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Otto Lara Resende

Quando eu era menino, meu pai teve um carro americano marca Oakland. Ninguém hoje pode imaginar o que era já não digo um carro, mas só a chegada de um carro. Comprado no Rio, subia para Minas de trem, num vagão aberto, de carga. Agora tudo se banalizou. Tudo é massificado. Qualquer patureba não só tem carro, como troca de carro toda hora. Isto me lembra uma conversa do dr. Eugênio Gudin com o dr. Raul Fernandes, quando viram um casalzinho de noivos indo pra Europa. É história do princípio dos anos 30. O dr. Gudin e o dr. Raul, duas eminências, eram dos bons tempos do imperialismo inglês. Enjoavam um pouco a bordo do Brasil e boa parte do ano iam respirar em Londres. Quando viram os pombinhos arrulhando de passagens na mão, passagens de navio, o dr. Raul disse ao dr. Gudin: "Onde estamos, seu Eugênio! Daqui a pouco qualquer pacóvio será capaz de ir à Europa". Não demorou muito e a profecia se tornou realidade. Historinha puxa historinha e me lembro do que diz o meu amigo Aloyzio de Salles: "Antigamente, só um grande brasileiro, tipo varão de Plutarco, fazia 60 anos. Hoje em dia, tem um monte de beldroegas que fazem 60, 70 e até 80 anos!". Para dar esta volta toda, está-se vendo que eu estou mais pra lá do que pra cá em matéria de idade. Pois é: Oakland. O que é a força de uma palavra. Eu pronunciava à brasileira: O-a-clande. Até que me ensinaram que oak é carvalho em inglês. Oakland, terra do carvalho. Nunca mais esqueci. Agora aconteceu esse medonho incêndio em Oakland, na Califórnia. Além de ler, vi o fogaréu na televisão, com cada chama do tamanho de um bonde queimando os carvalhos e as casas. Não foi à toa que botaram fogo no inferno. Nada mais assustador, Deus me livre! Pois vejam a força de uma palavra que vem do fundo da infância. Nunca fui a Oakland. À Califórnia, já (e tenho medo de voltar por causa dos anunciados terremotos). Graças à marca do automóvel, trago no peito o eco de uma vaga familiaridade com Oakland. Como se Oakland fosse vizinha de São João del-Rei, onde nasci e me deslumbrei com o carro de meu pai. Agora corta para a minha amiga Teresa, a que tem seis anos de idade. Ela apareceu ontem com a Caetana, minha neta, no meu escritório para me visitar. Ofereci-lhes drops misto. A Teresa pegou um sabor tangerina, começou a tirar o papel, parou e me perguntou: "Não tem cocaína, não?". A Caetana morreu de rir. Fico pensando o que ela vai escrever aqui na Folha daqui a 30 ou 40 anos.

https://cronicabrasileira.org.br/cronicas/6743/ontem-hoje-amanha?utm_ source=chatgpt.com

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From: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/social-dimensions-of-climate-change