That's a small masterpiece, and you are the author

Jolie 2022-10-11 19:38:37

- Civilization is not a simple matter, Jose. You cannot learn its secrets overnight. Today civilization belongs to the white man and you must learn to use it. Without it, you cannot go forward.


- Jose Dolores says that if what we have in our country is civilization, civilization of white men, then we are better uncivilized because it is better to know where to go and not know how than it is to know how to go and not know where.
- And then?
- And then, Jose Dolores says that if a man works for another, even if he's called a worker, he remains a slave. And it will always be the same. Since there are those who own the plantations and those who own the machete to cut cane for the owners .
- And then?
- And then, Jose Dolores says that we must cut heads instead of cane.


- Remember what you said? Civilization belongs to whites. But what civilization? And till when?


- Don't you think, that's a small masterpiece?
- And you're the author, Sir William.

Truly an amazing primitive humanity A masterpiece fused with the awakening of civilization, a perfect masterpiece predicted not even by the person who pulled the trigger in the first place.

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  • Marsina: José Dolores says that if what we have in our country is civilization, civilization of white men, then we are better uncivilized because it is better to know where to go and not know how than it is to know how to go and not know where.

    Sir William Walker: And then?

    Marsina: And then, José Dolores says that if a man works for another, even if he's called a worker he remains a slave. And it will always be the same, since there are those who own the plantations and those who own the machete to cut cane for the owners.

    Sir William Walker: And then?

    Marsina: And then, José Dolores says that we must cut heads instead of cane.

    Sir William Walker: There's a tidy program.

    Marsina: Yes.

  • Sir William Walker: Now we must realize, gentlemen, that if we are to succeed in eliminating José Dolores, it's not because we're better than he is or that we're braver than he is, it's simply because we have more arms and more men than he has. And we must also realize that the soldier either fights to earn his pay or because his country forces him to do so. But the guerrilla, on the other hand, fights for an idea.