In the face of a catastrophe like the one we are experiencing these days, there are many possible responses. There are those who roll up their sleeves and grab a shovel and get into the mud. There are those who offer their tractor to help in clearing debris. There are those who open their house to those who have lost everything, so they can take a shower, rest, charge their cell phone. There are those who prepare sandwiches for the volunteers. There are those who have a business and offer what they have left in their warehouse, whether it be food, tools or blankets. There are essential workers who live far away but come and volunteer, including firefighters and psychologists. There are those who put on a special radio program and open the microphones so that people can ask for help or locate their missing people. There are those who organize a collection of food and basic products. All of them are in Valencia today, multiplied.
There are also those who take advantage of the confusion to entangle, manipulate, take political advantage or cause more damage. There are those who from the first minute spread hoaxes that provoke more fear and anger: the hoaxes about the prisoners, those about immigrants, those about shortages; lies that crash vital phones, create chaos, distract from what is urgent, or hinder the work of emergency services. There are those who take advantage of the pain and confusion to sneak in their agenda, with insinuations and false accusations. There are those who, at a time like this, have nothing better to do than receive the president of the government with boos. There are those who use misfortune to gain political advantage by blaming the central government, which all adds up to overthrowing them: “DANA, porco governo.” We also see all this these days, no surprise. Disasters bring out the best in most and the worst in some.
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