English: The GDP growth rates of Greece between 1961 and 2010. Data: 1961-2009: World Bank through Google public data viewer. 2010 and Eurozone average: Eurostat. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Patrick Henningsen
Infowars.com
July 12, 2012
Just how bad is the Greek economy? Of all the economic horror stories produced since the banking crisis began in 2007, Greece is perhaps the most frightening to date, and in the wake of the country’s crash, xenophobia is starting to rear its ugly head in Greece.
Unemployment, cuts in public services and an overall lack of confidence has plagued the once proud nation. The bi-products of Greece’s swift economic and social collapse are becoming even more devastating, as violent clashes have shaken the western city of Agrinio, where supporters of the far-right Golden Dawn Party clashed with anarchists, leaving cars and shopwindows smashed, and some people physically injured as a result.
Under the current collapse conditions, Golden Dawn’s influence is rising, gaining some 7 per cent of the total vote in the recent general election. Their agenda is overtly nationalist, populist and far-right to the extreme – and their party symbol is eerily reminiscent of the former German Nazi party.
One young Somalian man in Greece was violently beaten, and then run over (see interview below). He is just one example of a spike in the recent nationalist, racially-motivated violence which has come hand-in-hand with the severe austerity Greece has been forced to endure by their political and economic masters at Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and J.P Morgan.
Where does Far Right Wing extremism traditionally stem from in Europe? Its character often looks as follows: nationalism, racism, anti-immigration and xenophobia, fascism and a strong self-sufficient state. New and emerging parties like the Golden Dawn will naturally have their own individual stamp tailor made for the current political and economic climate – with new social divisions waiting to be discovered and used for political ends. Either way, it spells a return to the darker days of Europe already suffered by the last generation.
The European Common Market and Union was introduced by European elite bureaucrats in order to attain stability and to re-consolidate political and economic power following the fall of Germany at the end of WWII. Following the Cold War and the end of the Berlin Wall, the EU came on the scene with a bang. But that once solid Eurozone is now fraying at the edges, as the the globalists and their international banks have been relentless in preying on a number of smaller EU economies like Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Iceland. The result of this economic trend is a marginalisation of the middle class and the ever-widening gap between the lower classes and the financial and bureaucratic elite.
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The Greeks need exactly the opposite. They need to learn to accept foreign aid and learn from others. Greece fortunately is a beautiful country that can have a heavy industry in terms of Tourism. They don’t have room for xenophobia in my opinion
I have to disagree, the world governments need to scrap the current debt-based financial structure. It is corrupt and under the control of a small group of “elite” people. In their hands, the world has seen more poverty and economic destruction than ever before. Greece was one of most unfortunate first victims of the ruin and chaos that is to come worldwide!
We are talking different things here – While I understand your reply to my comment, I was referring to the greek xenophobia. Being scared of “foreigners” is failure in my book. I am not saying accept everything they ask of you – but don’t ignore it and certainly don’t create a bad image for your country
I agree, being scared of foreigners isn’t the best idea, but being scared of foreign banks and foreign bails outs… every nation should fear that.