Reply #146: Aside from the loaded vocabulary you use I'm not denying... [View All]

...anything about global financial markets having been part of the problems in Greece. Greece has so many internal problems, however, that it became a "canary in the coal mine", it made itself more vulnerable to economic woes when the world economy went into a tailspin. Greece may not have sunk as far as it currently has without the insanity of the world financial problems, but it likely would have gotten itself into some serious trouble over time no matter what happened in the world at large. The Greek economy is unsustainable more than most national economies, and it can't dig itself out of its current mess without some painful internal changes. Who's most to blame has very little with what needs to be done to fix things.

What I'm objecting to is the way I see so many people so eager to frame everything as having one and only one cause that they rail against even mentioning other contributing factors as if it's a denial or a smoke screen or a propaganda game to even dare mention anything other than Big Evil Global Capitalism as part of the problem, and people acting as if it's a necessity to have only praise for the Greek protesters rather than dare mention any part the Greek people may have played in their own problems.