tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post1058246881415704983..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: Life Ain't Fair To Unknown Passengerskleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-42241256466140693682017-11-07T11:07:30.639+01:002017-11-07T11:07:30.639+01:00The unknown passengers versus the clever operators...The unknown passengers versus the clever operators.<br />That should be a simple equation in a democracy, if there are more unknown passengers they can govern and rule in such a way that the clever operators cannot operate. But nothing in Greece is ever simple. I think that a majority consider them self clever operators. Out of this majority many are not very clever, they are in fact unknown passengers being taken for a ride by the real operators. They let them steal and cheat a little, thereby convincing them they are better off with the existing system.<br />That "the country was build on the unknown passenger's labor" is a myth even Syriza has given up on. The modern Greek welfare state was built on debt driven consumption and EU grants.<br />That life ain't fair you can see on the GINI coefficient, from 2008 to 2012 it went from 33,6 to 36,6. If that does not convince me I can go for a walk, I don't live in the most prosperous district of Attica.<br />Lennard Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com