The Greek Riots: Some Basic Facts (Part Two)

This video is an attempt to explain the origins of the 2008 riots in Greece, as they are rooted in Greek history and politics, and especially in the everyday life of Greek people.

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News & Politics

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• Greece
• Greek
• riots
• socialism
• anarchism
• capitalism
• politics
• protest
• PASOK
• Nea Dimokratia
• history
• Greek junta
• EU
• Simitis
• Karamanlis
• Alexandros Grigoropoulos

[norcofreerider604]

Greece has never experienced capitalism, only corporatism and cronyism.

[JonasKyratzes]

@norcofreerider604 And who has experieced "true" capitalism, then?

[timob12]

get a job you lazy Greeks, I wish I could retire at 55.

[JonasKyratzes]

You should be ashamed of yourself for talking without reading up on anything. Obviously you didn't even watch this video, which showed the intensely bad economic situation most Greek people face. Not only cannot most Greek people retire at 55, they cannot live off the miniscule pensions they get. In fact, many Greek people cannot even live off their salaries, which are 1/3 of a normal European salary while product prices are the same as in Europe.

[Sun0fABeach]

Thanks a lot for the insight! Much better and more informative than all the mainstream media distortion.

[GlennMendozaUSA]

@JonasKyratzes Not many countries have, due to the fiat currencies of the Federal Reserve. The whole key to capitalism is actually having legimiate capital whereby the money is backed by gold, silver or commodities etc... America has had corporatism/cronyism for most of our history. The problems of the world are caused by a lack free markets and human liberty.

[DrPepx]

This is exactly the same political situation in my country...the parallels are astounding, i'm a 100% we'll see the same kind of riots and social unrest here in a couple of years, maybe less.

[TheReaperMedic]

I applaud Greece. If only we Americans would wake up. The parallels between our situations are so many it's almost scary.

[blackmesa10]

There isnt that many provcuters i mean i agree There i some but alot of the radicals are real

[supertsiable]

nice video.the bad thing is that things are going worse here in greece and there is no hope in the horizon...every party is ''fighting'' for more votes & doesn't care about the people,a majority votes for these parties so they can gain anything out of it,corruption is increasing,there is no justice and equality against the law,basic sallary is 560 euros now,the age of retirement is going to be risen,all the greek media are using fear and mind control...i' m afraid of how the future will be...

[Gnomeslair]

Amazingly, people are still stupid or informed enough to believe that capitalism could survive with the (capitalist obviously) state. Unfortunately I'm not here to inform them.

[monkeyjoe9]

@JonasKyratzes I think the next evolution in the human race would involve ditching the capitalist way and tryiing to find a new way. Just ask yourself, if I was an evolved race, would I really not keep the planet I live on clean just becuase it is not profitable?

[QuantumKoala]

@QuantumKoala You can see this very same thing happening in your midst. The creation of the Euro is a similar thing. Greece was doing just fine till the EU began meddling in their affairs via an central international banking system and the corresponding government regulation and collusion. This is undermining the ability of the Greeks to actually produce goods and services with remunerations commensurate to the abilities of the persons who produce them. Take your money back and they beg you!

[QuantumKoala]

@JonasKyratzes. The United States of America experienced true capitalism prior to the industrial age and the rise of centralized banks with the corresponding corruption related to their funding folks such as Morgan and Rockefeller along with government collusion. Up to that point in time the US had the largest middle class in the world bar none. It is now that these bank made companies have become monstrous and unanswerable to the very people who's money built and sustains them... continued...