Summary: A citizen has become invisible to the administration due to a Kafkaesque imbroglio. It appears to be due to an administrative error.
His name is Jean Dupont. Yet, according to French administration, he does not exist. Despite being a purebred French citizen, living a mundane life as a middle manager in a local company, Dupont fell victim to an administrative anomaly that unintentionally rendered him ‘invisible’.
The origin of his ordeal dates back two years. Dupont had applied to renew his identity card. Instead of receiving his new card, he received a letter informing him that his renewal application had been rejected because his existence could not be verified. Intrigued, he went to city hall to try to resolve the issue, but the administrative staff could not find him in the system. A true Kafkaesque enigma.
“I showed every conceivable document to prove my existence, but nothing worked. It was as if I didn’t exist in the eyes of the administration,” Dupont explains. When he tried to explain his case to the administrative staff, he was met with abstract indifference. “They seemed to look right through me, as if I wasn’t there. It was a disconcerting experience.”
“The strangest thing is that I am still held accountable for taxes and bills, but I can’t get any services in return,” exclaims Dupont, adding that he even contacted a lawyer, who cannot resolve the case, as the system does not recognize Dupont as a person entitled to a lawyer.
It’s a Kafkaesque nightmare where a man is trapped by a system that doesn’t recognize his existence, while still demanding responsibilities from him. As in Franz Kafka’s work, the absurdity of the administration and its lack of accountability are highlighted, creating a world where the individual is lost and powerless.
“I wish someone would wake me up from this bad dream,” he says. “It’s like living in a Kafka novel, total absurdity. No one should have to go through this. I am an invisible man in the eyes of the administration. It’s nonsense!”
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