By now it is common knowledge that all this raving about what the Greek Prime Minister has shamelessly called the Greek Success Story, is nothing but dastardly, cruel spin. There is a very good piece on this in the Guardian. The Greek economy is in tatters, people are suffering badly. Unemployment is rising and is expected to reach 30%, and any work available is either underpaid or not even paid at all. Social security has been reduced to a joke and health care is only being maintained, to the extent that it is by the sheer heroism and integrity of medial personnel.
So why all this nonsense about how well Greece is doing? Well because the criminals who thought up and imposed this policy, out of a desire to punish and not fix the economy in any way, are desperately trying to convince the world that “austerity works!” See? Look at Greece! Only not too closely of course. Just listen to what the Quisling PM and his cohorts have to say. Turn a blind eye to the grief and destruction that has been wrought.
We can in no way admit that our policy is wrong! What will happen to the markets if we do? Not to mention that one of our major players needs to win her election. Besides, we certainly don’t want to lose our cushy jobs. And the Greeks? And by extension all the other peoples of the south (and now climbing northwards)? Well, we don’t have to deal with that now.
Besides we do keep telling them and the world that this brilliant imminent success story depends on their doing exactly what we told them and achieving the targets. And of course we know that if they do do exactly what we tell them they will never reach the targets (since these are a contradiction in terms). So we shall blame the failure squarely on their shoulders, and anyway by that time The Frau will have been safely reelected and Mme Lagarde will be considering a different job or even retirement.
However, they will be right to blame the Greek government. It is all very well whining about how the troika demands this that and the other, but it is inexcusable for the Greek government to have no plan of its own, no idea what it wants to do, no thought as to how to get the Greek economy right and what paths it wishes to follow. And not a care in hell over the suffering of its people. It appears Mr Samaras is under the illusion that if he keeps playing at the good boy, teacher’s pet, and sucking up to Merkel in every way he possibly can, after her reelection she will reward him
What he has given no thought to is what he would want as a reward. Oh no. He expects her to decide that for him too. More money to throw down the plug hole? With no recovery strategy planned or even in his mind, that would be disastrous.
But then perhaps the only reward he really wants is not for his country but just for himself. A position in the European nomenklatura or perhaps the IMF.
Greece has fallen prostrate under the shock and despair, not least fanned by Samaras and his band of criminals. But if the country does not rise up soon and take the situation into its own hands and start planning and deciding for the benefit of the people instead of for the benefit of the governing classes, then I am afraid Greece will soon join Carthage in the history books of long forgotten peoples.