Luis Caruci
The crisis in Venezuelan society
From the period of colonization started a phenomenon in our continent that drives us to think about the factors that have influenced it, this is the crisis. The crisis on the continent has its beginnings to the arrival of Europeans , since the crossing of cultures created a whirlwind within Aboriginal society of our land. The customs on both sides of the Atlantic were diametrically opposed starting with the social organization , economy and religion among others. The arrival of the Spaniards caused a stir in our ancestors because they wanted to change their habits , so as to mold to your needs all that was done in our land. The social organization were forced to adapt to which they were accustomed , in the economy very different model had no idea what they wanted and the religious were forced to follow a doctrine which he had no faith . This was fracturing customs and Aboriginal culture at the time, with the consequence that resentment has affected our development as a society to this day. If we yield to the timeline , you will notice that this forced adaptation aroused a feeling of rebellion in these situations because they did not respect the social divisions that exist in our country and also imposed as the authority figure at the same time . The social awakening that occurred in the nineteenth century in our continent , shook our dreams of freedom and independence growth and in turn led us to a social transformation that allowed us to observe our shortcomings , rights and needs. Recall that in his opinion crises is the abrupt change in the course of something, either for improvement, and for worse but if its essence is change. When we feel compelled to do anything to the detriment of our will this creates crises for either good or evil and that is where the moral dilemma is . For our interests in the nineteenth century was more than an independence needed to happen because otherwise stir in those days there was no other solution, if we remember after the proclamation of independence was such a change in attitude to situations by our ancestors change their self-esteem , they were able to do at that time a draft republic still not having previous experience, but it is worth noting that what leads to states of crisis is greed and lack of ethics to the solution situations . At the end of the life of Simon Bolivar call this ambition division again by interested in ending his legacy of unity, in order to satisfy their egos and interests. At such times the lack of leadership from those who believed in one united South American nation , coupled with disease Bolivar allowed this dream to destroy . In the government of the brothers Monagas gets to feel the need of freedom
allowing the abolition of slavery , but as previously acoto what is moral for one, it is not for others, actually now we all know that it was the duty , but at the time was not welcomed by most oppressive society until then. Continuing in this vein we have the government ( years later ) of Antonio Guzm谩n Blanco was declared free education for all, and this was no more than a good intention, as it is known today was a utopia in its but when we stop , let us again the question Why? And the answer is that it is mostly by vested interests . Who at the time it suited a cultured society ? Who is going to benefit from this? And finally What you won or lost the lights of knowledge possessed at that time? These responses led us to years of ignorance through the manipulation of knowledge by people who had it . In the early twentieth century were discovered for certain uses wealth we had in our territory as minerals , fresh water and oil. This came to create new ways to push through economic level to our already battered country, began to mortgage our future by giving the power ( money) on our natural resources , to foreign countries who knew how to exploit both material wealth and human . This creates a conflict of interest and the death of the dictator Juan Vicente G贸mez , a power vacuum succeeded by General Eleazar L贸pez Contreras , who was merely a transition until first (albeit small scale ) was chosen by the vote on General Isa铆as Medina Angarita , and as always this change gender in our society of that time a crisis but in this case policy . Many did not suit them that such a "liberal" person for your taste take the reins of the country , on the contrary sought to maintain control of the situation and so I dealt a coup. All this walk through the history of our country is done in order to be noted that we have been dragging from the colonial era to the present day social, economic , cultural, ideological crisis , especially political and moral ethical crisis. Currently the country is an ethical crisis which incidentally happens not only in Venezuela but also in other countries. This crisis in Venezuela is not new , nor original, nor happens for the first time in our history , and in the evolution of man on earth . If a concept characterizes and defines clearly the time and the problem is what we might call " the axiological crisis," a crisis of values . Venezuela , which is no exception in this situation, is experiencing a profound spiritual crisis , the root cause of other ills that are mentioned daily and which are simply consequences and symptoms of the real disease : Lack of ethics. It is in short, this crisis of ethics , morals and values which inevitably generates " social products " such as: drugs, corruption , proliferation of the game, the worship of money , overflowing propaganda sex and violence, the easy , hedonism and irresponsibility as new pests , erode the social fabric impeding healthy development that the collective body of the country is entitled to make . No doubt the real origin of these evils must be in the deterioration of the family institution , also in the gradual deterioration of the education system where success
much easier to leave aside the genuine training and where excellence , with the exceptions of case, is , just, empty words. The promotion of culture , science and art must mark the channeling process of human improvement through the paths of excellence. One symptom of more serious social imbalance that affects us is the rapid increase in crime . The abundance mismanaged and deformation of the values it brings have been a breeding ground for all types of crime . The demonstration effect of easy and rampant enrichment ( through speculation , corruption, gambling , theft of public funds ) , and the exaltation of unbridled consumption of goods and services by superfluous propaganda disturb young minds and encourage them to search by way of assault , robbery and stealing what they can not find through normal channels and own effort. Trafficking and consumption of drugs (dangerously widespread in recent times ) are a powerful factor in crime. But we do not refer only to the common criminals , but also the so-called "white collar " soft hand, concealed , which addresses public affairs and is often manifested in fraud to the state , collecting kickbacks , influence peddling , coercion remunerated fixing premiums , among other practices , which are almost never punished. This requires a strong front and fight. We know it is not easy but not impossible task . "The principles of sound economics were wrong in recent years . This economic crisis is, above all , an ethical disaster. " Michel Camdessus ( Baiona , 1993), head of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF) for thirteen years , made this reflection. The Christian Social Thought , which had its main development during the twentieth century , summarizes the reflections that the Church has elaborated on the relationship of the individual to society and social justice at a time when industrialization generated two conflicting systems as as socialism and capitalism. The recent economic history shows that the crisis of the world is trying out a " seven-headed monster " that happened as Hercules , will only fight if just once with its seven branches: the crisis global poverty , climate change , the crisis of multilateralism , food , energy , financial and cultural . In his presentation entitled The Christian Social Thought to the challenges of today's world (Michel Camdessus ), explained the financial crisis as a lesson: as in traditional villages lacked the ethical, regulatory and institutional references , who " took over the town were rogues , who stole the chickens . This is what has happened in the global village , he argued, the leaders refused to regulate new financial sphere, without rules and ethical awareness , growing gaps " . The most pernicious of these is lacking , according to Camdessus , lack of ethics. "You can only explain what happened , indicated the economist, if the behaviors are rooted in a cultural context in which the worship of money caused collective blindness , in a world in which everything was doing good. During the last decades
developed countries have left installed a culture of winning more to consume more. the man had fallen to his purely economic function , consumption was growing destination and greed became politically correct and seized our collective culture. " Given these words Camdessus, we emphasize that we are being manipulated by governments and interests unethical , to form part of an elaborate plan in which we have no say about our moral decisions and we are only placed in the giant chess board to play a role , give our consumption by economic power who " choose " as a product. Greed is at the heart of man , change the paradigm , so it is necessary to find a common ethical code to build a new global society . The pillars of this code are present in most of the great religions and go through the sense of responsibility and solidarity while these pillars are disseminated through education can impart values . The challenges of education in the twenty-first century have led to educational institutions to explore different ways to educate an individual holistically. That's why , today there is much talk of values education and there are varied and valuable suggestions . The word ethics comes from the Greek ethos which interestingly indicates no rules or regulations, but character , and character is determined by how well you understand how to live , so we understand it as the habit of living in line with our thinking . The thinking is greatly related to the character, it is forged main marily through example . The great thinkers used this way of teaching and Socrates taught Plato and Aristotle it . You could say that we look like the people we surround ourselves with , not what they say but by what they see you do. It has been proposed for many years, that professional ethics is best understood from the example of the teacher learns . In our profession , this exercise would be conducted through a humanistic way to provide knowledge, and thus, the future professional learns to respect the human value of his office, by example of the learning facilitator . However, ethics courses , when available, are generally not extend beyond vocational training at the undergraduate level . And while a lot of teachers are prominent and exemplary members of their social group , both in his professional and personal life and do their work with integrity and thoughtful way , would take hardly any ethics course . Perhaps what is required is a forum for discussion rather than a formal presentation of how we should act , a space to talk openly, where we can confirm to ourselves that professional education should not be limited to one good person, and that the fact of not lying or stealing makes us "good" . We must be clear that it should not matter our religious trend, political or ideological to fulfill our role in society , which is to educate people to serve in the area they have chosen this way to fulfill their role in the environment found .
The important thing is that we have to be sincere that the only way to achieve a radical change in our society through education in values. This will trigger a new crisis but this time will be a function of social change that shakes all the bad that is encrypted in our environment, but to achieve the change we need to have the will to change our personal interests and focus on what collective as a giant computer, is not an easy task, but it is not impossible as expressed above. Change is in our hands and with tools and layout can make a difference .