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In reply to the discussion: Syriza in shock over creditors' demands [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)13. Time for Greece to recite part of this document:
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness...
~ The American Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776.
Repeated until the end of time, around the globe. No matter the fallout that ensues, the ideal remains the same.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness...
~ The American Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776.
Repeated until the end of time, around the globe. No matter the fallout that ensues, the ideal remains the same.

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You would think someone has a secret emergency plan developed in the last 6 months. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#2
"it’s a grotesque betrayal of everything the European project was supposed to stand for"
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#16
You can't lay all of Greece's financial problems at the feet of a few oligarchs or bankers
mythology
Jul 2015
#44
You can't call it a "swindle" when they were paying Goldman Sachs to lie for them
Recursion
Jul 2015
#51
Merkel as a hardliner is a myth spun by the ones who paint her photo with a Hitler mustache
DFW
Jul 2015
#46
I guess in the scenario listed they would be printing Drachmas like mad? I dont think folks rooting
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#25
Hey there, Depaysement...you probably still have me on 'ignore', but on the off-chance...
Surya Gayatri
Jul 2015
#59
The Greek Civil War - 1946–1949. Today's Greeks (by 66.5%) want to stay in the EU and the Euro-zone
Surya Gayatri
Jul 2015
#58
makes you wonder which German Bank put so fresh cash in Tsipras' Swiss bank account
JCMach1
Jul 2015
#5
So that thing about the referendum "no" vote strengthening Greece's negotiating position,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2015
#12
Unfortunately he choose a finance minister that wrote a book on game theory and not
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#17
It doesn't matter, this is what precipitated the Greek actions that brought it to a head. n/t
freshwest
Jul 2015
#40
So if my brother-in-law who already owes me a lot of money begs me for another loan,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2015
#19
It's called a "debt colony" and it's how Europe treated most of Africa and Asia for years
Recursion
Jul 2015
#54
Intentionally confusing "extortion" and "coercion" for a better-sounding bumper sticker?
LanternWaste
Jul 2015
#61
I thought this was an interesting view on Greece's debt & one not mentioned much
dflprincess
Jul 2015
#39