I was watching a reel of a Pakistani family living in Spain, where their car had stopped, and within 10-15 minutes, the insurance representative was there to help them. This family had been quite well off in Pakistan, but now they’re settled in Spain, and they couldn't stop admiring the efficiency and support available there.
In that moment, I felt a tight knot in my stomach. Why can't our country be like that? Why do we, the people of Pakistan, have to live in such challenging conditions? It’s heartbreaking that for most of us, facing a crisis with such immediate support feels like a distant dream. I may or may never be in a similar situation, but the question lingers — why must things be this way?
They say: "God helps those who help themselves." But in our case, it’s the people helping each other with the will of God. Not the government stepping in where it should.
It feels like those in power are only helping themselves get richer, while the average person struggles more each day. Instead of lifting people up, it’s as if they’re pushing them further down, making life harder with each passing day. Seeing how other countries support their people makes this reality hit even harder.
Yesterday I watched a very good report about the situation in the country, in connection with the so many elections that we have had in recent years. What has changed? Nothing, people say. People in polluted cities are even more poisoned, villages without water continue to have no water, prices skyrocket, etc. So who is to blame for this? "The people, of course," the report said.
As long as the people continue to accept and agree with everything, this will continue and we will only go down. Because the rulers, yes, are only interested in their own enrichment, this has been seen in recent decades, there is no dispute about this. All people are greedy, but especially the rulers of Bulgaria are looting as if tomorrow the world will end and they will not have eaten enough/have not stolen enough, everything that can be stolen. In every country there are abuses and embezzlement, but here people seem to have no measure and the people do nothing, they just go from election to election. Is it the same in your country? We are increasing the price of heating - ok, no problem, electricity too - good, the water is poisonous and unfit for use, they stop it all the time, but the price is constantly increasing - sure, everything is fine. We have some of the highest food prices in Europe - well, we can be proud of that, etc.
And they collect taxes, yes, the state, of course, does not help in any situations, but you pay taxes so that you do not get anything for them. And then we see some random video of a random everyday occurrence in some normal country and we're like, wtf, what is this?
Well, I really don't know what planet I live on 🤷♀️
Will you believe if I said:
"Have you written this about my country!?!?"
It's the same situation here :(