"A decade has been called "the year zero." A decade plate, which was not done any good, none of the things that seemed at hand at the dawn of the new millennium. A decade through the great fear of terrorism, and concluded with the greatest economic crisis since the war. years full of hope for a new beginning in this world, but that was screwed up himself, was lost in an era where an eternal transition at sunset, a dying civilization can not give way to a new era. Run under the eyes over the years: the years of 11 September, the pre-emptive wars, the Indian Ocean tsunami, which destroyed 230,000 lives, the failure of Lehman Brothers. It deepened the problems: pollution, growing inequality between North and South. And here in our country, years of Silvio, Silvio always, nothing but Silvio. All over: The year zero greet us, and we salute them, no regrets. "
L 'image of the tunnel, to define a path in the dark through a long series of crises, it has become overused and devalued. But is that better defines the beginning of the century, the election of George W. Bush at the White House in November 2000 the election of Barack Obama in November last year. The responsibilities are not just American. It is not the fault of the United States, for example, if the Islamic fanaticism, in September 2001 sparked the holy war in the skies over New York. But much of what happened has its origins in the way America, from that moment he conceived his role in the world and in the methods with which he pursued his goals. The list of fatal events is impressive: the Afghan war, the Iraq war, the Lebanese war, the Georgian war, the war in Gaza, the African wars, imassacri of Darfur, a long series of terrorist attacks from Madrid to London, from Pakistan to India, from Indonesia to Turkey, and not least a series of police repression in Burma, Tibet, Xinjiang, Iran. The catalog of economic and financial crises is less long than that of oil and gas in the automobile industry, from the U.S. credit that banks and insurance companies, from Wall Street to the City. And while the U.S. reacted to each failure stubbornly doubling the post, Europe took eight years to approve a constitution that would allow her to govern itself and to have a global role that corresponds to its importance. Add to complete the painting, which has been made in this chaos space adventurers and pirates, those who control the states, such as Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and the lords North Koreans in Pyongyang, to those who capture ships in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Perhaps we are nearing the end of the tunnel. There will be other wars, other terrorist attacks and other military operations, perhaps in the coming days. But the style has changed in the United States, Europe finally has a Constitution, the credit crisis has at least partially cleaned the stables of international finance and many industries (such as car) know that you can not go back to the size of a time. I know that the conference in Copenhagen is regarded by many as a failure. But between the situation in previous years, when some of the major polluting countries refused any commitment, and that now runs a big difference. I know that the G20 probably will never be the world government of the economy, but is still better than a G8 that was only the old owners. I know that the U.S. continues to consider itself a superpower, but America for Obama, particularly since the adoption of health care reform, look like a little 'more Europe. States, like humans, never stop making mistakes. But they can learn lessons and avoid, at least for a time, repeating the mistakes of the past. We can say the same of our country? During the first decade of the century Italy was, as so often in the course of its history, schizophrenic. Its political class is at issue, his relationship with voters èmediocremente patronage, its debates are futile and rhetoric, the state apparatus is not very productive, corporations are powerful and short-sighted. But the noise of rumors covers the silence of those who work seriously and make every now and sign important results, often with an encouraging degree of continuity between governments of different colors. In terms of infrastructure, a crucial sector for its modernization, the country at the end of the decade, is better than the beginning. The show is even more comforting if we shift the gaze from the apparatus and political officer at the company. While the national political agenda was dominated by debate on the decline, many manufacturers have addressed the problem without giving heed to Cassandre and reinvented their business. A study of the Edison Foundation, described by Marco Fortis Il Sole 24 Ore on December 29, it appears that in 2007, before the great credit crisis, Italy was "second only to Germany for the total number of first, second and third places in world each 100,000 inhabitants, ahead of France and South Korea. " That's not all. While the cicadas American and British burned their money, the ants continued to save Italian. We have a heavy debt, but if other countries, adding the government debt to the families, they would discover that their situation, in some cases is worse than ours. There is an Italian weg sonder, a special way of Italy, we reserve sometimes a few pleasant surprises. should be avoided, however, when the budgets, the dangerous complacency. Instead, we should note that the potentials are held by Italian mediocrity of its political class, state of the South and the unnerving slowness with which we are changing our aged institutions. We came out without too much damage from a horrible decade. Think about what would happen if, instead of walking, we were to put a run.
Sergio Romano
da “il Corriere della sera” del 31/12/2009
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