The Media and politicians here in Greece are reaching a quasi delirious pitch in their joy over the “change in climate” towards Greece in Europe. We are getting, they keep underlining, messages of support from everywhere! Even our dear Austrian Maria Fekter and our other good friend the probably provisional Dutch Minister of Finances have all joined the chorus, of okay, maybe Greece should be allowed a two year extension.

Okay, even with the caveats of “no more money, though” (sensible) and, courtesy of the Dutch Minister that it could be justified by a “temporary” downturn in the Greek economy.

What nonsense! What hypocrisy! How underhand! Not to mention idiotic. A “temporary” downturn? Greece has been in continual recession, that is defined as depression, for five years and the recession is growing not slowing. The “kindness” being extended by granting Greece an extra two years to turn Greece into a slave labour state, is making Samaras and Stournaras ecstatic!. They wish to persuade us that this is a great success! What is? Well, quite simply, what, I believe Professor Varoufakis was the first to describe as doing nothing other than giving Greece more rope to hang itself with.

And now back to how the Greek Memorandum forces are deceiving (or attempting to) the Greek people. The French Minister Moscovici’s visit to Samaras was hailed as another great success because he expressed his and Hollande’s support for Greece and other such, while completely failing to point out that he only repeated precisely what Schauble has been saying.

Oh yes. Of course we want you to stay in the Euro (we don’t want a Grexit right now for our own reasons) provided you carry out the program designed to ruin your economy and turn your country into a vassal state! A sentiment echoed by our own Minister of Finances. We need to show determination! He declares. We need to carry out the program in full to obtain credibility! He admonishes. And we will do that! He pledges.

In other words, we must plough ahead with the most inhuman and un European policies ever. We must destroy all welfare and healthcare, we must gradually abolish all pensions completely, we must turn our work force into a cringing body of terrified serfs, oh and of course everyone who is not useful such as the elderly and disabled must be helped to die off quickly.

Does he even realise that he is expressing the Greek conundrum? It goes something like this: In order to save you we must ruin you, and this is precisely what we shall not shrink from doing. We are so happy all the Eurogeeks have relaised that we mean business. No more shilly shallying. We shall do their bidding and ruin our economy and destroy our people. And that makes them happy. And we are very happy that they are happy with us. And the Greek people should be very grateful. Because we are going to annihilate them. And that will bring back… credibility!?

None of these brilliant, inhuman neoliberlas has the slightest idea what it is like in the real world. Why should they? Pushing this policy is the very essence of their existence and their good life. To hell with the poor and the disabled! Why should they give a damn?

Why indeed? They have nothing to lose if they act in complete and utter disregard of the human factor and everything to lose if they should actually care in any way. And the horror is that the evil forces of neoliberalism have won. Game set and match. Let the scum of the earth (that is all the rest of us) squirm.

When I was young and read about the French Revolution and saw films about it, I was horrified by the idea of the “tricoteuses”. How could people possibly throng to the guillotine to watch people being beheaded as entertainment? It seemed quite shocking to me then.

Today I can totally understand it. I can even imagine myself being part of the delighted throng shouting with glee.