Los nuevos “locos años 20”
Esquire Latinoamérica|Octubre 2021
No hay bola de cristal, vidente o pitonisa capaz de revelar con exactitud el futuro, pero, en ocasiones, revisar al pasado puede arrojar pistas sobre lo que nos espera. Como verás aquí, las similitudes entre la tercera década del siglo XX (los Roaring 20’s o “locos años 20”) y la actualidad son extraordinarias. ¿Quieres saber qué viene después de la pandemia? Pon atención...
Por Víctor Martínez
Los nuevos “locos años 20”

NOTAS CORTAS ADIVINANDO EL FUTURO

CADA MOMENTO ES ÚNICO E IRREPETIBLE. Lo que ocurre en nuestras vidas depende de una vasta y compleja red de sucesos, personajes y circunstancias específicos. Por eso nunca volveremos a vivir lo que experimentamos en este preciso momento.

Dicho lo anterior, al estudiar la historia descubrimos que hay sucesos que si bien no son idénticos, sí son recurrentes. En economía, por ejemplo, vemos periodos de expansión seguidos de recesión; en política, los países y regiones suelen alternar su afinidad por un lado y el otro de lo ideológico. En términos sociales, un ejemplo de este fenómeno –particularmente interesante para el momento presente– es lo ocurrido antes y durante los años 20 del siglo pasado.

EL ENCIERRO

La enorme mayoría de quienes estamos vivos hoy en día no habíamos experimentado nunca una pandemia de la magnitud de la que provocó el virus SARS-CoV-2, pero es algo que ya había ocurrido. En el año 1918, en el estado de Kansas, en Estados Unidos, se detectaron los primeros casos de Influenza H1N1. En los siguientes dos años, este virus se esparció rápidamente por gran parte del mundo.

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