Now one thing we have realised through the experience of this sovereign debt crisis here in Greece is that capitalism is, despite everything, a very vulnerable little creature after all. Things one has been taking for granted all one?s life have started to crumble and shake. Little every day things like knowing the buses and trains will be working, bar the odd strike or two. That you can pop into the corner shop for something you forgot. That electricity and water supplies will always be there and things like that.
The helter skelter ride of will we wont we go bust has sorted of already changed into when will we go bust and how exactly will this occur? What will happen once we have declared bankruptcy? Because, now, that we already are bankrupt but have not yet acknowledged it, the government?s ?answer? has been to announce a ludicrous, sadistic and totally unrealistic barrages of taxes, which is quite obvious will lead to nowhere, since anyway there is absolutely no possibility that there will be any money left to pay the goddam taxes.
However, if capitalism has proved to be a vulnerable little creature (and certainly not something to be left to the capitalists, like war and the generals? there is a lot of wisdom there) it has also throughout its life so far proved to be very resilient and adaptable.
Our last hope now is that perhaps the European motley lot from ECB to Commission and above all Frau Merkel herself, will eventually see the folly of this policy of austerity and punishment and perhaps get around to the so called ?Marshall Plan? idea that has been suggested from the European Investment Bank. After all no growth no money and no money no repayment and no repayment under such a policy will not be just from one naughty country but from others too. This and can be avoided and quite easily. If only there were enough guts to go around, which, at the moment there aren?t. To make things worse the Greek so called government is not only totally lacking in guts but also in brains.
So all we can hope and pray for is the resilience of capitalism to show its face and for God?s sake, when and if that does happen, PLEASE keep the capitalists on a short leash!