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Greece has 6000 islands.
His lives in a house on one the 227 inhabited ones.
He pays his rent writing books and giving talks against capitalism., sharing what he learned in his time as Greek finance minister, when the EU and Germany were crushing Greece with debt and forcing neoliberal policies on them the detriment of its citizens and for the benefit of the banks.
What are your plans for today ?
Crushing Greece with debt Greece chose to take.
If they didn't like EU loans they could have gone to the IMF or, guess what, they could have refused any loans.
But when you accept other people's money (that ultimately comes from taxpayers), refusing to pay it back is a real dick move. An next time you risk that the people who lent you the money will flip you the bird instead.
Capitalism or not.
Edit: downvoters believe in free money
…and if Germany had paid the war reparations they owed, perhaps the Greeks wouldn’t need a loan , because marching your tanks uninvited into another countries territory is “a real dick move “ as you put it .
You're going all the way back to WW2 for your argument? Lol
So the Greek government lying is Nazi's fault? 🤔 Maybe if time travel is involved.