There are days when you wake up and think, “Is this for real or am I waking up inside a badly told cosmic joke?”
Because lately, between news saturation, absurd prices and collective passivity, I have the feeling that I am watching the end of a series that started as a comedy and ended as a psychological thriller.
Corruption at its best, without limits, without shame, and in all colors of the political spectrum. Government after government, each one with its own particular dirty war, as if being the most scurrilous was an achievement. Meanwhile, criminals walk free, calm, even with airs of influencers. And the judicial system… better not to talk about it. A nonsense so blatant that even the memes fall short.
And then there are the prices – oh, the prices! Going to buy bread has become an act of courage. You get to the supermarket, you see that there are two loaves left, you grab one quickly, as if it were gold, and at the cash register they tell you: “3,85€”. For a bread that is not even crunchy. You don’t know whether to bite into it or ask for marriage to justify the expense.
Buying a new car is another league. Everything has gone up at least 6,000 euros and nobody explains why. It is simply “what there is”. And if you don’t like it, tough luck, pay or walk.
But what already borders on the absurd, what really makes me scream silently inside… is that I HAVE FOUR DOGS.
Yes, you read that right: four. Four beautiful, loyal, adorable furry ones… and each with their own annual budget higher than that of a college student. Because now having a dog is not having a pet: it’s having a mortgage with legs.
An example: a Bravecto tablet to prevent fleas from eating them. 40 euros. Per dog. FORTY. And not content with that, they plug in a 21% VAT, as if I were buying a jewel instead of trying to keep my dog from ending up as a free buffet for bugs. Seriously, pets still have the same VAT rate as a luxury watch? Who would think of that?
And mind you, I’m not talking about whims. I’m not buying them Gucci sneakers or diamond necklaces. I’m talking about basic things: deworming, decent feed, a visit to the vet without a kidney falling out from fright.
Meanwhile, the geniuses of the world are still there: Trump saying whatever he wants and Elon Musk playing Tony Stark but without filter or editing. All in an increasingly ridiculous reality, where the logical is the weird and the absurd is the new normal.
And the people… nothing. Quiet. Putting up with it. As if all this were part of the package of living in the 21st century. Nobody protests, nobody raises their voice. They have put us in a slow cooker and we don’t even notice the heat.
So yes. All good, all right…
And me with four dogs.
REFLECTION
We live in a society that is broken inside, but still smiles for the pictures.
We have been taught to keep quiet, to put up with, to pay without complaining. To swallow our frustration as if it were part of our daily menu. To normalize the absurd: that a pill for your dog costs the same as a decent dinner. That bread is almost a luxury. That having a decent roof over our heads seems a privilege, not a right.
They want us calm, entertained, with our heads down. Distracted by screens while reality bites at our heels. And the worst thing is that they are succeeding.
Prices go up, empathy goes down. Corruption is blatant, justice is selective. The system does not protect, it squeezes. And if you protest, you are an exaggerator. If you complain, you’re a whiner. If you think, a problem.
Owning a dog should be a joy, not a financial burden. But even that has been tainted. They’ve turned it into another business, another tax, another way of reminding you that nothing is free, not even affection.
And yet, we continue. Because we love them. Because we don’t give up completely. Because there are still things -and beings- worth fighting for a little longer.
But let us not confuse resistance with submission.
Because keeping quiet is not maturity. To put up with is not normal. And living in fear of the price of the next purchase is not life.
This is not sustainability.
This is abuse with WiFi.
And it’s about time to stop pretending that everything is fine.
From MasTorrencito we wish you a good day and may your dogs be with you!!!!
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