Intr-un interviu pentru Al Jazeera anul trecut (cred ca ultimul sau interviu, Zygmunt s-a stins in decembrie 2016) Zygmunt Bauman a rostit de vreo zece ori cuvantul ‘precariat’, intr-un context legat de valul de emigranti care a ajuns in Europa in 2016. Pentru mai multa informatie pe tema asta, va recomand The Precariat, cartea scrisa de Guy Standing, profesor la London Business School, ceva imi spune ca vom vorbi tot mai mult despre subiectul asta in anii care vin!
M-am intors ieri in tara, a trebuit sa iau un Ryanair (nu sunt un mare fan al low costului, are avantajele pretului desigur, dar si neajunsuri de confort) si in timp ce rasfoiam ultimul The Economist, in asteptarea imbarcarii, citind despre ingrijorarile elitei mondiale vizavi de ‘precariat’, am realizat ca sunt intr-un loc inconjurata de precariatul romanesc, manifestat prin doua categorii sociale: tineri si foarte tineri, educati, cautand in lumea larga o oportunitatea de a trai mai bine (sau cel putin, un job decent pentru educatia si aspiratiile lor) — sa le zicem young, freelance precariat — precum si oameni saraci, fara educatie, care muncesc in serviciile in care nu vrea nimeni sa munceasca, in afara tarii, pentru bani foarte putini, fara niciun fel de siguranta, fara protectie — migrant work, sa zicem.
He always seemed to know the future, and was happy to share it with everybody. But, unlike the prophets of old, he didn’t speak in riddles, but in plain English. So plain that some people told me after his first conference in Bucharest in 2003: “What’s the big fuss about Wally? All that he said, wealready knew.” Sweet innocence! — only two hours of Wally were enough to sweep away their previous confusion and ignorance, just like an injection with branding truth serum. His congenial approach encouraged even his most unconditional admirers to take his greatness for granted: “he will always be here, we can always ask Wally about it”. Sadly, not anymore. But we still have his books, over which he confessed going through twenty times, back and forth, before publishing: “the first draft was twice as thick, and finally it got thinner”. In the process he also avoided the occult, esoteric jargon so exhausted by the lesser gifted in the industry.