Buffoon leaders... and how we milked the EU, by veteran Greek columnist and commentator [View all]

[Surya Gayatri]

Back in the good old days of 2,500 years ago, the Greeks blamed the gods for their self-induced disasters. In modern times the Brits were to blame, and then the Americans. Now it’s the Germans.

We brag about inventing democracy – however selective – and also about inventing tragedy, but don’t dwell at all on another word we invented: demagoguery.

Demagoguery is what brought Alexis Tsipras and his motley crew of corner-café pseudo-philosophers to power, and demagoguery continues to dominate Greek political discussions even today as we vote for or against the euro.

But let’s not forget comedy, yet another Greek invention.


Tragedy: Taki Theodoracopulos, pictured, says the referendum is a tragi-comedy

Today’s referendum is truly Greek, a tragi-comedy of errors, a yes or no question drafted in cryptic, technocratic gobbledegook, worthy of the best Brussels newspeak.

But let’s start at the beginning:

The piece continues here, with interesting historical perspective:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3149640/Mimi-Big-T-s-buffoon-leaders-milked-EU-Taki-Theodoracopulos-veteran-Greek-commentator-spectator-columnist.html


Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has wasted five months showing off to the media, Theodoracopulos says


Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at The 'No' Protest, Athens, Greece, has 'a lot to answer for'


Putting so complex and fateful a question on such short notice is short-sighted and ridiculous, says the veteran Greek commentator

"The irony is that both the EU commissioners and the Tsipras gang have one thing very much in common: they both love power more than any love they might have for the common good"

"Tsipras and Yanis Varoufakis, his buffoon of a finance minister, have a lot to answer for. They have wasted five months playing liar’s poker while showing off to the media. During those months the economy has totally cratered. The Yes or No vote of today is as confusing to the voters as the policy Tsipras has pursued that could lead to a collective economic suicide.

As a Greek whose family helped finance the war of independence against the Turks in 1821, I sincerely hope the ill-advised plebiscite will be ignored by the powers-that-be in the EU. Putting so complex and fateful a question on such short notice is short-sighted and ridiculous."