Showing posts with label political system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political system. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Changing Things Unseen: The National Narrative and Dominant Ideology as the Cause of the Greek Problem; A Proposal for Transferring its Center of Gravity

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.” Edmund Burk, Parliament, May 5th 1789.

All across Greece, something is stirring. It is one of those rare moments in history where so many agree to something so fundamental. The country must change. The question is: “To which direction and how?” Any attempt to answer this question has as its prerequisite the examination of an underlying cause, of an initial “why” of our collective failure.