1/ Greece is an aging country with a population of ~11 million and a GDP of ~242 billion. SV: 7 million, 535B.
@polemitis It really needs to downsize into a much simpler city-state structure somehow to reflect its actual future needs/capabilities
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@vgr & for a variety of reasons (good &bad), carried the defense burden all by itself, several multiples of GDP % > than richer EU countries -
@polemitis Culturally is there strong affinity to Russia anyway, via eastern orthodox church? Perhaps that's inevitable orbit. - 1 more reply
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@vgr the only actual workable solution is for EU to federalize further. Greece as a city-state would get picked up by Russia/ChinaThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr and then, after the EU has "saved" a few B euros (not really, because Greece would default hard if it fell out of EU/EZ), then the USThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr would spend a few tens of billions to bring Greece back into a Western orbit. It is quite literally the SE border of Europe withThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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