Basta!

Basta! What a biting word, pierced by the wind of freedom. Basta! Enough lying! Enough betrayal! Enough hypocrisy! Enough of the triumph of all-consuming facelessness! Stop saying other people’s words, passing them off as your own! Stop thinking other people’s thoughts, carefully cultivated in your brains!

For me, the most interesting and scary characters here are the two on the far right. They hide behind the backs of enthusiastic youths. They are equipped. They are armed. They are trained. They are extremely cynical and not subject to general euphoria. They are biding their time…