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In reply to the discussion: Greece and the Endgame of the Neocolonial Model of Exploitation (February 19, 2015) [View all]TooPragmatic
(50 posts)because this is probably the biggest pile of paranoid conspiracy crap I have read in a long time. No real evidence and crazy paranoia against any leadership position. Only NWO was left unmentioned.
Hindsight is the biggest enemy when looking at the past. Only by looking at things from the position from the past can one truly understand the decision that people made. To state that lenders knew about Greece all along is a claim based on no evidence. And Greece wasn't forced to take the money. To claim that Greece was forced to borrow all that money is similar to the right wing claim that banks were forced to give loans to people who couldn't afford to pay them a back and that was the cause of the 2008 bank crisis in the US. Greece acted knowingly with this and when the economy came down Greece couldn't cover it's losses and was forced to admit that they needed financial assistance. And it's easy to see why the Greek economy collapsed. Highest corruption rate in Europe, many didn't pay taxes, people employed by the government who didn't do anything and got lavish benefits. And many average Greeks had to pay for these mistakes dearly. And because Greece is a democracy, these debts have been gathered in their name.
But to say that Greece is being made into a feudal state has no reason behind it. All EU countries are democracies and to state that they simply puppets for some elites behind the curtain is some hardcore conspiracy bull. There has been a write down on the Greece debt. Many banks have paid fines and suffered for wrong doings. The EU is doing a crackdown on multinationals for their tax avoidance schemes and individual governments in the EU are being investigated for providing tax subsidies that are against market competition.
Should Greece get more lenient terms? In my opinion, yes. Should their debts be forgiven? Not for the moment. If they get to turn their country around and manage it responsibly, the climate could be better for it. But this text is nothing more than an embarrassment to anyone who wants to make this world a better place to live.