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In reply to the discussion: Greek Prime Minister Warns of Societal Collapse Like Weimar Germany; Citizens Storm Defense Ministry [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)They're not the ones who did this scam, and it's wrong to speak of them when you assign blame. A small group of Greek officials (in ND, in fact) together with Goldman and JPM pulled the scam off on the Greek people and the world. You may be right that Goldman was legal, but that's because they've always worked hard to make their frauds and deceptions technically legal. It's still a fraud, because they were wittingly enabling a public lie. And the money didn't go to reducing unemployment. The Greek elites and the international corporations who were bribing them made off with the lion's share, so that afterwards they could blame the people for "eating it together." Not to mention GS and JPM, reaping high interest payments on the sly while lies were told to the world. It's very important to understand this and not to heap abuse on the Greek people who are now indisputably the victims of an insane austerity policy, diktats from international bankers, and a completely bogus bailout plan that guarantees they will NEVER get out of the debt until they default fully and start over.