Στο άρθρο που ακολουθεί ο γνωστός δημοσιογράφος Θάνος Δημάδης καταθέτει την απαισιοδοξία του για το μέλλον της Ελλάδος, απαισιοδοξία που πηγάζει από το γεγονός ότι στην Ελλάδα υπάρχει μια ελίτ που κυβερνάει ελέγχοντας καίριους τομείς της οικονομίας, τους πολιτικούς και τα MME. Πρόκειται για μια ελίτ που, ενώ επιβάλλει στον ελληνικό λαό απάνθρωπες περικοπές, διατηρεί τα προνόμια και τα κέρδη της στο ακέραιο και μάλιστα συμπορευόμενη με τις επιταγές της τρόικας ενδυναμώνει τόσο τη θέση της όσο και τα οφέλη της. Τα παραπάνω είναι ο βασικός λόγος της αντίδρασης των ελλήνων πολιτών, καθώς και της πηγής του φαινομένου μια ευάριθμη μερίδα τους να στρέφεται προς τον εξτρεμισμό, κυρίως τον ακροδεξιό.
(Ζητώ συγνώμη που λόγω έλλειψης χρόνου δεν το μετέφρασα από τα αγγλικά, αν και νομίζω ότι ελάχιστοι αναγνώστες αυτού του blog θα έχουν πρόβλημα να το διαβάσουν).
One of the major mistakes that international and European observers often make in their analyses about Greece is that they focus way too much on the problem rather than the roots of it. The nature of these roots is much more political rather than an economic one. For example we have heard many a time about the necessity for Greece to go forward with the structural reforms, put its fiscal house in order and correct the imbalances of its completely dysfunctional economic system. As many of these recommendations, though, have to do about what must be changed in the field of the economy, a most significant matter is neglected that all seem not to want to speak about. And "it's not about the economy, stupid." But it is about the "dictatorship of the elites" that Greece has been suffering from for the last three decades or more. In my view, this is the core reason of the very difficult situation that the country is in today. Moreover, this is also the reason of why I am rather pessimistic that there is space for Greece to get back on track sometime in the near future as long as these elites keep ruling the country.
(Ζητώ συγνώμη που λόγω έλλειψης χρόνου δεν το μετέφρασα από τα αγγλικά, αν και νομίζω ότι ελάχιστοι αναγνώστες αυτού του blog θα έχουν πρόβλημα να το διαβάσουν).
The "Dictatorship of the Elites" in Greece
One of the major mistakes that international and European observers often make in their analyses about Greece is that they focus way too much on the problem rather than the roots of it. The nature of these roots is much more political rather than an economic one. For example we have heard many a time about the necessity for Greece to go forward with the structural reforms, put its fiscal house in order and correct the imbalances of its completely dysfunctional economic system. As many of these recommendations, though, have to do about what must be changed in the field of the economy, a most significant matter is neglected that all seem not to want to speak about. And "it's not about the economy, stupid." But it is about the "dictatorship of the elites" that Greece has been suffering from for the last three decades or more. In my view, this is the core reason of the very difficult situation that the country is in today. Moreover, this is also the reason of why I am rather pessimistic that there is space for Greece to get back on track sometime in the near future as long as these elites keep ruling the country.
