Beware of Greeks - Democracy breeds too many bad habits

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Subject:	Re: Beware of Greeks
Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:23:10 -0800
From:	Jas Jain

Hock: "Gee, I can't wait to visit this chithole. I was in Athens a few years back and remember commenting back then what a dirty, filthy city it was. So this isn't too much of a surprise. If you live like a pig, you probably should act like one. I wonder if Greeks ever wash their hands?"

 

You wouldn't have to wait for too long, Hock. It is coming to a city near you, right here in United Dopeland of America! Democracy destroyed ancient Greece, from which it never fully recovered, and it would destroy America. Democracy breeds too many bad habits including indiscipline and that never fails to destroy a society. It never fails to bring bad leaders to power, e.g., Obama, Bernanke, Barney Frank, and Pelosi (four most powerful economic policymakers). The same happened in ancient Greece and after that it was all over. Both Plato and Aristotle were critical of democracy and blamed it for the problems. Socrates got the death sentence at the hands of democrats and Aristotle had to skip town! Modern democracy is the system of the crooked capitalists and it has achieved its objective. It takes time to destroy the old institutions but in America it has been finally achieved. Rogue economists (the best minds that the money can buy!) exist to support the capitalist crooks.

 

Pride cometh before the fall. American hubris would end in tears. Greece is just a dress rehearsal for profligate democracies. California is in just as bad a shape as Greece in terms of fiscal problems. The state has $120B of pension funds deficit heading to $250B. American dopes have fully adapted the entitlement mentality so un-American. Today's America and its leadership is un-American compared to its past.

Jas

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Elena Becatoros, Associated Press Writer, On Thursday March 11, 2010, 9:44 am EST
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as tens of thousands demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures.

Hundreds of masked and hooded youths punched and kicked motorcycle police, knocking several off their bikes, as riot police responded with volleys of tear gas and stun grenades.

The violence spread after the end of the march to a nearby square, where police faced off with stone-throwing anarchists and suffocating clouds of tear gas sent patrons scurrying from open-air cafes. //

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