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Greece is a free country and free to default. They weighed the tradeoffs and decided it would end poorly, and a (so-called) "humiliating" deal was better than
by bpodgursky 11y ago
Greece is a free country and free to default. They weighed the tradeoffs and decided it would end poorly, and a (so-called) "humiliating" deal was better than Euro exit. Nobody is threatening Greece with military action should they not pay their debts.
The fact is, they got a free ride for a couple decades on free money. They can take it and set out on their own, or pay lip-service to those debts (realistically, it's not going to get paid back fully in any outcome). It is a sovereign nation and can choose what deals to make, without your help.
- danharaj 11y agoGreece is a country with large government problems. And the government is not what pays the price for this structured deal. The people do. It is very convenient to assert that Greece is a free country where the people are in charge. If you want to blame someone for their misfortune, interpret past events so that it looks like they inflicted it on themselves. > Nobody is threatening Greece with military action should they not pay their debts. It should be quite obvious in 2015 that military action is not the only way nations can destroy other nations. For example, forcing them via a corrupt and disconnected government to pay into an unsustainable financial settlement until they are bled dry and peeled down to the bone is one way you can destroy a country. Why do we equivocate governments, states, and countries? The country of Greece suffers for the sins of its state, executed by its corrupt and inept government.
- hnal943 11y agoDoes Greece not have elections? How can you separate the people from the government that they elect?