Antonio Banderas blames Bush

Yesterday, Banderas spoke to European media. He blamed Bush for the USA financial crisis. The only reason bearing that declaration is Bush' exaggerated liberalism. On the other hand, we may read an opposite point of view in the recent John Cornyn's pronouncement, asserting that Bill Clinton let his partner Rick Noriega advocate the financial abuse at Fannie Mae.


It is interesting to compare both statements, one blaming Republicans and the other Democrats. Antonio Banderas is a foreign actor meanwhile John Cornyn is the junior United States Senator from Texas. Banderas' accusation lacks foundation yet John Cornyn's seems to have a kind of line of reasoning.

What do you think would be Banderas role in Plato's Gorgias?

This is my point: Gorgias states that a performance (and Banderas is a good actor) is actually more convincing in front of an ignorant audience (Banderas' declaration was made offshore USA) than an expert, because mastery of the tools of persuasion (Hollywood) gives a man more firepower than mere facts (John Cornyn's statements).

You just think. And don't let Hollywood think for you.

Democracy, Plato and the president of my country

It is known that Plato (The Republic, Book VI) did not approve democracy as the best way to govern a society. Nevertheless, now a days it is difficult to find people thinking something similar. Everybody loves democracy. I live in a declared democratic country: its president calls itself "red" meaning communist. At the same time he desires peace and freedom to everybody. History tells us two facts: 1.- Nobody up to now has ever experimented freedom in a communist country (otherwise, I dare you to give counterexamples). 2.- In the greatest holocaust mankind knows, 150 million assassinated people had suffered the communist concept of peace.

My country's president is a product of democracy. Plato warned us about this problem 2,500 years ago. He told us that democracy do not cast the most philosophical president, but the most rhetorical one. And that is exactly what we have here. Unfortunately rhetoric means lie, and philosophy implies truth.

Plato also asserted that "No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth", so I'd rather remain anonymous.