Hermes wrote:Paphitis wrote:The problem with Greece is its people! If you transplant Greeks into Australia and Australians to Greece, then I guarantee you that Greece will go from strength to strength while Australia collapses into a heap!
That is a pathetic answer, Paphitis. Even by your lamentable standards of late. Greeks abroad do very well. Are they not Greeks then? Aren't Greek Americans successful? Greek Australians? Greeks in London? It's just sheer stupidity to blame the "Greek people" as if Greece's problems are the result of a genetic deficiency.
Wherever Greeks go they are successful, productive and creative. Also, are the Greeks to blame because Italy, Spain, the UK, Ireland and Portugal are all in debt and their economies struggling? Or are the Spanish, British, Italian and Portuguese people all equally deficient in your eyes? If the Australian economy goes tits up are we supposed to conclude that the Australians are a bunch of useless sheep-shaggers, convicts and runaways? What kind of nonsense is this?
The Greek state and economy has many issues and problems that stifle the Greek people and don't encourage them. Problems that also exist in other countries. To argue that the failings in the Greek and European economies are the result of a genetic flaw is just crass, stupid and vindictive.
There is a big difference between older generation Greeks that migrated to other countries in the 50s and 60s Hermes. There was a work ethic amongst them, and they had to learn to establish themselves in Foreign Lands and within the workforce or live a sad existance.
This work ethic does not exist in Greece today!
No industry you can write home about, just tourism and agriculture!
They found these industries in the countries they migrated to and had to work in factories to earn their living.
