Textos que envelheceram mal

Comecei a ler "To Our Friends"[pdf], do "Comité Invisível" (os autores de "A Insurreição que vem"). Começa com:

The insurrections have come, finally. At such a pace and in so many countries, since 2008, that the whole structure of this world seems to be disintegrating, piece by piece. Ten years ago, predicting an uprising would have exposed you to the snickers of the seated ones; now it’s those who announce a return to order who make themselves look foolish. Nothing more solid, more self-assured, we were told, than the Tunisia of Ben Ali, the busy Turkey of Erdogan, social-democratic Sweden, Ba’athist Syria, Quebec on tranquilizers, or the Brazil of beaches, the Bolsa Familia, and peace-keeping police units. We’ve seen what followed. Stability is finished. In politics, too, they’ve learned to think twice before awarding a triple A.

Sim, a estabilidade terminou, mas a direção em que as coisas se desestabilizaram em quase todos esses países (Brasil, Turquia [onde Erdogan se re-estabilizou logo depois de ter sido desestabilizado], até mesmo a Suécia) é capaz de não ter sido a melhor.