It's becoming now an obstacle to publish on Steemit from people of Venezuela. Due to the daily blackouts, some citizens are unable to diminish a little bit their suffering.
In a place where it's common to see people trying to find food in the garbage - the price of the food are ridiculously expensive (The same happens with medicine or anything you can imagine) - Steemit has been a miracle for them. Most of them post on this platform to get rewarded. And some of them love it. They found catharsis in doing it.
So some people found Steemit as just a life-saving to get by another day. They make a buck here and there, they could buy some food. Even grabbing a buck daily during a week, they could amass much more than the despicable minimal wage.
Until now they have this source of income, but the blackouts are now hurting them to get that "buck."
Consider this:
A person from the ancient times is locked up for a year at the top of a tower. And he's given no food nor water. And the only thing he can eat is rats. Well, now imagine that the guard finds it out and kills all the rats...
Now, the prisoner is hopeless. He has nothing... I know that this could be an extreme example, but that's how people from Venezuela feel right now.
Writing is one of the most beautiful and gratifying pleasure we have. And we do it without looking to the clock when we are inspired. We just let our words come out and they express themselves through our fingers when we type.
Imagine Shakespeare and other famous writers having only a few hours to come up with those wonderful works. They wouldn't have produced any.
Writing cannot have time. It is a free process, not only because we speak our minds, but also because we take our time. Those who enjoy writing don't let others pushing them.
Sadly, Venezuela people have a dictator and genocide turning the lights off whenever he likes. And the steemians from this region are suffering the consequences.
Now what about those people who work online in other fields. How can they do their job if there's no electrical power? They are being harmed more than others... because that's what it is. it's an attack.
In my previous post I mentioned how a region can strive when there are cities with no electrical power. It's a deplorable situation that few understand.
If we consider the enterprises or companies. It's a miracle a very small percentage of them (the late dictator kicked most of them out of the region) are still running. It's just a horrendous labyrinth with no way out.
In the meantime, steemians from there are moving their fingers at warp-speed to post their content before the lights are turned off.
They are looking at the clock constantly, but not because they know when the dictator is going to cut off the power, rather because they're guessing how much time they had due to previous blackouts... It's like hitting the lottery or so.
I'm sure, there's going to be a time when all these evil obstacles are going to end. I wish to know when. But I believe in this quote from the English theologian and historian Thomas Fuller:
"It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn."
Though there maybe more suffering to come, due to the ongoing events there are chances the nightmare ends if things are done right.
@edave