Basic bitch muh GDP posting: By per capita GDP, Greece is now the 4th poorest state in the EU (ahead of only Romania, Croatia, and Bulgaria, in that order going down). They found money/a rational to invite in millions of migrants, but fuck the Greeks right? Let them rot.
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Greece has essentially just had a lost decade economically. Per capita they’re almost exactly where they were in 2010. Meanwhile the Russians have picked up $6K despite US attempts to isolate & crush them. And Turkey has picked up $11K from 2010. W/o EU membership.
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North western Euros have had relatively strong growth. The East definitely have. Even the Meds: Portugal/Cyprus performed sub par since 2010. But for all the doomsday talk, both Italy & Spain performed pretty well. Literally only one of 28 stagnated: Greece. Muh solidarity tho.
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My thought would be, if I really cared about “solidarity” & “ever closer union”: Look, perverse incentives are a thing. We can’t keep bailing out the feckless Greeks. But one of our own has fallen behind. We’ll have to find a way to stop this bad behavior BUT we will save them.
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If we have to literally buy them off (they are a tiny country of 10M ppl, small economy). I mean, we bought 75M ppl in Eastern Europe w/ our gibs. We’ll buy the Greeks too. But instead it’s the troika, Germans high & mighty about fiscal responsibility. But invaders are welcome.
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Germany will play hard ball w/ Greece but they’ll throw their own elderly out of homes to house invaders. And pretend they don’t have money when they sit down at the table w/ Greece. Like they’re at home pinching pennies. Again: Greece needs to learn a lesson but come on man.
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The whole system is set up to benefit north Euros (esp Germany). Interest rates favorable to their needs, free trade so they have somewhere to export, common currency to put everyone else in their market (the Euro is stand in for German Mark) And you give the profits to invaders
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And to be clear: to the extent the meme is true (another German empire, this one economic, w/ vessels in tow), I’m ok w/ it. I don’t care what they do. Cuck island wants to leave? Ok. But don’t talk piously abt “solidarity” & then let Greece collapse/forbid them from leaving
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Bro western Europe needs workers but wont take in Greek youth. Who are crazy educated. Same with Polish and other eastern European countries that are part of the EU.
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I remember the Polish plumber meme. “These god damned Poles coming over here & ruining England.” Meanwhile Rotherham. Acid attacks. A soldier stabbed to death in broad daylight in the street. But the curry is so good you know.
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Poland sends firefighters but its youth aren't good enough. Eastern Euros take the most dangerous jobs and are forced to compete with outsiders as a way to punish them. Its just elitism at play.
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