Although it was once said that the phrase "Nobody needs a cause to feel how they feel" was uttered by the British writer Agatha Christie, it actually seems to be a confusion, a popular paraphrase, or a quote wrongly attributed to the famous writer.

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But whatever the case may be, it's still true, isn't it?

We inhabitants of this blessed land spend our lives searching for "causes" so we can then shout from the rooftops that we feel wonderfully good. It's like justifying something we unconsciously seek, something that might not actually be what we need to be truly happy.

 

The depth of the phrase, whether or not it is from the pioneer of mystery, whose death 46 years ago is being commemorated these days, leaves the justifications of the traditionalists of things to chance, when in reality they should think that feelings do not need to be sought or captured as if they were fugitives from life.

 

Perhaps within a framework where psychology can play its part, we could argue that the independence of ideas is proportionally equal to the desire to establish a reliable precedent for the future.

 

We could also say, citing concrete examples, that perhaps Donald Trump stirred up the war with Iran out of whims and cowardice, only to later feel proud of having reached an end favorable to his political ambitions, without caring in the slightest about the material consequences, and even less about the lives of hundreds and thousands of innocent people who, in the blink of an eye, were caught in the crossfire of death itself.

 

The President of the United States—as we all know—has no limits when it comes to his political campaigns, and he doesn't care about organizing a World Cup with as many participating countries as he wants. He doesn't care about internal conflicts, the hardships faced by many of those nations, governmental disorganization, and even less about who will be the champion, whether it's in football or politics.

 

Whatever happens, he'll experience it the same way he's experiencing "his" war, that is, in his fortified bunker where bullets, adverse comments, and even less criticism from the world will never reach him. Donald feels good, and that's enough for him.

 

Politics, social issues, the well-being of peoples subjected to the most brutal dictatorships such as those in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, to name a few examples, and institutional poverty are also largely part of the agenda of those who "need a cause" to become powerful in the worst sense of the word, but which serves them to win rigged elections and perpetuate themselves in power.

 

These poor countries are living through years of decline, begging for handouts from the world's wealthiest people, whose money, paradoxically, always ends up in the pockets of those who are supposed to be responsible for distributing it among the community.

 

More or less, the world continues to operate within the injustices spread by those who maintain that it is necessary to have a cause and uphold it with the sole pretext of feeling fulfilled in front of a mirror as deceitful as they are.

 

“Life is something else” a phrase that no one would mind if we also attributed to the enigmatic and ever-relevant Agatha Christie.