Some people come a day
to the great Yes or the great No.
to say.
Evident immediately anyone who has
ready in mid-Yes, and telling it over
go on price and conviction.
The refuse is not regret. If you asked him again,
not be said again.
But the pay that no - the right - to met throughout his life.
Constantine. P. Kavafis
PEOPLE FEEL BETRAYED BY ELITES
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt, 16.06.2011
As these words are written, hundreds of thousands, probably millions of simple Greek citizens are in the streets of their country. They remain there in spite of the massive use of chemical gas. The demonstrations are probably the biggest since the collapse of the dictatorship in 1974.
Greeks stay in the streets for very simple reasons. After experiencing one year of “help” from EU, ECB, IMF and their own government, they strongly believe their nation is heading directly to an economic and social catastrophe of epic proportions. They see more and more old people searching for food in dustbins, hospitals and universities bending under the deduction of half of their budgets, more and more shops closed, the state in decomposition, twice as many people committing suicide compared to last year.
