A few months ago, almost without making a sound —and that should already make you suspicious— a neo-Nazi cell was dismantled in Spain. Three detainees, weapons, training, and attack plans inspired by real massacres. Furthermore, they weren't acting alone: they were connected to an international terrorist network. But well, it seems like a small thing, as the news went largely unnoticed. Perhaps because it doesn't fit with this comfortable narrative we keep telling ourselves. You know, the one that says violence always comes from outside, or that it's a thing of the past. Because, how many times have we heard that the dangers are jihadist terrorism or the environment of the defunct ETA, or –even better– that nothing is happening and we live in a kind of peaceful paradise?... A homemade version of Brave New World, by Huxley.The dismantled group in question has been defined as "accelerationist." The name seems complicated, but the idea is quite simple: to provoke chaos so that everything explodes and, once the system is broken, impose their own. And their model is not exactly inclusive: it is a racist, neoliberal, and authoritarian world. All very sophisticated on paper… and very dangerous in practice.And no, we are not talking about four people making comments on the internet or discussing in the bar. We are talking about connected people, with very clear ideas and with the will to make them a reality. People who see in social unrest and the rise of certain political discourses an opportunity. And this is no longer a joke.Violence is never justified. But to understand these small groups, perhaps we need to look at the context. Crises have been accumulating for years: economic, social, climatic. And in this framework, working classes have it increasingly difficult, and many people simply cannot make ends meet. Meanwhile, politics often seems more focused on managing the present than on building any future. And on a global scale, the panorama doesn't help either: an increasingly violent world, with powers like the United States, Russia, and Israel playing at showing strength in conflicts that many of us wouldn't even know how to place on the map.In this scenario, the result is predictable: frustration, uncertainty, and little hope. And when this happens, simple discourses gain ground. Those that offer easy explanations and even easier culprits. And, curiously, they almost always point to the same people: the most vulnerable. It is much more comfortable to say that "the problem is outsiders" than to analyze what is really wrong. Besides, acting brave by saying "uncomfortable truths" is successful. And so, little by little, a climate that fuels hatred is normalized.This process is subtle. Thus, what previously seemed exaggerated is now discussed. And what is discussed today may end up being normal tomorrow. Without major scandals, without obvious ruptures. Everything shifts a little. And it doesn't move on its own: there are those who push it, from certain media to certain powers that be. Faced with this, the question is inevitable: who benefits from all this?Because, generated according to certain breeding grounds, it is not surprising that some take a further step. They are not the majority, but they are not isolated cases either. Let's be clear that it is increasingly common for these discourses to end in real aggressions. The data confirm this, racist and xenophobic violence is increasing. And there are figures that are particularly striking: according to the Ministry of the Interior, approximately half of homosexual people have suffered some aggression in the last year. Half. It is not an exaggeration, it is a reality.In fact, alarms have been sounding for some time. In the United States, the FBI itself has already warned that far-right violent groups are one of the main internal threats. In Europe, the numbers may seem calmer. Europol's TE-SAT report says that in 2023 there were 120 terrorist actions, mostly of a separatist nature. Far-right ones? Only two, and they were thwarted. Case closed, right? Well, not exactly. Because the same report explains –perhaps with fewer headlines– that the problem is not so much the quantity as the type. It talks about lone wolves, small groups, young people who not only consume propaganda but create it and, sometimes, act. It is a more diffuse model, more difficult to detect and prevent. Less classical structure, more improvised radicalization. And what is more serious: it is a violence that is increasing. But yes, relax, there were only two.Faced with all this, the conclusion is clear: democracy is not guaranteed. It is not a permanent state, but a fragile balance. If we stop questioning certain discourses or attitudes, we end up accepting them without realizing it. And when this happens, the door can be opened to barbarism.All of this recalls that poem by Martin Niemöller which ends by saying: "When they came for me, there was no one left to protest." Perhaps we don't need to wait to see if it also affects us to start worrying. Let's think about it twice.

I find remnants in my home of things that are half-finished. Small daily failures. The leggings and the running top that have been hanging in the bathroom for two weeks, optimistic. The vinegar and the rice paper wrappers I bought at the Japanese week at Lidl, convinced I would make Goi Cuon, fresh Vietnamese rolls. The three books started on the bedside table. The analog camera that I proposed to myself – once a month – to learn to use once and for all. A table, which was more than a table, it was an investment to do a lot of work on and earn a lot of money. Versions of myself that I can't decide on. I want to be all of them at once out of cowardice, because I don't believe enough in any of them.

The Balearic Islands are the autonomous community with the most expensive second-hand homes in Spain. For the first time, the price per square meter surpassed the €5,000 barrier. The year-on-year increase (based on May data) was 20.9%, meaning a 90-square-meter apartment has risen by €90,000 in the last year. The rental situation is equally dramatic: €19.70 per square meter, on the podium with Madrid and Barcelona, ​​according to July data collected by the real estate website Idealista. Limited supply, high demand, the voracity of a runaway market, and the lack of policies to create a public housing stock do not bode well. The stark figures translate into a residential and social emergency that forces people to live in caravans, shacks, abandoned buildings, such as the former Palma prison, or even on the streets.