The exits epidemic - the US empire must be furious

[DetlefK]

5. Can we stop with rewriting history about Greece? Pretty please?

1. Greece lied to join the Euro.
2. Greece racked up massive debt by spending money it didn't have and doling out tax-cuts it couldn't afford.
3. Greece sent falsified financial documents to the ECB.
4. When Greece could no longer hide its debt and collapsed, Greece honestly expected that people it had lied to for 9 years would all of a sudden believe what Greece was telling them.

"Yeah... My credit-cards are maxed, I'm broke and all that money you gave me over the years is gone. Also, I lied on several banking- and tax-statements. And for the last 9 years I lied to you whenever you asked me how I'm doing. But that is the past. I will change. If you bail me out right here and right now, I will be responsible with money from now on, I won't lie to you ever again and I will stop forging documents. Promise. But first you have to make my debts disappear."

Schäuble wanted a big, comprehensive deal that covered everything and would have taken all factors into account at once.
Varoufakis wanted small quick&dirty solutions that could be implemented right now. That could maybe have saved the greek economy, but what would ensure that Greece would change its ways after its problems had been dealt with?





And can we please stop with the complaints how Greece's treatment from the EU was undemocratic?

For decades, the greek voters voted for corruption, bribery, embezzlement and tax-evasion. For decades.
And they knew perfectly well what they were voting for: the greek corruption was LEGENDARY and it was everywhwere in everyday-life.
The greek voters WANTED corruption, bribery, embezzlement and tax-evasion because they profited of it.
And when their economy hit rock-bottom, the greek voters were all of a sudden no longer fans of corruption, bribery, embezzlement and tax-evasion.

Where was their outrage in the decades before?????????