A Moral Dilemma III - Rebellion in Tyranny
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
Henry David Thoreau.
This is my third short article of this series. In this series I try to explain how tyranny affects the normal people and how force us to face moral decisions every time, everywhere. This time I will ask your opinion about what do you think is the best way to rebel against a corrupt system and a vigilant state.
Source-This kind of things happened at a daily basis during 2017´s rebellion.
First of all, I must make a quick debrief of the situation. In Venezuela, there is a massive social control watching us, food and medicine supplies depend of the government´s will. Tv, radio and social media are under state control and drowned by censorship. And there is a lack of a true leadership.
Venezuelans live under a constant pressure to survive, there is too many government agents infiltrated in resistance groups and there is a constant social control. So an active rebellion seems almost impossible. In the last few years we try several times an active and peaceful rebellion and many people died or got imprisoned and tortured. People is affraid, protest have been prove useless and there is no way to push tyranny out with violence. So people keeps a low profile and tries to survive. Without life you can´t have freedom.
In my opinion we are almost slaves. And for many, an active rebellion seems like suicide. But there is some other ways to fight against the system. I think humor is one of them, last week two firefighter´s were captured and now face 20 years of jail for comparing Maduro with a donkey (poor donkey). These two firefighters are a kind of heroes. And the video mocking Maduro hurt.
People also protest with their feet, every Venezuelan that crosses the border says no to socialism, so in a certain way migration is another way of rebellion. Government tries to deny the massive migration but everyone here knows someone who is leaving.
And I think there is another way to fight against tyranny without being a martyr. The idea battle. A lot of people doesn´t know yet who´s the enemy and why we became what are we now. This is where I fight. I always try to teach people some economics and political facts to show them how wrong we are and why we need to change a lot in order to became better. I fight against ignorance and moral vices. I try to show people how important freedom, law, citizenship and responsibility are.
But sometimes I feel that I´m not doing enough. So I ask you, dear reader, I´m doing it right? Should I do something more? What can I do? Should we try an active rebellion one more time even thou it has been prove useless?
Publicado desde mi blog con SteemPress : http://jcalero.vornix.blog/2018/09/24/a-moral-dilemma-iii-rebellion-in-tyranny/
We are slaves in a giant "oil cage" as well as paupers with walls and a roof.
Although I would like to believe that this is true, I don't think so. Many people who are still socialist to a greater or lesser degree, obviously not all, but if a large sector, many leave and ask for subsidies in other countries (a minority), but the vast majority does not even know what is the socialism. Everyone knows that the problem is Maduro and socialism, but if you ask them what socialism is, many will not know how to respond, in fact, many opponents support a series of crazy subsidies and regulations and believe that they have something to do with capitalism, these are the regulations and subsidies that are currently imposed in Europe and the USA, which are of a socialist nature, but which many also believe have something to do with capitalism simply because they are applied in such countries.
People who flee from Venezuela do not vote with their feet against socialism, because the vast majority has lived only in socialism, be it the fourth republic or the fifth, and many even believe that the fourth was good. Nor do they vote for capitalism, because the countries that are emigrating are not capitalist countries, in fact, they are migrating to any place. The only thing that Venezuelans are voting for with their feet is that anything, any system, any ideology, however unknown, is better than this, even socialism carried by someone other than Maduro.
Worse than the crisis itself is the Marxist mentality, because that mentality will take the crisis wherever it goes. We don't want the crisis to be solved only to realize that other Marxists have taken power, and that these also accuse Maduro of being a capitalist, as the Chavistas once did with AD and COPEI.
The best thing that I can tell you about it, you will see if you take it or not, is that if you seek approval of what you do in someone other than you, then you will never be satisfied with what you do. The key to low self-esteem is seeking approval from other people.
I'm sorry for extending so much. Regards!
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