Colonel Baños: the hunger prophecy filling up YouTube
Colonel Baños declares "you are going to go hungry" and his audience stockpiles olive oil. Fear has become a business on YouTube.
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Colonel Baños and the hunger business on YouTube
Are we going to go hungry? Colonel Baños, a military man turned geopolitics analyst, is back with a blunt verdict: "You are going to go hungry." The video did what is now routine for him: strong headlines, panic-stricken thumbnails, and a production company behind it that knows antiestéticar sells better than moderation.
The public reaction splits in two. There are those who point out that the man has never been right once, and don't take him seriously. And there are those who believe him, and act on it: "I've just picked up my olive oil from the mill, I have enough for more than two years," reads one of the replies to the video. It's not an isolated gesture: distrust of the official price narrative is driving many to seek refuge in real assets.
The context doesn't help calm nerves either: tensions with Iran, threats to supply chains, and a state that keeps raising taxes to pay for subsidies. The middle class, once again, is caught in the squeeze. The colonel's message isn't new, but it now comes in YouTube format, with LED lights and a nodding audience.
The question remains open: will people go hungry? What is already clear is that there's a market for prophecy. Meanwhile, someone will have to explain why, with two years' worth of oil in the pantry, people still watch the price index with the same alarm as a Baños thumbnail.
Are we going to go hungry? Colonel Baños, a military man turned geopolitics analyst, is back with a blunt verdict: "You are going to go hungry." The video did what is now routine for him: strong headlines, panic-stricken thumbnails, and a production company behind it that knows antiestéticar sells better than moderation.
The public reaction splits in two. There are those who point out that the man has never been right once, and don't take him seriously. And there are those who believe him, and act on it: "I've just picked up my olive oil from the mill, I have enough for more than two years," reads one of the replies to the video. It's not an isolated gesture: distrust of the official price narrative is driving many to seek refuge in real assets.
The context doesn't help calm nerves either: tensions with Iran, threats to supply chains, and a state that keeps raising taxes to pay for subsidies. The middle class, once again, is caught in the squeeze. The colonel's message isn't new, but it now comes in YouTube format, with LED lights and a nodding audience.
The question remains open: will people go hungry? What is already clear is that there's a market for prophecy. Meanwhile, someone will have to explain why, with two years' worth of oil in the pantry, people still watch the price index with the same alarm as a Baños thumbnail.
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