Het verleden is het heden.

Bij de zeer weinigen die dit blog volgen zijn er misschien toch een paar mensen die zich afvragen of ik soms nog met iets anders ben begaan dan muziek. Het antwoord daarop is uiteraard ja. Om dit te staven pleeg ik hier nog eens een artikeltje over de stand van zaken op deze steeds dichter bevolkte bol.

Ik heb de voorbije maanden een aantal wetenschappelijke werken ter hand genomen die handelen over het reilen en zeilen van oude 'beschavingen' waaruit onze 'beschaving' voortgekomen is. Romeinen, Grieken, Assyriërs, Perzen, Kelten (die onder die naam eigenlijk nooit bestaan hebben als een eenheid), Galliërs, Germanen, Egyptenaren...allemaal passeerden ze de revue.

Ik kan een heel eenvoudige conclusie trekken: In die enkele duizenden jaren is er ten gronde nog niet erg veel veranderd. De wereld was toen gewelddadig en is dat nu evenzeer. Er waren toen enkele hele rijken en de massa had niks en leefde en stierf anoniem, net zoals nu. Vrouwen en kinderen werden mishandeld en misbruikt zoals dit ook nu nog in het grootste deel van de wereld het geval is. Religie, godsdienst en clerus hebben al altijd een belangrijke rol gespeeld als onderdrukkingsmiddel net zoals dat nu nog altijd het geval is.

Altijd, in al die 'beschavingen', zijn er mensen geweest die probeerden het lot van de verdrukten en verstotenen te verbeteren. Het was een nobel streven maar nog nooit zijn deze pogingen tot een goed eind gebracht. Ook nu zijn er nog steeds mensen die denken dat zij de mensheid een andere, betere weg kunnen uitsturen. Zij dwalen maar het weze hen vergeven want zij kennen de geschiedenis niet.

De mens vernietigt constant zichzelf en schept daar bovendien ook nog genoegen in. En op dit moment in de geschiedenis slaagt die mens er ook nog in om de aardbol naar de verdoemenis te helpen. Het is allemaal onomkeerbaar, al zou ik het anders willen.

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