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DCBob

(24,689 posts)
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 07:52 AM Feb 2012

BBC: Struggling Greeks losing belief in the state

"What is clear, once you get away from the incessant shouting on Greek TV, and the flash-bang battles between the anarchists and the police, is that this rapid breakdown of certainty is having a big, but immeasurable, effect on people's political expectations."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17067104

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This is likely to get worse before it gets any better. Sad and troubling situation.

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BBC: Struggling Greeks losing belief in the state (Original Post) DCBob Feb 2012 OP
Wow! Well written article Owlet Feb 2012 #1

Owlet

(1,248 posts)
1. Wow! Well written article
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 08:35 AM
Feb 2012

If I understood it correctly, the only force holding things together is the police. There was a thread a while back about the police union threatening to arrest members of the Troika. If the police decide the game is up, then, as you say, things will definitely get worse.

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