{"id":21155,"date":"2015-07-05T19:12:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T23:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=21155"},"modified":"2015-07-06T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T17:56:21","slug":"greece-what-you-are-not-being-told-by-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2015\/07\/05\/greece-what-you-are-not-being-told-by-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece \u2013 What You are not Being Told by the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nation of Change<\/em> has the story Greece \u2013 What You are not Being Told by the Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nAccording to mainstream media, the current economic crisis in Greece is due to the government spending too much money on its people that it went broke. This claim however, is a lie. It was the banks that wrecked the country so oligarchs and international corporations could benefit.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The value of this article is the description of how austerity is class warfare.<\/p>\n

\nEvery single mainstream media has the following narrative for the economic crisis in Greece: the government spent too much money and went broke; the generous banks gave them money, but Greece still can\u2019t pay the bills because it mismanaged the money that was given. It sounds quite reasonable, right?<\/p>\n

Except that it is a big fat lie \u2026 not only about Greece, but about other European countries such as Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ireland who are all experiencing various degrees of austerity. It was also the same big, fat lie that was used by banks and corporations to exploit many Latin American, Asian and African countries for many decades.<\/p>\n

Greece did not fail on its own. It was made to fail.<\/p>\n

In summary, the banks wrecked the Greek government and deliberately pushed it into unsustainable debt so that oligarchs and international corporations can profit from the ensuing chaos and misery.<\/p>\n

If you are a fan of mafia movies, you know how the mafia would take over a popular restaurant. First, they would do something to disrupt the business \u2013 stage a murder at the restaurant or start a fire. When the business starts to suffer, the Godfather would generously offer some money as a token of friendship. In return, Greasy Thumb takes over the restaurant\u2019s accounting, Big Joey is put in charge of procurement, and so on. Needless to say, it\u2019s a journey down a spiral of misery for the owner who will soon be broke and, if lucky, alive.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s map the mafia story to international finance in four stages.<\/p>\n

Stage 1: The first and foremost reason that Greece got into trouble was the \u201cGreat Financial Crisis\u201d of 2008 that was the brainchild of Wall Street and international bankers.
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\nStage 2 is when the financial time bombs exploded. Commercial and investment banks around the world started collapsing in a matter of weeks. Governments at local and regional level saw their investments and assets evaporate. Chaos everywhere!
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\nStage 3 is when the banks force the government to accept massive debts.
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\nStage 4: Now, the rape and humiliation of a nation begin under the name of \u201causterity\u201d or \u201cstructural reforms.\u201d
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Earlier today, The New York Times<\/em> had the story Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who is going to be hurt more by this turn of events, the debtor nation that supposedly owes the money or the creditor nations who insist on getting the last ounce of blood from the victim?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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