.. did I create this blog in the first place?
Well, I guess I am utterly fed up with the situation in Greece. I guess I should have mentioned that before I started this post, but better late than never as they say, so I am Greek and damn proud of it, but I am not proud of the people that run this country. As I am not proud of the way that several of the people that live in the country think and act either (but we'll come to that later...).
As I said.. I am utterly fed up.
Let me draw you a picture. Contrary to what you may have heard in the media of your countries, people of this country, in the majority, that is, have been paying their taxes, paying their dues for their insurance system, in whole, they've been very honest people. Also, they've been very hard working people. If you don't take my word for it, please, take the time and visit the EU statistics site ( I'll try to find it for you ) and you'll see there that Greek work the most hours in average than every single worker in EU. Yet.. Greek people are not without faults. If you expected me to say this, you're mistaken. Many of the Greek people, were very stupid when they voted , each and every time since 1974. They voted , not with their heads, without thinking, what is best for the country,but either thinking that a party is like a football team (a preference), or , worse, voting for their own benefits. And so, from time to time we've had politics totally corrupt, politics that sank this nation in debts and corruption reigned supreme. And yes, one cannot only blame polititians for this, corruption is bipolar.
So, right now, I see the country that I love, suffering. I see, my father and mother, who worked their asses off, just suffering, having to struggle, although they've done nothing that being honest, because of the choices of the many. I see even myself, who, (believe this or not, I don't really care) I've always been paying my taxes and don't even have one parking ticket on my name, having to go thru ALL this, and now, I have to listen to some people coming from the IMF and EU just "demanding" that I have to "lose" up to two salaries.. not just me of course. Every single person that works in the private sector. And believe me when I say this, I don't care so much for just losing my money, it's more the fact that -I KNOW- what this is going to do to the Greek economy, the economy those gentlemen are supposed to be helping.. NOT.
I see , the vulchures circling over the almost dead body of Greece, waiting for it to die.. and I am getting angry. And I see a lot of people feeling the same and I worry.. I worry because I know that once people lose patience, there'll be bloodshed, one that people haven't seen before, for one that's lost hope, has nothing to lose.
I wonder, have people learned nothing from History yet? It was Greeks that said "It's better to breathe one hour of Freedom , rather than 40 years of slavery". Do all these people that really try to strangle this country, again, want to see the Greeks repeat history? ...
Well, I guess I am utterly fed up with the situation in Greece. I guess I should have mentioned that before I started this post, but better late than never as they say, so I am Greek and damn proud of it, but I am not proud of the people that run this country. As I am not proud of the way that several of the people that live in the country think and act either (but we'll come to that later...).
As I said.. I am utterly fed up.
Let me draw you a picture. Contrary to what you may have heard in the media of your countries, people of this country, in the majority, that is, have been paying their taxes, paying their dues for their insurance system, in whole, they've been very honest people. Also, they've been very hard working people. If you don't take my word for it, please, take the time and visit the EU statistics site ( I'll try to find it for you ) and you'll see there that Greek work the most hours in average than every single worker in EU. Yet.. Greek people are not without faults. If you expected me to say this, you're mistaken. Many of the Greek people, were very stupid when they voted , each and every time since 1974. They voted , not with their heads, without thinking, what is best for the country,but either thinking that a party is like a football team (a preference), or , worse, voting for their own benefits. And so, from time to time we've had politics totally corrupt, politics that sank this nation in debts and corruption reigned supreme. And yes, one cannot only blame polititians for this, corruption is bipolar.
So, right now, I see the country that I love, suffering. I see, my father and mother, who worked their asses off, just suffering, having to struggle, although they've done nothing that being honest, because of the choices of the many. I see even myself, who, (believe this or not, I don't really care) I've always been paying my taxes and don't even have one parking ticket on my name, having to go thru ALL this, and now, I have to listen to some people coming from the IMF and EU just "demanding" that I have to "lose" up to two salaries.. not just me of course. Every single person that works in the private sector. And believe me when I say this, I don't care so much for just losing my money, it's more the fact that -I KNOW- what this is going to do to the Greek economy, the economy those gentlemen are supposed to be helping.. NOT.
I see , the vulchures circling over the almost dead body of Greece, waiting for it to die.. and I am getting angry. And I see a lot of people feeling the same and I worry.. I worry because I know that once people lose patience, there'll be bloodshed, one that people haven't seen before, for one that's lost hope, has nothing to lose.
I wonder, have people learned nothing from History yet? It was Greeks that said "It's better to breathe one hour of Freedom , rather than 40 years of slavery". Do all these people that really try to strangle this country, again, want to see the Greeks repeat history? ...
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