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The Last Temptation of Greece

Submitted by Pluto's Republic on Tue, 06/30/2015 - 6:43am

I began this piece in January 2015, shortly after the election of Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras. I had not really been following the Greek elections, but just days after it occurred, I saw in a European newspaper Alexis Tsipras' "Open Letter to Germany: That Which You Were Never Told About Greece".

I read it, and I was hooked.

It was a letter of the times we live in. A letter about people who feel crushed by the increasingly powerful financiers of the West. It struck me as frank and oddly personal. I had not read anything quite so stark and pure coming from a current national leader.

It was a very logical, irreversible declaration of independence.

Today, on this day of the Greek default, I wanted to share that moment of history I found so moving and significant. The original message has since been lost in the noise and propaganda — but I do believe this is what a "tipping point" in history looks like, at the very moment it is happening.

Krugman and Greece's Moment of Truth

Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 06/21/2015 - 1:53pm

There's a lot of economic rubbish being printed about the Greek Crisis, most of it coming from the creditors and bankers. The story they are selling is that Greeks are lazy and they won't reform their economy, so they have no one to blame but themselves.
They think that you are too lazy to find the actual facts before the clock runs out on June 30th. By reading this essay you will prove them wrong.

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