Greece — The One Biggest Lie You Are Being Told By The Media
By Truth and Satire
Every single mainstream media has the following narrative for the
economic crisis in Greece: the government spent too much money and went
broke; the generous banks gave them money, but Greece still can’t pay
the bills because it mismanaged the money that was given. It sounds
quite reasonable, right?
Except that it is a big fat lie … not only about Greece, but about
other European countries such as Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ireland who
are all experiencing various degrees of austerity. It was also the same
big, fat lie that was used by banks and corporations to exploit many
Latin American, Asian and African countries for many decades.
Greece did not fail on its own. It was made to fail.
In summary, the banks wrecked the Greek government, and then
deliberately pushed it into unsustainable debt … while
revenue-generating public assets were sold off to oligarchs and
international corporations. The rest of the article is about how and
why.
If you are a fan of mafia movies, you know how the mafia would take
over a popular restaurant. First, they would do something to disrupt the
business – stage a murder at the restaurant or start a fire. When the
business starts to suffer, the Godfather would generously offer some
money as a token of friendship. In return, Greasy Thumb takes over the
restaurant’s accounting, Big Joey is put in charge of procurement, and
so on. Needless to say, it’s a journey down a spiral of misery for the
owner who will soon be broke and, if lucky, alive.
Now, let’s map the mafia story to international finance in four stages.
