We didn't really get a chance to discuss the texty part of the reading last night, so I just wanted to bring up some interesting points that I found. Sarmiento mentioned how the desire of all Argentines should be "union in civilization" (pg.13) and he believes that this unification will eventually take place. Do you think that Sarmiento is the only one that thinks this? At least for me, it seems as though the sense of community is pretty darn bad and will take a looong long time to recover into unity (I don't really know what Argentina is like right now though...sorry). The lower classes live far from society, the natives live in poverty, the pure Spanish race dominates in the rural districts and the African American's occupy the cities where progress occurs frequently. Since all of the major social classes and races are split apart from eachother, how is it that they can all of sudden come together and agree on certain guidelines to live by or ways to govern the country? The quote on page 20, "Everything civilized whioch...assaults upon himself" also clarifies my point.
Believe me, I wish they could all get along, put aside their differences and realize that the only way there country can become prosperous and powerful in the world is if they all communicate and unify. But people seemed to be very stubborn in those days.
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There is no doubt that Sarmiento's times were difficult. What is doubtful, however, is that we have improved a whole lot since.
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