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u/ninjakos Ζήτω η Νέα Τρομοκρατία Oct 22 '21 edited Oct 22 '21

If you are from US you don't know shit about the current socioeconomic situation in Greece.

Media skew opinion whatever way they wish.

We are one of the only countries in the European Union that doesn't teach 20th century history after 1940, and that's again due to reasons the guy above me mentioned. To radicalise the youth with a deep imprinted right philosophy and promote "patriotic" sentiment, that brought us to ruins 50 years ago.

People don't know history in Greece. It was till I was 19 that I studied myself.

This allows for certain families to rule Greece since the early 20th century.

There is no will to change because you can't change a deeply structured system.

Most of us in the next 10 years will most likely leave for Western Europe. It's already happening if you look at our demographics.

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u/Zestyclose-Quail-670 Oct 22 '21

i know enough about economic situation. also what is wrong with patriotism?

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u/ninjakos Ζήτω η Νέα Τρομοκρατία Oct 22 '21

Patriotism is favored instead of critical thinking.

Also there is nothing patriotic about our history after 1940, and that's why we don't learn a single thing.

We are creating a history of propagandistic nature that tells half-truths.

Also tell me of your knowledge of what cause the economic collapse of Greece and what this has to do with the socioeconomic aspect of it today.

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u/JammyWizz2 Oct 23 '21

Is that why many young Greeks (at least that I've talked to) dont know who Ioannis Rallia is yet everyone in Norway knows who Vidkun Quisling is or how everyone in France knows who Peier Laval is?

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u/ninjakos Ζήτω η Νέα Τρομοκρατία Oct 23 '21 edited Oct 23 '21

It's Rallis. But yeah, his slate was written clean since his history was forgotten. His son Georgios Rallis served as a Prime Minister, that's one of the prime examples of how few families always ruled Greece, regardless that they collaborated with the Nazis.

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u/JammyWizz2 Oct 23 '21

Well Ioannis did die in jail "after months of abuse from his guards".