My Ideology is Better Than Yours: A Reflection on Venezuela and the Lust for Power

About ideologies, who’s right, who’s wrong, and who gets to lose one more time

I guess we’re all mad in here , mainly because now robots are creating real scenarios of people’s lives. especially this one called canva.com

In the winter of 2024, I joined the Portuguese Communist Party. Several motivations drove my decision:

• To honor my maternal grandfather’s struggle
• To address the growing global inequality
• To react to the disturbing images from Palestine
• To counteract the alarming rise of far-right movements worldwide
• And perhaps most importantly, I want to challenge the class divisions I have long felt in Portugal, which harm entire generations.

Yet, I was unprepared for the full implications of my choice. I underestimated the work ahead, the labels I would acquire, and the intense internal conflicts that would soon arise.

Joining a party typically means adhering to its principles and avoiding dissent. Disagreement can lead to ostracism, or worse, as history has shown. Nonetheless, I, who have always questioned dogma, knew that someday I would be one of those raising a hand with a dissenting “but” that would not be well received.