A letter to all who have lost in this era | Anand Giridharadas

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Mile Živković

June 29, 2016.

29. jun 2016.

My dear fellow citizen:

Draga braćo sugrađani,

I write to you today,

pišem vam danas,

to you who have lost in this era.

vama koji ste izgubili u ovoj eri.

At this moment in our common life,

U ovom trenutku u našim običnim životima,

when the world is full of breaking

kad je svet pun razdora

and spite

i pakosti

and fear,

i straha,

I address this letter

adresiram ovo pismo

simply to you,

jednostavno na vas,

even though we both know

iako i vi i ja znamo

there are many of you behind this "you,"

da je mnogo vas iza ovog "vi",

and many of me behind this "I."

i mnogo je nas iza ovog "ja".

I write to you because at present,

Pišem vam jer me trenutno

this quaking world we share scares me.

ovaj zajednički uzdrmani svet plaši.

I gather it scares you, too.

Zaključujem da plaši i vas.

Some of what we fear, I suspect,

Neki od naših strahova, verujem,

we fear in common.

zajednički su.

But much of what we fear seems to be each other.

Međutim, uglavnom se izgleda plašimo jedni drugih.

You fear the world I want to live in,

Vi se plašite sveta u kom ja želim da živim,

and I fear your visions in turn.

a ja se zauzvrat plašim vaših vizija.

Do you know that feeling you get when you know it's going to storm

Je li vam poznat onaj osećaj koji imate kad znate da stiže oluja

before it storms?

pre oluje?

Do you also feel that now,

Da li ga i vi sad osećate,

fellow citizen?

braćo sugrađani?

That malaise and worry

Ta nelagodnost i briga

that some who know

koja neke, koji su toga svesni,

feel reminds them of the 1930s?

podseća na 1930-e?

Perhaps you don't,

Možda i ne osećate

because our fears of each other

jer naši strahovi jednih od drugih

are not in sync.

nisu usklađeni.

In this round, I sense that your fears of me,

U ovoj rundi, osećam da su vaši strahovi od mene,

of the world that I have insisted is right for us both,

od sveta za koji insistiram da je odgovarajući za nas oboje,

has gathered over a generation.

su se sakupili u ovoj generaciji.

It took time for your fears to trigger my fears,

Potrebno je bilo vreme da vaši strahovi pokrenu moje,

not least because at first,

naročito jer u početku

I never thought I needed to fear you.

nikad nisam mislio da ću morati da vas se plašim.

I heard you

Čuo bih vas,

but did not listen,

ali nisam slušao,

all these years when you said that this amazing new world

sve ove godine dok ste govorili da ovaj divni novi svet

wasn't amazing for you,

vama nije divan,

for many of you,

mnogima od vas

across the industrialized world;

širom industrijskog sveta;

that the open, liquid world I relished,

da je otvoren, tečan svet kojim sam se naslađivao,

of people and goods and technologies flowing freely,

u kom ljudi i dobra i tehnologija slobodno teku,

going where they pleased, globally,

idu gde im je volja, globalno,

was not, for you, an emancipation.

za vas nije značio emancipaciju.

I have walked through your towns

Hodao sam kroz vaše gradove

and, while looking, failed to see.

i, gledajući nisam uspeo da vidim.

I did notice in Stephenville, Texas,

Primetio sam u Stivenvilu u Teksasu

that the town square was dominated

da gradskim trgom dominiraju

by one lawyer's office after another,

advokatske kancelarije, jedna za drugom,

because of all the people rotating in and out of the prison.

zbog svih tih ljudi koji su čas unutar, čas van zatvora.

I did notice the barren shops in Wagner, South Dakota,

Primetio sam opustele prodavnice u Vagneru u Južnoj Dakoti

and the VFW gathering hall

i hol u kom se okupljaju veterani iz prekograničnih ratova

that stood in mockery

kako se drži kao pogrda

of a community's dream to endure.

snu zajednice da opstane.

I did notice

Primetio sam

at the Lancaster, Pennsylvania Wal-Mart,

u supermarketu Vol-Mart u Lankasteru u Pensilvaniji

that far too many people in their 20s and 30s

da suviše ljudi u svojim 20-im i 30-im

looked a decade or two from death,

izgledaju kao da ih decenija ili dve dele od smrti,

with patchy, flared-up skin

sa isflekanom, upaljenom kožom

and thinning, stringy hair

i istanjenom, iskrzanom kosom

and browning, ground-down teeth

i potamnelim, izjedenim zubima

and a lostness in their eyes.

i izgubljenošću u očima.

I did notice that the young people I encountered in Paris,

Primetio sam da mladi ljudi koje sam sretao u Parizu,

in Florence, in Barcelona,

Firenci, Barseloni,

had degrees but no place to take them,

imaju diplome, ali ne i gde da ih primene,

living on internships well into their 30s,

kako žive od pripravničkog debelo u svojim 30-im,

their lives prevented from launching,

životi su im presečeni u uzletu

because of an economy that creates wealth --

zbog ekonomje koja stvara bogatstvo,

just not jobs.

samo ne i poslove.

I did notice the news about those parts of London becoming ghost quarters,

Primetio sam vesti o tim delovima Londona koji postaju četvrti duhova,

where the global super-rich turn fishy money into empty apartments

u kojima globalno superbogati pretvaraju sumnjiv novac u prazne stanove

and price lifelong residents of a city, young couples starting out,

i cenama proteruju doživotne stanovnike grada, mlade parove koji počinju,

out of their own home.

iz njihovih domova.

And I heard that the fabric of your life

I čuo sam da se tkanje vašeg života

was tearing.

cepa.

You used to be able to count on work,

Nekad ste mogli da računate na posao,

and now you couldn't.

a sad više ne.

You used to be able to nourish your children,

Nekad ste mogli da odgajate svoju decu

and guarantee that they would climb

i da imate garanciju da će se ona popeti

a little bit further in life than you had,

malo više u životu od vas,

and now you couldn't.

a sad više ne.

You used to be made to feel dignity in your work, and now you didn't.

Nekad ste pronalazili dostojanstvo u svom poslu, a sada više ne.

It used to be normal for people like you to own a home,

Nekad je bilo uobičajeno za ljude poput vas da posedujete dom,

and now it wasn't.

a sada više ne.

I cannot say

Ne mogu da kažem

I didn't know these things,

da nisam znao sve ovo,

but I was distracted

ali pažnju mi je odvuklo

creating a future in which we could live on Mars,

građenje budućnosti u kojoj ćemo moći da živimo na Marsu,

even as you struggled down here on Earth.

čak i dok ste se mučili ovde na Zemlji.

I was distracted

Pažnju mi je odvuklo

innovating immortality,

izumljavanje besmrtnosti,

even as many of you began to live shorter lives than your parents had.

čak i dok je većina vas živela kraće živote nego što su vaši roditelji.

I heard all of these things, but I didn't listen.

Sve ovo sam čuo, ali nisam slušao.

I looked

Gledao sam,

but didn't see.

ali nisam video.

I read, didn't understand.

Čitao sam, nisam razumeo.

I paid attention

Obratio sam pažnju

only when you began to vote and shout,

tek kad ste počeli da glasate i da vičete

and when your voting and shouting, when the substance of it,

i kad su vaše glasanje i vika, kad je njihov sadržaj

began to threaten me.

postao pretnja za mene.

I listened only when you moved toward shattering continental unions

Slušao sam tek kad biste prišli razbijajućim kontinentalnim savezima

and electing vulgar demagogues.

i kad ste birali vulgarne demagoge.

Only then did your pain become of interest

Tek tad je vaš bol postao nešto

to me.

što me zanima.

I know that feeling hurt

Znam da je osećanje uvređenosti

is often prologue to dealing hurt.

često prolog za bavljenje uvredom.

I wonder now

Sad se pitam

if you would be less eager to deal it

da li biste bili manje željni da se time bavite,

if I had stood with you

da sam bio uz vas

when you merely felt it.

kad ste to jedva osećali.

I ask myself

Pitam se

why I didn't stand with you then.

zašto tada nisam bio uz vas.

One reason is that I became entranced

Jedan od razloga je taj što su me očarali

by the gurus of change,

gurui promene,

became a worshiper of the religion of the new for novelty's sake,

postao sam vernik religije novina zarad novine,

and of globalization and open borders

i globalizacije i otvorenih granica

and kaleidoscopic diversity.

i šarenolike različitosti.

Once change became my totalizing faith,

Čim je promena postala moja sveobuhvatna vera,

I could be blind.

mogao sam da oslepim.

I could fail to see change's consequences.

Mogao sam da ne vidim posledice promene.

I could overlook the importance

Mogao sam da previdim značaj

of roots, traditions, rituals, stability --

korena, tradicija, rituala, stabilnosti -

and belonging.

i pripadanja.

And the more fundamentalist I became

I što sam postajao više fundamentalista

in my worship of change and openness,

u svom obožavanju promene i otvorenosti,

the more I drove you towards the other polarity,

više sam vas terao ka drugom polaritetu,

to cling,

da prionete,

to freeze,

da se zamrznete,

to close,

zatvorite,

to belong.

da pripadate.

I now see as I didn't before

Sad uviđam, kako ranije nisam,

that not having the right skin or right organ

da nemanje odgovarajuće kože ili odgovarajućeg organa

is not the only varietal of disadvantage.

nije jedini vid hendikepa.

There is a subtler, quieter disadvantage

Tu je finiji, povučeniji hendikep

in having those privileged traits

u posedovanju tih privilegovanih osobina,

and yet feeling history to be moving away from you;

a da se ipak osećate kako vam istorija izmiče;

that while the past was hospitable to people like you,

da dok je prošlost bila gostoprimljiva prema ljudima poput vas,

the future will be more hospitable

budućnost će da bude gostoljubljivija

to others;

prema drugima;

that the world is growing less familiar,

da svet postaje sve više stran,

less yours day by day.

svakim danom sve manje vaš.

I will not concede for a moment that old privileges should not dwindle.

Neću ni za tren da se složim kako stare privilegije ne bi trebalo da iščeznu.

They cannot dwindle fast enough.

Treba što pre da iščeznu.

It is for you to learn to live in a new century in which

Na vama je da naučite da živite u novom veku u kom

there are no bonuses for showing up with the right skin and right organs.

nema bonusa zato što ste došli s odgovarajućom kožom i organima.

If and when your anger turns to hate,

Ako, i kad vaš bes preraste u mržnju,

please know that there is no space for that in our shared home.

molim vas, znajte da nema mesta za to u našem zajedničkom domu.

But I will admit, fellow citizen,

Ali priznaću, braćo sugrađani,

that I have discounted the burden of coping with the loss of status.

da sam umanjio značaj tereta nošenja sa gubitkom statusa.

I have forgotten

Zaboravio sam

that what is socially necessary can also be personally gruelling.

da ono što je društveno nužno, može da bude i lično naporno.

A similar thing happened

Slično se desilo

with the economy that you and I share.

s ekonomijom koju vi i ja delimo.

Just as I cannot and don't wish

Baš kao što ne mogu i ne želim

to turn back to the clock on equality and diversity,

da vratim vreme jednakosti i raznolikosti,

and yet must understand

pa ipak moram da razumem

the sense of loss they can inspire,

osećaj gubitka koji mogu da probude,

so, too, I refuse and could not if I wished

isto tako odbijam, i ne bih mogao ni kad bih želeo

turn back the clock on an ever more closely knit, interdependent world,

da vratim vreme na sve upleteniji, međuzavisni svet

and on inventions that won't stop being invented.

i na izume koji ne prestaju da se prave.

And yet I must understand your experience of these things.

Ipak, moram da razumem vaše iskustvo svega ovoga.

You have for years been telling me that your experience of these things

Godinama mi govorite da vaše iskustvo svega ovoga

is not as good as my theories forecast.

nije tako dobro kao što moje teorije predviđaju.

Yet before you could finish a complaining sentence

Ipak, pre nego što biste dovršili žalbenu rečenicu

about the difficulty of living with erratic hours, volatile pay,

o tegobama života s nepredvidljivim radnim vremenom, nestalnom platom,

vanishing opportunities,

iščezlim prilikama,

about the pain of dropping your children off at 24-hour day care

o mukama jer morate da ostavite svoju decu u celodnevnom boravku

to make your 3am shift,

da biste stigli na smenu u tri ujutru,

I shot back at you -- before you could finish your sentence --

ja bih vam uzvratio - pre nego uspete i da dovršite rečenicu -

my dogma,

dogmom

about how what you are actually experiencing was flexibility

o tome kako je zapravo to što proživljavate fleksibilnost

and freedom.

i sloboda.

Language is one of the only things that we truly share,

Jezik je jedina stvar koju zaista delimo

and I sometimes used this joint inheritance

i ja sam ponekad koristio ovo zajedničko nasleđe

to obfuscate

da pomutim

and deflect

i zanemarim

and justify myself;

i da opravdam samog sebe;

to re-brand what was good for me

da prepakujem ono što je dobro za mene

as something appearing good for us both,

kao nešto što se čini dobrim za nas oboje,

when I threw around terms like "the sharing economy,"

razbacujući se terminima, poput "zajedničke ekonomije",

and "disruption"

i "raskola",

and "global resourcing."

i "globalnog snabdevanja".

I see now that what I was really doing,

Sad vidim da ono što sam zaista radio,

at times,

ponekad,

was buying your pain on the cheap,

je jeftino kupovanje vašeg bola,

sprucing it up

njegovo doterivanje

and trying to sell it back to you

i pokušaj da vam ga ponovo prodam

as freedom.

kao slobodu.

I have wanted to believe and wanted you to believe

Želeo sam da verujem i želeo sam da vi verujete

that the system that has been good to me,

da je sistem koji je bio dobar za mene,

that has made my life ever more seamless,

zbog koga je moj život bivao sve besprekorniji,

is also the best system for you.

je takođe najbolji sistem za vas.

I have condescended to you

Gledao sam vas sa visine

with the idea that you are voting against your economic interests --

sa zamišlju da glasate protiv ličnih ekonomskih interesa -

voting against your interests,

da glasate protiv ličnih interesa,

as if I know your interests.

kao da ja znam vaše interese.

That is just my dogmatic economism talking.

To prosto moj dogmatični ekonomizam govori.

I have a weakness

Imam slabost

for treating people's economic interests as their only interest,

da tretiram ljudski ekonomski interes kao njihov jedini interes,

ignoring things like belonging and pride

ignorišući stvari, poput pripadnosti i ponosa

and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.

i žudnje za slanjem poruke onima koji vas ignorišu.

So here we are,

Dakle, tu smo,

in a scary but not inexplicable moment

u zastrašujućem, ali ne i neobjašnjivom trenu

of demagoguery, fracture,

demagogije, sloma,

xenophobia, resentment and fear.

ksenofobije, prezira i straha.

And I worry for us both if we continue down this road,

I brinem se za nas oboje, ako nastavimo ovim putem,

me not listening,

gde ja ne slušam,

you feeling unheard,

vi se osećate nesaslušano,

you shouting to get me to listen.

vi vičete da bih vas poslušao.

I worry when each of us is seduced by visions of the future

Brinem da kad sve nas zavedu vizije budućnosti

that have no place for the other.

koje ne ostavljaju prostora drugima.

If this goes on,

Ako se ovo nastavi,

if this goes on,

ako se ovo nastavi,

there may be blood.

može doći do krvoprolića.

There are already hints of this blood

Već imamo nagoveštaje toga

in newspapers every day.

svakodnevno u novinama.

There may be roundups, raids,

Može doći do masovnih hapšenja, racija,

deportations, camps, secessions.

deportacija, kampova, secesije.

And no, I do not think that I exaggerate.

I ne, ne mislim da preterujem.

There may be even talk of war

Može čak da dođe i do priče o ratu

in places that were certain they were done with it.

na mestima koja su bila ubeđena da su završila s tim.

There is always the hope of redemption.

Uvek ima nade za iskupljenjem.

But it will not be a cheap, shallow redemption

Ali neće to biti jeftino, plitko iskupljenje

that comes through blather about us all being in it together.

koje proizlazi iz blebetanja kako smo svi u ovome zajedno.

This will take more.

Biće potrebno više.

It will take accepting that we both made choices to be here.

Biće potrebno da priznamo da su nas obostrani izbori doveli tu.

We create our "others."

Stvorili smo sopstvene "druge".

As parents, as neighbors, as citizens,

Kao roditelji, kao komšije, kao građani,

we witness and sometimes ignore each other

ponekad svedočimo, a ponekad ignorišemo

into being.

postojanje jedni drugih.

You were not born vengeful.

Niste rođeni osvetoljubivi.

I have some role

Imam neku ulogu

in whatever thirst you now feel for revenge,

u bilo kakvoj žeđi za osvetom koju sad osećate,

and that thirst now tempts me

a ta me žeđ sad mami

to plot ever more elaborate escapes

da pravim sve razrađenije begove

from our common life,

iz našeg zajedničkog života,

from the schools and neighborhoods

iz škola i komšiluka

and airports and amusement parks

i aerodroma i zabavnih parkova

that we used to share.

koje smo nekad delili.

We face, then,

Suočeni smo znači

a problem not of these large, impersonal forces.

s problemom ne tih velikih bezličnih sila.

We face a problem of your and my relations.

Suočeni smo s problemo vašeg i mog odnosa.

We chose ways of relating to each other

Izabrali smo načine na koje ćemo se odnositi jedni prema drugima

that got us here.

koji su nas doveli tu.

We can choose ways of relating

Možemo da izaberemo načine odnošenja

that get us out.

koji će nas izvući iz ovoga.

But there are things we might have to let go of,

Ali moramo se rešiti nekih stvari,

fellow citizen,

braćo sugrađani,

starting with our own cherished versions of reality.

počevši s našim dragocenim vizijama stvarnosti.

Imagine if you let go of fantasies

Zamislite kad biste napustili fantazije

of a society purged of these or those people.

o društvima očišćenim od ovih ili onih ljudi.

Imagine if I let go of my habit

Zamislite kad bih napustio naviku

of saving the world behind your back,

spašavanja sveta vama iza leđa,

of deliberating on the future

od razmatranja budućnosti

of your work,

vašeg rada,

your food,

vaše hrane,

your schools,

vaših škola,

in places where you couldn't get past security.

na mestima gde ne biste prošli mimo obezbeđenja.

We can do this only if we first accept

Možemo ovo postići samo ako prvo priznamo

that we have neglected each other.

da smo zapostavili jedni druge.

If there is hope to summon

Ako još ima nade za okupljanjem

in this ominous hour,

u ovom zloslutnom času,

it is this.

u ovome je.

We have, for too long,

Predugo smo

chased various shimmering dreams

jurili razne bleštave snove

at the cost of attention to the foundational dream of each other,

po ceni privrženosti temeljnom snu o zajedništvu,

the dream of tending to each other,

o snu u kom čuvamo jedni druge,

of unleashing each other's wonders,

u kom oslobađamo čudnovatost jedni drugih,

of moving through history together.

u kom hodamo kroz istoriju zajedno.

We could dare to commit to the dream of each other

Možemo se usuditi da se obavežemo snu o zajedništvu

as the thing that matters before every neon thing.

kao nečemu što je važnije od bilo kakvog bleštavila.

Let us dare.

Usudimo se.

Sincerely yours,

Iskreno vaš,

a fellow citizen.

brat sugrađanin.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)