"This is collapsing and nobody protests," says a forum user

The decline is accelerating and nobody takes to the streets

A forum user argues that everything is collapsing at great estimulante ilegal and that nobody is protesting. The thread antiestéticatures a supermarket scene that one participant attributes to a customer in her thirties: she complains out loud about the price of everything, says she doesn't understand what's happening, that she needs two jobs and that you'd need a gun to get by. According to that account, the cashier, on top of ringing up purchases, doubles as a psychologist. The anecdote, shared on an economics forum, portrays, in the tellers' view, a burned-out population that doesn't know where the next blow is coming from. Meanwhile, the diagnosis repeated by some participants is that this is only just beginning after two decades of looking the other way.

Even the top-grade civil servant is trembling

One participant claims that senior civil servants (Spain's highest civil service grade) are terrified, with thirty-year-old children living at home and out of work. He adds that some of those households vote for Sumar. Another contributor counters that civil servants are part of the problem, that they have grown complacent and that they have given legitimacy to the politicians.

The discussion drifts towards parents. Some argue that parents in this country don't care about their children's future; others respond that it depends on the case and that many are genuinely worried.

The calculation nobody wants to make

Some go further and place civil servants at the centre of the problem: complacent, convinced they are smarter than everyone else, and having abandoned the people while lending legitimacy to the politicians. The accusation is harsh and circulates widely in the thread.

At the same time, the forecast repeated by some participants is that the worst is yet to come. Two decades of refusing to see which way the wind was blowing are now taking their toll, according to that diagnosis, and the pace of decline feels faster and faster.

The complaint that finds no culprit

According to the forum account, the supermarket customer didn't know what was happening. That is the detail they highlight: people are burned out but can't identify where the blows are coming from. The cashier saw it first-hand, according to that version.

The silence on the street contrasts, for those taking part in the thread, with the volume of everyday complaints. Nobody protests, but everyone complains, they argue.