I cannot pull away from the Greek debate - nothing is getting done, as I think about the injustices of the 1% v 99% & people w/ little 'value' and no voice against the banking system. When activists in the sixties voiced concerns about society - myself included - wow, did we ever drop the ball- We should have pressed on for a fair system & accountability. How did the power become so very skewed, in favor of corporations and banks & the few running that system. Where is our humanity?
This is about Justice, Democracy & fair-play! How can the world stand by & watch one nation in the EU suffer w/ hunger, loss of jobs, lack of basic needs & high suicide. The humiliation and deprivation f/b/o banking system is unjustifiable. The Greeks will lead to the change that is required & my personal hope is that US will follow & provide more for people to avert a similar history. It is beyond an abomination that IMF, World Bank & all those Equity Firms - who are NOT elected & are NOT accountable to anyone - have so much power & sway on our lives!
"Since the euro crisis broke out in 2010, large swaths of the continent have fallen under the rule of institutions that find it almost impossible to deal with democracy. Most important are the European Central Bank – unelected and almost totally unaccountable – and Juncker’s European commission: neither directly nor even indirectly answerable to the Greeks, Portuguese, Irish and Spanish who have lost jobs, wages and benefits at its command." Aditya Chakrabortty /The Guardian
This is about Justice, Democracy & fair-play! How can the world stand by & watch one nation in the EU suffer w/ hunger, loss of jobs, lack of basic needs & high suicide. The humiliation and deprivation f/b/o banking system is unjustifiable. The Greeks will lead to the change that is required & my personal hope is that US will follow & provide more for people to avert a similar history. It is beyond an abomination that IMF, World Bank & all those Equity Firms - who are NOT elected & are NOT accountable to anyone - have so much power & sway on our lives!
"Since the euro crisis broke out in 2010, large swaths of the continent have fallen under the rule of institutions that find it almost impossible to deal with democracy. Most important are the European Central Bank – unelected and almost totally unaccountable – and Juncker’s European commission: neither directly nor even indirectly answerable to the Greeks, Portuguese, Irish and Spanish who have lost jobs, wages and benefits at its command." Aditya Chakrabortty /The Guardian
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