In Galicia, the fight is against the weather. It has always been against the ungovernable elements which, by being so ungovernable, end up governing us. In Galicia, the Kantian imperative is self-protection and, as in war, anything goes. In Galicia, the welfare state means not getting wet.
In Galicia, the fight is against the climate, but not because of a specific succession of meteorological phenomena, nor because of the country’s geostrategic position on the Peninsula and its merit of being so skilfully positioned to receive consecutive rainfall. It is against the weather, but not understood as the daily chronicle of how the clouds evolve. It is against this permanent atmosphere of knowing that, whoever gives orders, others are always in charge; that against what cannot be changed, only resistance is possible. Run Sarah Connor, the train of squalls, squalls, squalls is chasing you.<\/p>
In Galicia, the struggle continues despite the weather reports for each parish and the fact that the textile industry has produced garments that avoid any kind of interior humidity. Here, work undercover is highly valued and, by the same token, we try to put a gable roof on anything that doesn’t move. We Galicians don’t complain about the climate because what’s the point? The Galician does not protest: he puts another sheet of metal on the shed and builds the empire of resistance. It will not be beautiful, or harmonious, nor will it take advantage of the surrounding materials to demonstrate a continuity between nature and civilisation. It won’t be worth seeing, but it won’t rain underneath.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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