Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Latest from Greece
Latest from the long-running Greek theatrical production:
Prettyboys. Toldja so.
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More seriously, repeating the real meaning of austerity... Modern Greece can be seen as a case of Dolezal Syndrome. Trying to be what you aren't. Operating with an inflated idea of your importance and wealth.
Fakery works for a while, but inevitably fails. Post-imperial Greece is an agricultural country with a couple of irreplaceable products: grapes and olives. It's also an important crossing point for shipping and pipelines. Those factors should be enough to keep a small country running adequately, but they're not enough to maintain a huge public sector and a huge welfare state. You need richer resources or an empire or a strongly disciplined and organized culture of business and industry. In other words, you need Lutherans or Confucians.
Greece needs to learn what it is, be what it is, and live accordingly. Every day of EU Broadway simply postpones the fallback to adequate reality.
¶ 5:18 AM 
Prettyboys. Toldja so.
= = = = =
More seriously, repeating the real meaning of austerity... Modern Greece can be seen as a case of Dolezal Syndrome. Trying to be what you aren't. Operating with an inflated idea of your importance and wealth.
Fakery works for a while, but inevitably fails. Post-imperial Greece is an agricultural country with a couple of irreplaceable products: grapes and olives. It's also an important crossing point for shipping and pipelines. Those factors should be enough to keep a small country running adequately, but they're not enough to maintain a huge public sector and a huge welfare state. You need richer resources or an empire or a strongly disciplined and organized culture of business and industry. In other words, you need Lutherans or Confucians.
Greece needs to learn what it is, be what it is, and live accordingly. Every day of EU Broadway simply postpones the fallback to adequate reality.
¶ 5:18 AM
