What has been protested about in recent years, especially in Sofia.

Let's recall some of the "great" reasons for protest: masks, vaccines, the Ukrainian flag, the import of grain (good for consumers, but bad for native "businessmen"), the money of the builders who wanted from the state instead of their employers.

Rewinding the tape through the decades, I suddenly find - with horror - that we protest about many things, but rarely about the most essential and worse: we hardly articulate our demands. 

And frankly, if you don't know what you want, you'll most likely get "something else" or "what if." 

How come there aren't giant, mega protests every week in front of the Metropolitan Municipality about the new ticket prices and the removal of the old cheap travel options?

While they explain to us (even from a video) that "you travel more, you pay less", you rummage in your pocket, feel for the change and with a feeling of bitterness you find out that you paid MORE, but you still travel the same distance as and in recent years. 

In order not to feel ripped off, you have to get on public transport and go around in circles to take advantage of the great 30+ or ​​60+, because otherwise "you travel the same but pay more" (that's how they should feel says the campaign). 

Gone are the BGN 1.20 charging cards for the metro, now there are BGN 1.60 tickets or monthly cards for the entire city network.

- per day:

.

Twenty working days =

more expensive per month.

The logic of those who did the "travel more, pay less" campaign is that you can change several vehicles for the price of BGN 1.60. Yes - for some of us this is fine, but what part of the flow are they?

The question is: whose use is it for me to change vehicles since I am going to work and not a tourist in my own city?

They could have just said they were going to increase the price of tickets for an awful lot of us instead of making a fool of me by lying to me that it was actually cheaper. 

One: they take my money;

Two: they lie to me and underestimate me, thinking I'm an idiot. 

And as a result, we have the expected and quite familiar WAITING.

That is: doing nothing.

Let's see, let's listen, people will pass, they will forget, the caravan will move on. 

Already two weeks ago, the head of the SOS proposed ("suggested" is a word with almost no content in our country) to the Committee to return the map for one line and subway. 

Two weeks have passed. 

Today, the BSP submitted a report to the Municipality, in which - in addition to making a powerful PR - they wave a complicatedly explained finger, saying how wrong the changes were made. 

The cards are still missing, the validators (oh what a surprise!) do not accept all debit cards, the validators at the controllers do not read all the cards, the prices are inflated, the tickets that are sold are unnecessary for a huge part of the passengers…

Time passes, nothing happens. 

People click their tongues, shrug their shoulders and go on with their lives. 

The next big protest, however, will be about something "big", like our membership in NATO, for example, or where some flag is flying.

With the election coming up, I expect even more "great" protest ideas. 

The organizers of the protests do not lack "original" ideas, but they cannot be said to be particularly clever.

If they had at least once thought to organize a meaningful protest, they would have expanded the attendance of their "events" with people outside their own sect. 

And, leaving aside the busloads of protesters from the countryside - we have to think about ordinary people too... what does their daily life mean, since literally rummaging in their pockets is not a cause for vocal dissatisfaction.

"Loud" doesn't count as discussing the topic with the neighbor or cursing at the TV, or arguing with the ticket clerk, who probably isn't happy about the new changes either, but more importantly: it's not up to her. 

The changes came in at the beginning of the year/month and people were upset.

Many articles, comments, materials, etc. were written.

on the subject.

As a result: the municipality promised that they would do something, sometime, maybe.

With which the right amount of dust was thrown in the eyes of the people and they tamed, the caravan goes on. 

What are they hoping for?

That we forgot?

Well, we're not, but the question still stands: "so what?" They keep kicking the ball and wondering how many wells to bring us water from, so that we'll be delayed more and more by returning the old cards.

And let's get to the point where it will already be the same, because the next crisis/tragedy/news/issue/election/election campaign will have reached us and all attention will be directed there. 

They're trying it right now "if it goes".

And for now it "passes". 

Sofia Municipality

public transport

subway

SOS

subway station

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