, for power to become solidarity and consultation.
It only took a few days for Africa to become a safe continent. Let the dream become a lie.
It only took a few days for humanity to realize that it is nothing but breath and dust.
Who are we? What are we worth? What can we do about this coronavirus?
Let us come to the obvious while waiting for providence.
Let's ask our "humanity" in this coronavirus-proof "globality."
Let's stay home and focus on this pandemic.
Let's love each other alive!
by Moustapha Dahleb, Chadian writer
March 21, 2020
A small microscopic thing called coronavirus upsets the planet. Something invisible came to make his law. It challenges everything and upsets the established order. Everything is back in place, differently, differently.
What the great Western powers could not obtain in Syria, Libya, Yemen, ... this little thing got it (ceasefire, truce ...).
What the Algerian army could not get, this little thing got it (the Hirak ended).
What the political opponents could not get, this little thing got it (postponement of the election deadlines . ..
What companies could not get, this little thing got it (tax rebates, exemptions, zero-rate credits, investment funds, lower prices of strategic raw materials. ..).
What the yellow vests and the unions could not get, this little thing got it (lower prices at the pump, enhanced social protection ...).
Suddenly, we are seeing fuel in the West world gone down, pollution has gone down, people have started to have time, so much time that they don't even know what to do with it. Parents get to know their children, children learn to stay with their families, work is no longer a priority, travel and leisure are no longer the norm of a successful life.
Suddenly, in silence, we turn around and understand the value of the words solidarity and vulnerability.
Suddenly we realize that we are all in the same boat, rich and poor. We realize that we robbed store shelves together and see together that hospitals are full and that money doesn't matter. That we all have the same human identity in the face of coronavirus.
We realize that in garages, high-end cars are stopped just because no one can get out.
Only a few days were enough for the universe to establish social equality that was impossible to imagine.
Fear has invaded everyone. She's switched sides. She left the poor to go to live in the rich and the powerful. She reminded them of their humanity and revealed their humanism.
May this be used to realize the vulnerability of human beings who seek to live on the Mars planet and who believe themselves strong to clone human beings in order to hope to live forever.
May this be used to realize the limit of human intelligence in the face of the force of heaven.
It only took a few days for certainty to become uncertainty, for strength to become weakness, for power to become solidarity and consultation.
It only took a few days for Africa to become a safe continent. Let the dream become a lie.
It only took a few days for humanity to realize that it is nothing but breath and dust.
Who are we? What are we worth? What can we do about this coronavirus?
Let us come to the obvious while waiting for providence.
Let's ask our "humanity" in this coronavirus-proof "globality."
Let's stay home and focus on this pandemic.
Let's love each other alive!
