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RE: Pact (a 5o-Word Story for @jayna)
Oh my. That is a powerful story, @hlezama, and an even more powerful backstory. I learn something new from you each week, I think. I had no idea how many had lost their lives in the turmoil Venezuela has experienced the past few decades. It is tragic. I hope things will change! It seems impossible that a regime responsible for its own country’s devastation could not remain in power indefinitely. But to your story’s question — what is the price of change — is the answer that one must be willing to sacrifice one’s soul?
Hi, @jayna. Thanks for stopping by. There's a dylemma in this story, which is the dylemma many people have faced at some point in their lives. One of the reasons the Venezuelan crisis has not been solved is precisely because way too many have sold their souls.
There is no logical explanation to account for the stability of a regime so inefficient, so corrupt, so criminal; and yet, they find ways to remain in power, partly because they have bribed most of those who could organize some kind of revolt (especially the military).
So, the evil forces preconditioned some kind of solution to the waiving of our integrity, and sadly some people buy into that, including the average citizen who accepts a bonus via an illegally imposed ID card that only serves the monitoring and oppresing purpose of the oppressors.