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Greece? The country where the population no longer dreams about their future due to total economic implosion? https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/08/after-nearly-a-de
by creaghpatr 9y ago
Greece? The country where the population no longer dreams about their future due to total economic implosion?
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/08/after-nearly-a-decade-of-economic-crisis-greece-has-stopped-dreaming.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/08/after-nearly-a-decade-of-eco...
"We don't dream. We are fine, we continue our lives, we know that we don't live in extreme poverty. But if you want to learn a second language, if you want to do something for yourself, improving your skills, you can't or you are very limited," Eva Pavlopoulo, a 29-year-old student, told CNBC in the tourist-friendly neighborhood of Plaka in central Athens.
- binaryapparatus 9y agoI spend at least one month in Greece every year, they are _almost_ as relaxed as 20 years ago. Is there a chance that mass media tries to push one specific narrative, which does not reflect actual state?
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoBoth you and your parent comment can be true. The economy may be doing terribly relative to other European countries, but if Greece values quality of life over economic development, then this wouldn't be terribly surprising.