Why the right to criticize with a click? Because a single click is enough to express dissent and freedom of action. I have no intention of teaching anyone anything here — heaven forbid. In other contexts, I've only ever taught cinema and television, because that's been, and still is, my trade. This space I've carved out for myself is simply where I want to write — freely, without asking anyone's permission but my own.
And do you know why I want to do this, and why I'm telling you about it? Because staying silent isn't an option anymore. You can't just let things slide, refuse to react, refuse to take a stand. Listen, I'm talking to you — do you realize there's a pale, death-faced old woman out there who wants to put a rifle in your hands and send you off to kill other young people? Do you realize that if one of you stands on a street corner and says "let's save the planet," you could get arrested today? And do we really want to start on the ongoing genocide, and all the other wars? Do you know that all this destruction exists for one reason only: to grab more power and more money at our expense?
What can we do? What can you do? How can we exercise this right to criticize that certain people would love to criminalize? We can do everything — the world is in our hands. It always has been. We are eight billion people. They are — what? Ten thousand? A hundred thousand? A million? Ten million? A hundred million ruthless, contemptible killers? We are eight billion. And we hold the switch that can stop all of this. In a single week, without revolutions and without bloodshed. Just a click — just turn it all off. Switch off everything that's switched on. Kill the engine, the lights, the TV, the phone. Think about this: in Italy, if none of us set foot in a supermarket for one week, the damage to the system would be close to 400 million euros. The rules of this system are simple: we consume, we pay taxes, we keep the machine running. Starting tomorrow, we make a different choice: we click, we switch off, we consume nothing. One beautiful click and the whole thing falls apart — far more effective than any atomic bomb.
Don't worry — in this blog I won't tell you who to vote for. I might invite you to subscribe, though. It costs nothing. You'll find only thoughts and fantasies in freedom, like the ones I've just written. Because the right to criticize and the freedom to act are ours, and nobody is ever taking them away again.
Alessandro Ippolito