In Greece, the Gripe Remains the Same

by RJ Moeller

Values and Capitalism
February 13, 2012

While the music industry fiddled in Hollywood last night at the 54th Grammy’s, the birthplace of Western civilization—Greece—burned. Literally.

After learning of yet another series of unavoidable budget cuts passing their parliament, the over-unionized descendants of Aristotle, Plato and the austere Spartan warrior took to the streets in order to exact revenge on the very leaders they themselves have voted for over the past half-century. Trapped in a self-made quagmire of bailouts and threats of bankruptcy, the people of Greece are lashing out at a system of government that began bribing the current generation’s parents and grandparents with “Bowl of subsidized soup for your birthright?” policies 60 years ago and never looked back.

Greek politicians have never had to. Their customers were hooked from the first sweet taste.

But just like all good episodes of VH1’s Behind The Music, eventually the narcotic-induced, high-off-the-hog living lifestyle must come to a crashing halt.

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