The emotional trap of a broken democracy
There is a question that many nations avoid, but millions feel silently every election season:
Are we still voting for a future – or just voting out of fear?
In Argentine, elections have stopped being a choice of ideas and became a punishment ritual. People no longer vote with conviction; they vote with exhaustion, anger or resignation. The message is always the same: “If you don’t vote for us, the criminals will return.” “If you don’t accept more sacrifice, chaos will come back.” Fear replaced debate. Threats replaced vision.
When fear becomes the engine of politics, democracy stops being freedom and becomes emotional blackmail. Citizens are trapped in a false dilemma: accept corruption or accept permanent austerity; choose between old thieves or new dealers of debt. That is not democracy – that is managed despair.
People deserve better than being constantly forced to choose “the lesser evil.” The lesser evil is still evil. A nation cannot grow when it votes with clenched teeth instead of open eyes. A society built on fear cannot build a future.
The truth is simple: a free vote does not exist where fear dominates. When people are cornered, they don’t choose – they obey. Real democracy requires dignity: the dignity to choose without threats, without financial blackmail, without moral intimidation.
Maybe the question is no longer “Who should win the election?”
Maybe the real question is:
Are we citizens deciding our destiny –
or just hostages negotiating our survival?
— The Silent Code Interpreter
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