Two days ago the power went out while we were having dinner and my first thought was, it's our turn too. There was no way we were going to be left out.
On the other hand, I can't believe that a developed, normal and humane country in Western Europe could be brought to the point of experiencing something that only third world countries, i.e. Bulgaria, experience.
Just recently, we had a power outage for about an hour, during the day, on a workday. And as I've told you before, this doesn't just happen in small towns or villages. Just before that, two people I know reported on the same day, at the same time, a power outage in the capital and the fourth largest city in the country. The funniest thing is when the electricity, water or heating stop in the capital, where a person usually went to seek a better life. But as I have told you before, my life today is no different from my life in the capital before - if there is no water, I am grateful that I have electricity and vice versa. It was the same in the capital, and it is now. Here and there - the same situation.
I'm sure most of you who would read this don't know this way of life. And my God, I wouldn't want to know it either. And I never thought, since my poor childhood, that this way of life would continue.
I remember well how in the summer I had to bathe in the river with shampoo and soap, and also wash my clothes there, because there was no water at home. I remember well the eternal dark evenings by candlelight because there was no electricity, the eerie sounds that could be heard in the house in the pitch-black darkness. Maybe I've been traumatized since then, and now it's especially hard for me when there's no electricity because I can't sleep in the dark and without a lamp...
But all these things are starting to affect the normal countries as well, which brings me back to my constant question - is there progress in human life at all?
I think regression is ubiquitous, and although the world, in my opinion, is not programmed to be destroyed, all those scenarios of apocalypse and post-apocalypse life are completely real and are felt with increasing force.
Now the conspiracy theories are starting to spread that it's all a test, of course, and that it was originally this wartime emergency kit. You remember, right? All the European governments were talking about it. Even I fell into this trap and started thinking again, with my typical anxiety - how much cash should I have, what should I buy, something practical that would be useful in this situation... Then I tried to pull myself together - hey, you can't live like this, in constant fear. And that's exactly what They, whoever they are, are aiming for, to make you live in fear. Their plan during the pandemic, whatever it was, has obviously failed, since now the list of possibilities also includes war, so sought after and so desired.
But let's get back to the issue of poor and developed countries. A Bulgarian journalist interviewed a young couple in Spain during the power outage. They said: it feels like we're back in Venezuela. Because there's often no power there. But here, in Spain, this has never happened before.
Hello, hello, Venezuela, a brotherly country from which we buy second-hand voting machines because, obviously, we believe in the democratic conduct of their elections. And not only that, we like and support their lifestyle and way of life very much, simply because we live like them.
Honestly, have you ever thought that you would not have water, or that you would not have electricity? I'm sure that this feels like a given, like a foundation, elementary and fundamental, not a need, but an availability. But now that these things have started to be stopped, it's maybe time to rethink what we take for granted.
By the way, on this subject, I was reading that governments, or maybe not exactly them, are pushing us to buy electric cars, to have an electronic euro and all sorts of other electronic nonsense, when at the same time, as you can see, electricity is no longer a given. And another thing I was reading recently was: have you noticed how everyone talks about renewable energy to reduce our electricity bills, and how much is really being done in that direction, all these turbines, wind and hydropower, and photovoltaics? And ultimately, have you seen the price of electricity go down? No. It's going up and up, like all the other bills.
Well, Spain is a "normal" country. The power was restored within a few hours. In this huge country! In Bulgaria in the winter people were struggling without power in the snow in many parts of the country for almost a week. And although the government promised compensation, it seems no one was able to get it. Because that's how things happen in this sinister country.
Oh, yes, we are hardened. We are hardened steel and we could survive any crisis. As long as we don't kill each other first. But now, writing this, I don't think we have an advantage over a normal, developed nation. In normal countries, people are People, they would help each other and that's how they would survive. That won't happen here. Things have long been clear here, I'm sure, and we are not interesting to anyone, just as we are not valuable to anyone. That's why no one will turn off the electricity here, no one will do this social experiment, because it would be pointless, we are used to the electricity being turned off constantly, to the water being turned off, or the central heating in the winter. As well as many other things.
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Personally, I am a sensitive soul with a strong sense of justice.
Traveling and photography are my greatest passions.
Sounds trivial to you?
No, it's not trivial. Because I still love to travel to not so famous destinations.🗺️
Of course, the current situation does not allow me to do this, but I still find a way to satisfy my hunger for knowledge, new places, beauty and art.
Sometimes you can find the most amazing things even in the backyard of your house.😊🧐🧭|