"Senna", the documentary film about late Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, is in part about how one person provided some degree of happiness and relief for a nation. Upon his death on the track at the San Marino Grand Prix in May 1994, a Brazilian woman said,
"Brazilian people need food, education, health, and a little bit of joy. Now that joy is gone."
Her sentiments were mirrored by the national mourning that surrounded her, in a country wrought by poverty and inequity.
Sounds familiar? It should. We are part of an increasingly polarized society, fighting with poverty and a host of social ills. Where's our "Ayrton Senna"? Do we need one collectively, or are we divided such that we need many? Can we find that power in ourselves, and if so, can we share it? I don't know, it just made me think.
PV
"We" def need many. There was never a "we" when it comes to this nation. Lets not forget that.
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