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\u00abSome confusion still reigns, but a little more time and everything will become clearer; we'll finally see the miracle of an animal society appear, a perfect and definitive anthill.\u00bb<\/p>\nPaul Val\u00e9ry, La Crise de l\u2019Esprit<\/em> (1919)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Il est \u00e0 se demander si toutes les lib\u00e9ralisations r\u00e9centes, toutes les avanc\u00e9es technologiques, en bref tout ce qui avait pour but de rendre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00eatre humain sa libert\u00e9 et sa dignit\u00e9, n\u2019ont pas servi \u00e0 faire de lui la chose, l\u2019animal peut-\u00eatre, qu\u2019il redoutait tant de devenir. \u00abRien ne se fera plus que le monde entier ne s\u2019en m\u00eale\u00bb proph\u00e9tise encore Val\u00e9ry \u00e0 la fin de la IIe Guerre Mondiale. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter et j\u2019en passe sont devenus les garants de ce nombrilisme g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9: Moi sur les montagnes. Moi en train de me saouler. Moi en train d\u2019aider les pauvres. Tout ce petit moi moi est devenu insupportable; la charit\u00e9 elle-m\u00eame n\u2019est plus que carnaval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019obsession d\u2019\u00eatre vu de tout le monde, pire encore l\u2019obsession d\u2019\u00eatre aim\u00e9 de tout le monde, voil\u00e0 la v\u00e9ritable prostitution de notre \u00e9poque. Le camarade de classe n\u2019est plus envisag\u00e9 que sous la forme d\u2019une t\u00eate de b\u00e9tail dans un troupeau que, jour apr\u00e8s jour, patiemment, il convient de se constituer. Quel grand leurre que l\u2019amiti\u00e9! Quelle tromperie que les \u00e9changes, les sourires bienveillants, les franches poign\u00e9es de main quotidiennes. En face de la meute, le \u00abpote\u00bb n\u2019est qu\u2019un morceau de viande. On est de premier ou de deuxi\u00e8me choix, c\u2019est selon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne est d\u2019autant plus visible en Valais que nous autres sommes un peuple de paysans, pas r\u00e9put\u00e9s pour notre savoir-vivre; cela, tout le monde le sait. Ah! les bienfaits d\u2019une \u00e9ducation rousseauiste, proche de la nature et des animaux. Ah! qu\u2019il est bon de voir ses enfants s\u2019\u00e9panouir d\u2019eux-m\u00eames en ramassant des abricots et des asperges. Pourquoi en serait-il autrement? Au fond, nous ne sommes qu\u2019une meute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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