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[–] Soupias 0 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago 

People are surprisingly calm about it. If you exclude the ATM queues, everything is business as usual. After 5 years of being told that 'you are on the brink of the abyss' people do not care that much. We are on a difficult spot where we have to chose between:

  1. Voting yes, and keep on an austerity program that clearly does not work and makes things worse.
  2. Voting no, and go into uncharted waters with the hope that after some time things will get better.

I would like to stay that the dominant way of thinking about this is as follows: -Most people thinking of voting no. Even if it leads to dangerous waters. -People think that the austerity program is not working. -People think that it is better to risk it all than stick with something that does not work. They see the program as postponing the inevitable. They are voting NO and it is not that they do not want to 'Pay the debts'. Most people are OK with austerity and recognise the need to reform. It is just that austerity brings further recession and the debt is getting bigger instead of smaller. The thing is that financially active people are getting less and less as more are joining the unemployment line. In order to get the results that Europe wants they are trying to squeeze more and more money out of a shrinking portion of the population, those that still have a job.

When you are about 30% unemployment and you vote for measures that are certain to bring further recession, what can you hope for?

TL;DR: The vast majority of Greeks would accept a painful program that would bring results but are against one that does not work. They feel that all this we have been through in the last five years are for nothing. It is not like we are ate square zero, we are in even worse shape than when all this started.

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[–] Rea11yN0tMe [S] 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

I think I would also go with no. There will be some time of chaos with a devalued Drachma because imports will become drastically more expensive, especially petrol. But at the same time Greece becomes more competitive as well. For example I can see a big upswing in tourism when Greece becomes an affordable destination again. So all the best from my corner of the Internet!

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[–] Rea11yN0tMe [S] 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

In Athens its half past midnight now and as all Greeks have told us: "Except for the ATM queues, everything is surprisingly normal".

So as the revolution has been postponed, everybody in Greece has gone to bed to work hard tomorrow and to pay back the debts.

Hence as a thank you to the Greek contributors, Ladies and Gentlemen, please rise in honor of the National Anthem of Greece as played at the 2012 London Olympics:
https://youtu.be/3knwQyd3mXY

Edit: Paging /u/pipispapas /u/Soupias and /u/Guerilla to say thanks with this comment because it's prettty far down.

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[–] Yukken 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I remember listening to a podcast that mentioned ATMs and banks would close the week before implementing martial law. Of course, I realize saying that sounds a little 'out there.' I can try and find the video on Youtube where it was being discussed. Other than that, I don't have any real sources to back this up, unfortunately. /:

Stay alert, stock up, and be prepared. Good luck to you! (:

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[–] HP48GX 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I didn't have a job and was living with my mother before.

I still won't have a job and still be living with my mother afterwards.

No change and no care in the world. I'm actually a couple months from suicide, maybe slit my wrists with my physics diploma, finally put it to good use.

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[–] TerryB 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Is there anyway you can work with people in your community to come up with a local currency and/or barter system? Even bitcoins but I get that people of all ages are not so into that. This is how others in other countries have managed to keep busy when times like this happened and how you stick it to the bankers. Hope you are just joking about the suicide part, we need people like you to mobilize.

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[–] HP48GX 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

does it look like greeks are any good at managing their finances?

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

I'm in a similar situation to you in Ireland, except I have a degree in Business and Japanese. I've also just come out of a 4 year relationship which kinda ended due to me being unable still a job and all the spinoff effects that has for a man. If you want to chat anytime i'm here anyway, it's fucking shit but I don't think i'll be taking that alternative route yet as I know if I was living in a different country my life would be different and it's the same for you too regardless of how you're feeling at the moment.

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[–] 404_SLEEP_NOT_FOUND 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Sigh.... a giant news story developing and I will never know about it because of how shitty /r/news has become.

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[–] TheRedditExodus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There are many other sources of news than just reddit you know.

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[–] 404_SLEEP_NOT_FOUND 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Such as...?