Karma for progressive activist who complained of 25 people in a flat

A progressive activist in Vallecas complains about 25 people in one flat. Social media reminds her she defended mass immigration. Karma arrives.

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Karma for pogre activist who complained of 25 people in a flat

A woman who for years campaigned on social media in favour of mass immigration and branded anyone who warned of its consequences a fascist got a reality check this week in her own neighbourhood. The user known as «La Moderna Trasnochada» posted a tweet — later deleted — complaining that 25 people were living in a single home in her building in Vallecas. The irony was lost on no one: the same person who defended open-door policies and called her critics racist is now experiencing first-hand the overcrowding caused by uncontrolled migration pressure.

From «I'm not racist» to neighbourhood complaint
The original message, captured before it was deleted, showed the activist denouncing the situation: «Twenty-five in one flat» and questioning safety in her stairwell. Hours earlier she had tweeted «I'm not racist», a classic among those who believe pointing out objective problems is a phobia. The reaction online was immediate: dozens of replies reminding her of her old leaflets in favour of unfiltered immigration, and pointing out the contradiction between her rhetoric and her current discomfort. The original tweet disappeared, but the screenshots remained.

The economics of overcrowding in Vallecas
The case illustrates a phenomenon confirmed by official data: the neighbourhoods on Madrid's southern periphery are home to most of the crammed flats. According to the latest housing census, in districts such as Puente de Vallecas the average density per household is double the national average, with frequent cases of rooms rented to multiple tenants. Demand for cheap housing, fuelled by the continuous arrival of immigrants without resources, puts pressure on the existing stock and drives up rents, even in run-down areas. Those who once cheered diversity as an absolute value now discover that uncontrolled diversity means collapsed services and community breakdown.

From abstract pogre to the reality of the lift
The debate after the deleted tweet focused less on the legitimate complaint — anyone would feel uncomfortable with 25 neighbours in one flat — than on the lack of self-criticism. Recovered comments suggest the activist does not link her current situation to her past activism, but blames the problem on a lack of police or on capitalism, in a mental loop that dodges any responsibility. The scene is a compendium of the ideological schizophrenia of a certain left: they defend policies whose consequences they then detest, but never make the causal connection. «Enjoy what you voted for» became the refrain of the day.

In the end, the lesson is old: ideologies are not suffered at rallies, but on the landing at home. And when karma arrives, it doesn't warn you, but it usually comes with a deleted tweet.

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