Another year ends and the chronometer marks the middle of a six-year term full of losses, deaths, violence, corruption, impunity and poverty that grows by the minute. It is an opportune moment to reflect much beyond what we are used to, because not doing it will cost us more expensive every day.
There are voices that we would like to be prophetic, such as those of all those who affirm that Morena will not govern again in 2024. Mexico would not endure another full six-year term with this rhythm and this level of deterioration and destruction orchestrated from power and applauded by hands full of hatred, resentment and ignorance.
Although many bet that the government will continue digging its own grave, experience has taught us that we cannot and should not trust ourselves as it does not always happen in the time that many of us would like. When you think you’re hitting rock bottom, life surprises you again, teaching you that you can always go deeper.
While it is true that the party in power is more of a mixture of tribes, some more savage than others, the reality is that they will do everything, the possible and the impossible, shamelessly and underwater to cling to power by buying, manipulating and blackmailing everyone who is necessary. And not only to their electoral clienteles from whom they take away their bread to give them crumbs, but also to “opposition” leaders whom they can always threaten because they all have a “tail to be stepped on.”
Hence, it is impossible to think of solutions or alternatives looking within the same system that has caused this chaos. To a greater or lesser degree, the vast majority of politicians are jointly responsible for preserving, fostering and perpetuating a system that has expired, that is obsolete and that has rotted in almost its entire structure. Nobody wants to lose the few or many privileges that they have obtained in any way and at any cost.
This reflection does not intend to depress anyone but to open our eyes to (RE) know that, although today we have very little room for maneuver, the first priority is to build alliances and coalitions that have the capacity to make a real counterweight and seize power from them in 2024 At the same time, you have to (RE) imagine the entire system as it has symptoms of irreversible agony.
Although Morena continues to wear out, Mexico will continue to lose if we are not able to accelerate and pave the way for a “new species of leaders”. I will write about this later because we cannot settle for what there is and always look for the lesser evil.
We are a generation that, on the one hand, hates what it sees and what is happening and on the other does not take a definitive step to assume the responsibility of transforming reality. In 2018, the approval of the president among young people between 18 and 35 years old was 59.2%, today only 11.7% approve it in this age range.
What are we willing to do beyond complain? We have too much work ahead of us to identify new talents, to promote them with a renewed mentality and with the conviction that it is possible to co-create a completely different and better reality than what we have become badly accustomed to. Demanding more from the opposition is essential but it is not enough. Let’s open a greater space for reflection and start thinking outside the box to generate real alternatives and solutions. It’s the only thing we have a left.
* The author is founding president of the Ágora AC Strategic Thinking Institute (IPEA). First Think Tank of young Mexicans and One million young people for Mexico.
Twitter: @armando_regil
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx