Breathe
By Pamela Cerdeira
I was reading this week a column in the NyTimes which tells of the relative peace that Americans have had since Joe Biden came to power, not about the macroeconomic state, public policy decisions, new fiscal rules; simply the possibility of sitting down to talk with a family member without politics leading you to fight and eventually to stop seeing him or her. The scene is not so foreign to us, it narrated a conversation between cousins who promised not to discuss politics at their next meeting, families who stopped seeing each other, friends who never spoke again. That relative peace that brought Americans back together, or at least kept them from arguing, is once again threatened by the possibility that Trump is once again the Republican nominee and could return to the White House. And how are we doing?
In the last few years I have heard conversations from different people complaining about co-workers or family members who are still not disenchanted with this government or Andrés Manuel himself. They say it in surprise, without understanding why. Some stop seeing each other, or warn before any meeting: "it's super cool, don't even talk about it". I have been able to observe that something that always interrupts conversations is that sooner or later they all lead to López Obrador, which makes it impossible to see, understand or deal with any achievement.
