It is true that the separatist fever in Brazil has subsided. The power of national indissolubility will always supplant the indirect and localized hostility fueled by “the acceptance of the actions of each in his own area.” Moreover, the special strength of our cultural diversity certainly unites. Nevertheless, I confess, I have always been curious to understand the origin of the separatist ideology. As far as I have researched, I have never found a plausible and persuasive excuse outside of utopia.
My passion for travel has allowed me to get to know many places and cultures around the world, as well as almost all of our country with its riches and troubles. Despite acknowledging our political, economic and social difficulties, I have found nothing decisive to justify dissent. Against. I am increasingly convinced that the roots of separatist ideology are rooted in a heightened understanding of “dogmas”, which, in turn, fuel extremism, pride, fundamentalism and intolerance.
But, contrary to this reality, the strength of the connection is always noticeable. An example of this is the bold and unprecedented project Conexão Viva Sul, which will debut this Sunday (5). It is a broad spectrum environment, presented in a website / webtv format and aimed at promoting, promoting, researching, creating content, monitoring and disseminating activities and events in the fields of education, art, culture, technology, economics, politics, health. , among other things. The genesis of this portal, as its creator Leif Erikson Liko well argues, should be the exact opposite of humble separatist logic. In other words, it is a living connection with the south of all of Brazil.
This channel was created with the aim of bringing together and sharing southern identity, dialogue and content exchange at the national level, in an iterative and democratic way. In particular, I see in this project a reasonable contribution in the sense of weakening the aggravated state of brutal polarization in which the nation finds itself. Viva Sul Connection concludes that there is a healthy world and intelligent life beyond the ideological political bubble.
