By: Ricardo Abud
In this fertile ground of confusion, an extremely dangerous narrative is taking hold: the idea of invading Venezuela. Social media helps us believe what we want to believe, see what we want to see, helps us accept our lies and make them true.
This phenomenon isn't a serious debate or a responsible geopolitical analysis, but rather a narrative planted by what has been called "technofeudalism," a system in which large technology corporations decide what circulates and what is made invisible. The seriousness of this lies in the fact that digital noise exploits the emotional vulnerabilities of millions of users, who, feeling isolated, find in the screen an echo for their fears and desires. In this environment, any outrage can become acceptable if it's wrapped in the immediacy of a "trend."
Modern loneliness, exacerbated by physical isolation and social fragmentation, makes millions of individuals easy prey for these fabricated narratives. When someone is emotionally vulnerable, social media offers not genuine connection but an illusion of community built on shared lies.
Contemporary loneliness is the fuel that powers this machine. When people lack strong social ties and spaces for genuine dialogue, social media fills the void with artificial communities united by hatred, fear, or indignation. It's easier to feel part of something when you share a common enemy than when you have to build a community based on positive values.
Lonely people become addicted to the validation they get from sharing content that generates reactions, regardless of whether it's true or false. A well-packaged, emotionally resonant lie will always trump complex and nuanced truth in the social media ecosystem.
The madness is complete: anonymous accounts, armies of bots, and opinion-makers disguised as ordinary citizens repeat the same idea: "We must invade Venezuela" until it stops sounding absurd. The goal is to normalize the unacceptable, legitimize the illegitimate, and prepare the ground to justify an attack on national sovereignty. What should be absurd becomes a global topic of conversation thanks to a digital machine that imposes its own interests.
We are facing a communications offensive that is anything but spontaneous. Behind this narrative lies financing, planning, and concrete objectives: to weaken the morale of a people, sow doubt, erode unity, and prepare international public opinion to accept military intervention as "necessary." It is a form of modern warfare, not with bullets, but with hashtags; not with tanks, but with algorithms.
This dynamic has devastating consequences for democracy and social coexistence. When significant sectors of the population live in parallel, algorithmically constructed realities, democratic dialogue becomes impossible. It's impossible to debate with someone who lives in a completely different information universe.
In the specific case of war narratives about Venezuela, we see how digital disinformation can be used to psychologically prepare the population for real conflicts. History is full of examples where wars were preceded by propaganda campaigns that dehumanized the "enemy" and normalized violence.
Global technofeudalism uses our own loneliness and fragility to shape our thinking. And it does so with brutal cynicism: the same platforms that promised to connect the world are now being used to isolate people from their own truth and push them toward prefabricated narratives, like that of invasion.
Faced with this situation, the denunciation must be clear: what social media is attempting to impose is not a debate, but a strategy of psychological warfare. The Venezuelan people, who have already resisted coup attempts, sanctions, and blockades, cannot underestimate this new form of aggression. The defense of sovereignty begins with exposing digital lies and not allowing the madness of social media to dictate the nation's destiny.
In the era of digital techno-feudalism, we are witnessing an unprecedented phenomenon: the algorithmic construction of parallel realities that impose themselves with the force of absolute truths. Social media has evolved from simple platforms for social connection to sophisticated machines of psychological manipulation that exploit a primitive human vulnerability: the need for belonging and the escape from loneliness.
The social media craze isn't an unwanted side effect, but rather an intrinsic feature of a business model that monetizes attention and polarization. As long as platforms continue to make more profit by keeping users in a state of emotional turmoil, we will continue to see the proliferation of extreme and divisive narratives.
Recovering digital sanity means recognizing that we are not users of these platforms, but rather their product. Our data, attention, and behavior are the merchandise sold to advertisers and political actors seeking to influence our decisions. Resisting this digital techno-feudalism requires both individual and collective efforts to build alternatives based on genuine dialogue and verified information. Only then can we escape this spiral of digital madness that threatens to lead us to real conflicts with irreversible consequences.
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