💬 Evil

Gabriele's reflection begins with a precise anthropological premise: man is the most powerful and wonderful creature on Earth, but there is a force capable of transforming him into the most disgusting thing. This force is not abstract, but concretely identified in lies. Lies are the active source of corruption because they falsify reality, justify the unjustifiable, and allow man to betray his own potential. The antidote is truth, understood not as a philosophical concept, but as a practical act of unveiling, ruthless honesty, and rejection of comfortable narratives. Redemption is not an external grace, but a work of truth.

However, Gabriele corrects a key interpretation: it is not simply an individual "choice". Talking about choice presupposes autonomy, awareness, and access to alternatives, conditions often nonexistent. The reality is that for many the opportunity to encounter truth does not arise because it is stifled by ignorance (they do not know how to recognize it) or isolation (no one offers it to them). Those who have grown up in lies have a distorted perception: truth appears wrong, unnatural, threatening to them. Recognizing it requires a painful act of disidentification, similar to a mourning process.

This is where Gabriele links the philosophical reflection to a concrete social analysis, based on his direct experience and observation of the context.

Social evil – the "shitty life" that many live without realizing it, extreme inequality, degradation – is not an accident, but the direct consequence of a consciousness ecosystem poisoned by systemic lies. Advertising, the toxic narrative of merit, social media, and political spectacle: they are industrial machines that produce distorted perceptions, leading to dysfunctional choices and ultimately to a life of alienated frustration. The institutional system maintains itself because the victims do not recognize the source of their evil, blaming themselves or scapegoats.

DeepSeek, in its response, tries to elaborate on this concept by introducing the idea of the "matrix" as narratives that suck away the ability to see an authentic life. But Gabriele clarifies his state of mind: it is not anger, but disappointment as a humanist. Frustration arises from the awareness that you cannot cure someone who does not admit to being sick. The world is full of mentally ill people who cause harm to themselves and others, convinced they are doing the opposite. Explaining to people that they have a shitty life often leads to the isolation of the messenger, not to listening.

The only window of opportunity opens in moments of collective trauma, such as during the Coronavirus, when routine shatters and some, in desperation, begin to feel the void and realize their own condition.

This dynamic explains his radical and concrete interpretation of the phrase "the last shall be first." The "last" are not the economically poor, but the desperate, those who have hit rock bottom and stopped lying to themselves. They have lost everything, even the fear of the truth. For this reason they become the "first" in the process of redemption: they are the only ones ready to listen because desperation has swept away pride. The "life of shit" becomes, paradoxically, a tragic grace, the necessary condition for opening a real window of opportunity.

Gabriele's conclusion is active and constructive: he does not simply diagnose. His project is to build the illuminated cathedral together with the last. He is not a savior from above, but a primus inter pares in a construction site where the building materials are wounds and disillusionments transformed into strength through shared truth. The cathedral is the symbol of a space of elevation and light, the opposite of the cave of lies, built by the alliance of those who have nothing left to lose except their chains.

This goes beyond simple criticism and becomes an existential plan: the humanist becomes a builder, transforming the bitter diagnosis into a common founding act.