It is a theory that shows the vandalism of certain people when something is abandoned and there is no authority. In 1969, Philip Zimbardo, an American psychologist, parked two identical vehicles without license plates and with the hood up in the two extreme places. The one from the Bronx, dangerous and from a low economic class, was quickly disappeared by “vandals”. The one in Palo Alto, harmless and upscale, remained untouched for a week, until Zimbardo broke the window and was vandalized within hours. James Wilson and George Kelling, sociologists, developed the theory of broken windows on abandoned buildings.

Is it applicable to groups in our society? Yes, this is shown by the large number of video and audio recordings of crime news circulating on social networks, TV, radio and word of mouth, worthy of a horror series. The actions of vandals and petty white-collar criminals are visible even to a blind person. Another example is when a vehicle loaded with any product crashes, many people do not help the driver, but shamelessly take what they can, even in the presence of an authority figure. We don’t need scientific experiments in the psychology or sociology of object abandonment or glass breaking.

Are we abandoned as experimental vehicles? Without objection, it seems to be so, since a war is being waged for the conquest of political power that is occupying the President of the Republic, so that he does not fall; to many parliamentarians, to overthrow the president; the indigenous sector, to achieve conquests that paralyze the country; scattered security forces trying to control crime; to citizens seeking leave in education, health, employment and security. Some qualify as political vandals, as they slander and lie causing the fragile national unity to break.

(…) They should know that we carry a lion inside us who, forced to survive and lose fear, will respond fiercely…

Two school friends met at the age of 50, the first asked: “Where do you live?”; another answered: “In Guayaquil, in the northern sector.” The first exclaimed with a smile: “Then live in the open air!”; the other replied, “Why?” The first replied, “What! Do you not realize the danger of home robbery or worse?” Surely the first will live in a closed citadel similar to a medieval fortress and will think he is safe. In fact, the two are as exposed as anyone.

Insecurity is escalating, citizens are besieged by vandals of all kinds. But you should know that we carry an inner lion that, forced to survive and lost fear, will respond fiercely against any criminal, lying politician or anyone who forcibly claims ancestral territories, which we would have to leave or assert our rights.

Democracy is the best system; the constitution is the highest law; We are threatened by a perfect storm of dark interests, which in its movement destroys what it finds, exploiting the weakness of the ruler. Understand, most Ecuadorians register your unpatriotic actions and we don’t want to live in fear in medieval fortresses or with broken windows. (OR)