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[–] RuckedUp 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I don't know the ins and outs of the monetary problems in Greece but when I was there two years ago it seemed like it was running smooth enough. A few things they have in spades are beaches , culture and sunshine; things that people from North Europe will pay for no matter what money they have to carry to Greece! I say pull out of the EU Greece go back to the Drachma pour a few shots of ouzo and wait for the next boat load of tourist to show up. I loves me some Greece!!!

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[–] TRBRY 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Do the north of Europe lack culture? I do get the lack of beaches with acceptable warm water, and cheap living but culture...

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[–] RuckedUp ago 

as they comments below pointed out, I was not trying to say Northern Europe did not have culture, just saying that Greece has a boat load of it! All that mixed together they have a ton to offer.

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[–] Delusion_of_Adequacy ago 

Many parts of Northern Europe were nowhere near as civilized as Greece was 2000 years ago. Therefore, Greece's culture is both different and, in many ways, more ancient than culture in the north

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[–] mr_skeltal ago 

Northern Europe doesn't lack culture, more that Greece has an abundance of culture in comparison going from Ancient Greece, the Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire and Ottoman Empire.

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[–] Vordea 1 point 9 points (+10|-1) ago 

Griechen pay denbts

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[–] Guerilla 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago 

If you insist, but you should know that the ATM only allows me 60 euro daily withdrawals. You'll have to wait for a while... ;)

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[–] LuckyL00ser 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Genau! Das gehört sich nämlich so.

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[–] Rea11yN0tMe [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Cheers, have another Ouzo :-)

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[–] Guerilla 0 points 30 points (+30|-0) ago  (edited ago)

A lot of lines at the ATMs waiting for the 60 euros but other than that not much is different. There's a lot of discussion and confrontation about the referendum but nothing describes the situation as despair simply because Greece has been suffering under the troika regime for 5 years and we have not much to lose.

A couple of days ago I saw someone offering a pita gyros (greek sandwitch) to a very old homeless lady sleeping at the bus stop, a common occurrence here the last few years so you can't expect us to panic over the banks closing. Most of us don't have anything in them anyway.

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[–] Rea11yN0tMe [S] 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Thanks, it sounds like what /u/pipispapas wrote, that people are fatalistic and tired. Are you going to vote yes or no in the referendum? ie stay in the Eurozone or leave?

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[–] Homo_ludens 1 point 9 points (+10|-1) ago 

I don't read fatalistic or tired in their responses. On the contrary. I read resilience and solidarity. The corporations and their pet politicians may carve up a country as much as they like, people will find a way to survive. Besides, it is not as if there is no wealth in Greece. There is enough to carve up and share around to the people. Bet the corporations won't like that though.

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[–] Guerilla 1 point 44 points (+45|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I'm going to vote no.

I think that Euro is a disaster of a currency that no sane economist would have ever approved before an actual political and economic unification of Europe so the only logical assumption that I can make is that they wanted this. They wanted a crisis so that they can ruin Europe's social safety net, can cut pensions and salaries and sell off our countries' national wealth to corporations. Naomi Klein indirectly predicted everything that happens now in the Shock Doctrine, an excellent book explaining how neoliberals create and then exploit crisis to shock entire populations into submission and rob them of their rights, salaries, pensions and so on. I read that book in 2007 and watched history repeat itself with shocking accuracy three years later. Only this time it wasn't Latin America being attacked, it was my country. So hell no, no way I'm voting for neoliberal policies that will turn my country into a mere colony to corporate interests.

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[–] Rea11yN0tMe [S] 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago  (edited ago)

You might also like: A queue at the ATM inside the Athenes parliament. http://veuwer.com/2ox9.png

And here is the thread:
https://voat.co/v/pics/comments/177917

Though the discussion revolved mainly around the bottom belonging to the lady with the yellow shoes.

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[–] froonspooncloondoon 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Is it ok to admit that I'm a fan of that picture because of the woman in the yellow high heels in front?

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[–] froonspooncloondoon 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Sorry, got distracTed after seeing the pic and didn't continue reading until it was too late!

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[–] pipispapas 1 point 8 points (+9|-1) ago 

lol just look who posted the top comment

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[–] Rea11yN0tMe [S] 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

With all those upgoats you could save the Greek economy!

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[–] pipispapas 0 points 68 points (+68|-0) ago  (edited ago)

people are mostly stressed because no one really knows what will happen next week. other than that it's business as usual. you must understand that we live in this climate for the past five years so it's not that big a deal for us

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[–] RedSocks157 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Can y'all motherfuckers stop trying to ruin the world economy? I mean seriously, I get that nobody wants to lose their benefits but the country is in the toilet. The rest of Europe is begging Greece not to jump while the leftist leadership giggles on the edge of catastrophe.

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[–] TelescopiumHerscheli 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

I feel that's a little unfair. Greece is trying, like every other country, to do its best for its citizens in a difficult world economic situation. They're certainly not "trying to ruin the world economy", and whatever the outcome of these problems it's unlikely that the world economy as a whole will be "ruined". We're talking about just one country, with a population of less than 11 million: that's less than Ohio.

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[–] mscomies 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago 

It's not quite the same situation though. Iceland's issues stemmed from it's three biggest national banks failing at the same time. The creditors went away when the banks failed. Greece's issues stem from sovereign government debt which won't go away even if the Greeks overthrow their government and replace it with a new one.

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[–] pipispapas 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

thanks I hope we do.

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[–] Rea11yN0tMe [S] 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I thought people would be more worried, but I guess living with this situation that long might make people fatalistic. Any preparations you are making? Stocking up on food or beer?

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[–] pipispapas 0 points 36 points (+36|-0) ago 

lol I'm hiding a lot of cash under the mattress. like drug dealers do in movies