They took you to school and told you that to be responsible you had to study, you had to develop a profession so that, when you were older and alone in the world, you could sustain yourself economically and socially -that is, be loved and admired among your peers-. They told us that to be responsible we had to mature. We had to abandon our childhood and focus on doing something profitable with our life. They told you that to be responsible you had to respect your parents and your family, because they were the only ones who would love you. They told us that to be responsible you had to find a partner, someone with whom you could marry and have children, so that the family could grow. They told us that being responsible was tied to the truth of the Status Quo, a social model which, apparently, had allowed societies of nations a certain balance within civilisation. We all went to school and tried to be responsible, to fit into the model. Most of us adapted. And we managed to survive education, without realising that we had been completely indoctrinated under the model of nations and “its responsibility” -the one that is for you-. Because not having survived school, not having managed to adapt, not having learned the reality of the Status Quo, meant that you were against it. You would be marked and vilified, locked in the dark room or tied by your left hand, until you finally had no choice but to give in or be expelled, isolated, institutionalised. Educational pressure forced you to take on responsibilities. It imposed responsibility upon us and conditioned all our decisions that supposedly make us truly responsible. Therefore, I am not being responsible if I follow the call of my dreams, because these are not giving me money. Therefore, I am not being responsible if I do not have a partner, because I do not have stability. Therefore, I am not being responsible if I do not follow a political party, because I do not care about society. Responsibility has been programmed from the programme called Status Quo, which is nothing more and nothing less than the established prevailing reality. But what appears to be an irrefutable truth falls like autumn leaves when you learn the pages of history. Because you see how that same Status Quo moves, shapes and transforms over time. It does not have a fixed image; rather, it is programmed by the reigning hegemony. Therefore, what today is considered irresponsibility becomes the greatest of responsibilities. That is our responsibility: having been responsible.
