VOX voter in a left-wing family has a plan ready for Christmas Eve dinner
The colza oil syndrome affected more than 20,000 people in Spain in 1981. A Christmas Eve plan uses it as a political symbol.
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A VOX voter plans to perform a caricature of his own profile at the family Christmas Eve dinner. The menu includes Madrid-style tripe, Mono aniseed liqueur, cheese with quince paste, calamari and 1981 colza oil.
## The plan for the Christmas Eve dinner
A VOX voter plans to perform a caricature of his own profile at the family Christmas Eve dinner. The family is left-wing. The menu he will bring includes Madrid-style tripe, Mono aniseed liqueur, cheese with quince paste, calamari and Varón Dandy cologne.
The cologne was launched in 1947 and the aniseed liqueur in 1870. These are products available at supermarket prices. The 1981 colza oil is not for sale. That year, the toxic oil syndrome affected more than 20,000 people in Spain.
## The cost of signalling an identity
The economics of conspicuous consumption, described by Thorstein Veblen in 1899, explains that spending seeks to display belonging. At a family dinner, buying these products is an investment in a role.
The opportunity cost is not measured only in euros. It also includes the conflict generated or avoided at the table. The caricature is sustained with time and money. The mention of 1981 colza oil is historical, not a consumption recommendation.
## The plan for the Christmas Eve dinner
A VOX voter plans to perform a caricature of his own profile at the family Christmas Eve dinner. The family is left-wing. The menu he will bring includes Madrid-style tripe, Mono aniseed liqueur, cheese with quince paste, calamari and Varón Dandy cologne.
The cologne was launched in 1947 and the aniseed liqueur in 1870. These are products available at supermarket prices. The 1981 colza oil is not for sale. That year, the toxic oil syndrome affected more than 20,000 people in Spain.
## The cost of signalling an identity
The economics of conspicuous consumption, described by Thorstein Veblen in 1899, explains that spending seeks to display belonging. At a family dinner, buying these products is an investment in a role.
The opportunity cost is not measured only in euros. It also includes the conflict generated or avoided at the table. The caricature is sustained with time and money. The mention of 1981 colza oil is historical, not a consumption recommendation.
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