Greece, Cradle of Civilization 2.0

GREECE, CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION 2.0

Greece is many aspects an interesting country. Lately it seems to have bought a permanent spot on the daily international news, not necessarily because new archeological treasures were discovered or an Onassis family member married a celebrity. Greece has become the problem child of the European and world developed countries.

What happened to the place considered  by many the cradle of civilization? Where did they go wrong? How can we safe them?

I am sure a lot of people already answered these questions. All too often, however, their analysis happened from a Calvinistic, patronizing and demeaning thinking pattern, blaming the Greeks for their lack of discipline and seriousness.

All the Greeks were put in the same basket: "Lazy, sun loving, tax evading troubadours". Some even said Greece embraced a new political ideology: Diogonesism. 

The rest of the European partners could not tolerate such behavior. Everything had to be put into place to safeguard corporatism and the financial markets. Serfdom of the people was at stake and Greece was the weakest link in a perfectly designed serfdom system.

Power had to act. The "puppets" (Merkel, Sarkozy, EU Commission) were called in and ordered to blackmail, I mean Help, Greece with the same medicine that was killing the patient, more Debt. More debt yes but this time designed in such a way that it would cripple Greece so strong they would never dare challenge orders from their "protectors" again.

So, the helping hand acting together with their local cronies (Papandreu, Venizelos and other politicians) started taking away wealth of the Greek people. Thousands of companies closed, hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs. Infrastructure and natural resources of Greece started to be given away for pennies on the dollar to the "foreign savers".

The humiliation and punishment had to be strong and merciless. No other country should dare to follow the same path and Greece had to be taught a lesson. How dare Greece challenge the sovereignty of the ruling system? No victims were to be accepted, even when the Greek prime minister demonstrated weakness (asking for a referendum) he was immediately dismissed. The message was so clear that even Italy dare not to question the imposition of Monti. Papademos and Monti, bankers, i am sorry again, I meant technocrats knew how to administer a country at least better than democratically elected politicians. Again the actual crisis had nothing to do with the recklessness of the financial system, no, democracy, the will of the people, was the problem.

Greece has definitely contributed to the civilization of society, defining moral, ethics and common sense (logic). It has been, at least documented, one of the first civilization that experimented freedom of people and thinking. Today we still cite many of their philosophers when we talk about justice and even about a fair system. It might be true that Greece has been for many years living of the legacy of these great thinkers. Unfortunately, copyright laws did not exist back then, otherwise we would all be in debt with Greece.

After last weekend's, 6 May 2012 elections however, I think Greece is again at the forefront of civilization. Civilization 2.0.

The Greeek have understood that there is only one way to regain their sovereignty: Bring down the system. Greeks seem to have understood what the Achilles heel of the system is. Ungovernability. Although many commentators "usual suspects" might say that this is a problem for the actual situation of Greece. Actually, this is the only peaceful way to break the system. No powerful government is the best that can happen at this moment because Greeks seem to have understood that their biggest enemy is: government. Governments can enforce the directives of the powerful through their executive mechanisms, EU, IMF, ECB, laws.

A lack of enforcement power will generate a self-working society, where personal freedom will flourish and create the wealth and society that Greeks want and not a society imposed by a destructive blood-life sucking system.

Don't worry, the system will fight back. It will find ways to continue imposing harm on the Greeks but the Greeks have found the weak spot and I think the next protest of the Greeks will not be so peaceful if they feel that their sovereignty is under attack. The next step will be much more violent.

Greece, keep hanging in there. Don't let the politicians fool you. Keep atomizing power and rebuilt your own country without interference and impositions. Thank you for questioning the system, than you for asking "Why". Socrates would be proud of you.

Thank you for illuminating us again and showing us the way. Greece, cradle of civilization 2.0.

James Tector

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité