I was not surprised by the immediate reactions of the enemies of the Popular Consultation to the success of reaching 6.4M participations. Not being able to deny that in spite of all the efforts of those inside and outside of the Government in Charge they tried to make this initiative fail, now they pretend to deny that this was a political event of unquestionable magnitude, and they start the campaign of "well, now what are you going to do" or "did you think that the regime would fall only with that Consulta". The unfortunate part of this is that it plays against the faith of those who did participate and believed that this step was absolutely necessary - as it is indeed - in the struggle that we will undertake from now on.
And the miserable trick is to use against us one of the deepest cultural traits of the Venezuelan: immediacy. Venezuelans like things to happen immediately. "My thing is to be given to me now. We do not have a culture of systematic and persevering work to address and solve problems. And this is backed up by academic and management studies that have been carried out:
“From the point of view of most of the interviewees, everything the Venezuelan has in enthusiasm lacks in perseverance. Their sensitivity, openness and enthusiasm for new ideas and challenges is usually the spark that generates a new plan, idea or project. However, for that plan to lead to the desired results two things are necessary: discipline for action (perseverance) and an environment that allows the harvest to be gathered little by little, so that the small achievements stimulate the chain that leads to the final objective...the Venezuelan is easy to motivate and get excited about something new...then he lacks the steam to continue. (Granell y otros, p102, 1997) (1)
What we are involved in as a people requires a project of political magnitude never before seen in our country, and our opposition leadership has treated with aspirin what in medicine is known as a cancerous tumor with metastasis. And it is clear that this has a lot to do with the quality of the political leadership that drives the opposition ship.
Venezuelans are the inventors of the operatives. And as the study says in reference: “We are good at dealing with emergency situations and commando type actions to handle critical situations” (Granell y otros, p103, 1997) (1). But we fail spectacularly when it comes to carrying out a long-term plan: “In general terms, we can consider that the Venezuelan culture is essentially short term, with a predominance of the synchronous thought, a very flexible conception of the time and oriented to the obtaining of immediate results more than to the inference of future rewards” (Granell y otros, p107, 1997) (1).
Let's see what sequential vs. synchronous thinking means: “In cultures where sequential thinking is absent, such as in the Anglo-Saxon, importance is given to the order in which things must be done to be efficient. The rules are followed even if it is not the most convenient at the time and it is understood that the straight line is the shortest way between two points. Thus, a lot of importance is given to planning, to the fulfillment of commitments and priorities are respected. On the contrary, in synchronic cultures several things can be done simultaneously, one is flexible to think that not necessarily the straightest way between two points is the one that leads to efficiency and, frequently, the priorities are established with the random appearance of the events” (Granell y otros, p101, 1997) (1).
In our country, synchronic thinking is known as the Eudomar Santos doctrine: "As it comes, we shall see". This is what the official opposition to the mega-problem of Maduro's narcoterrorist regime has applied, and it is the surest formula for failure when dealing with a highly complex problem such as the one we are facing with criminals who have the planetary support of the forces of evil, enemies of Western civilization.
We Venezuelans have to start thinking in a sequential way even if it costs us. First it is one thing, we succeed, and then we go to the other. We persevere until we succeed and continue, with a plan in hand, that cannot be known by the enemy until it is absolutely necessary. That's what we did at ANCO with this Popular Consultation. We had been in that line of sequence against everyone for years until it was achieved. Let's go to the next step, which is the crystallization of the people's mandate in that Consultation. That won't happen overnight. It requires efforts and has intermediate objectives that cannot be revealed, nor the time in which they will be executed. But it does require a very strong citizen organization that was started during the execution of the Popular Consultation and that must be strengthened throughout the country.
We have the leadership, not of us but of you in every region of Venezuela. Those who broke their backs to get 6.4M people to participate in a consultation that the same politicians who put it on the road now deny, being that it is the living voice and mandate of the Venezuelan people. You are the ones who must lead this effort in the most remote points of Venezuela. This is part of a much more far-reaching plan that has been the banner since the founding of ANCO: to bring real political power to the citizen. The citizen, in achieving the freedom of Venezuela, retains the power and responsibility that comes with not losing it along with freedom.
Don't be fooled by the siren calls of those who believe that this is a problem that can be solved by an "invasion", trying to disqualify our effort with immediate questions about how we are going to do it. As we have seen, this belief is reinforced by our culture of immediacy, which is tinged with the inexperience and irresponsibility of those who have so far led the country's opposition. We are going to organize Venezuela with a plan in hand. And it will be Venezuela who will decide, after obtaining its freedom, who will have the honor of directing its destiny.
Caracas, December 28, 2020
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(1) Éxito Gerencial y Cultura, Retos y Oportunidades en Venezuela / Managing Culture for Success, Challenges and opportunities in Venezuela, Granell, Garaway, Malpica, Ediciones IESA 1997, ISBN 980-217-189-1
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