Greece's Government Stands Up To... No-one

In the continuing saga of misinformation and, it is rumoured, censorship, Greece's new government continues to hoodwink a willing population to believe it is the David that is standing up against Goliath.

Goliath is the enemy who has imposed austerity upon the poor nation. And has taken away that nation's dignity.

Accordingly, Greece's governing party  and the media towing the party line have turned to the Germans as the best candidates to take on the role of the enemy.

Because Greece's government propaganda needs, it seems, an enemy.


Only one snag: there is no enemy to speak of, only European partners in a European Union that includes Germany along with another 26 countries.

But there is a lot of clowning:
* from Greece's Finance Minister who still believes in bullshit talking  despite money walking;
* from the Ms Rachel Makri, a tribute to jokes about blondes, who claims that she (Greece) can print money whenever the country needs liquidity;
* the minister who believe in lowering the standards of education, in cutting off investment and privatisation, in a centrally controlled economy with municipal control units;
* the same ministers promising relief to the poor and public sector recruitment in the same breath. In the next breath, they request that people pay their taxes;
* By the the (extreme right wing) minister of Defence who threatens the Eurogroup with terrorist reaction if the Group does not authorise further aid to Greece;

* By the phantasmagorical bullshit that Greece's government is reshaping Europe;
* By all the media who lavishly exalt the government's successes abroad, their victories, the new era in European politics;

** By the fact that none of the above exists outside the minds of Greece's confused electorate.

The fact that someone stands up to someone else is fine, especially if there is reason to do so. In this case there isn't, even Germany's Finance Minister, not known for his sense of humour, seems to think Greece's government is out to amuse people -- or confuse everyone. Not surprisingly, he doesn't understand a thing of what Greece's government officials are saying.




At the moment, no-one is standing up to anyone; Greece's politicians are pretending to do so, presumably to make people back home feel proud.

There is nothing to feel proud of, unfortunately.

The sad truth is that people outside home feel pitiful rather than anything else. Greece's previous government projected a loser profile. The present government is all over the place and sounds like a thwarted adolescent.

Greece deserves better.