Dennis R wrote:
> There are tons of other reasons, but I wouldn't discount the factor of
> Imperial suicide. The Empire hates itself, you know. As an American, I
> can feel this self-hatred intensely.
Better, I think, to stick to the "tons of other reasons" you name, rather than engage in this kind of guilt-ridden, handwringing psychobabble.
This is especially unseemly in the case of Greece (or the other "PIIGS" states), where the responsible parties sit in Frankfurt and Berlin.
So stop your self-hating guilt trip already: it is German capital and the German state which is crushing the proletariat of the European periphery under its boot. Read Andreas Wehr, his writings on Greece have been invaluable, I think maybe Yoshie has even translated some of his stuff for MRZine, but if not I volunteer to do so: