Greece is trashing the economy of the whole world ( Archived) (95)

?? FRIEND YOU WORRY ABOUT THE ECONOMY OF MY COUNTRY OR FOR YOUR COUNTRY?MAYBE YOUR COUNTRY MUST WORRY BECAUSE WE CANT BUY A GUNS AND MISSILES FROM USA,SORRY BUT THE LOCKHEED LOST THE FIRST COSTUMER NO MONEY NO GUNS, AND MUST INFORM YOU ALL THE GREEK MONEY USED TO MAKE RICH THE GUNS MARKETS.

After all...who´s been electing the same governement´s for such a long time,-and who´s been retiring at the age of 53-57???And,-living in a high-tech world,means growing crops,olivs won´t get you nowhere....At least 15% of the nations economy is based on tourism,-and that´s a sign of an undeveloped nation....What about space-science,DNA-science,nano,high developed IT-technique,infrastructure,medicine-science,envoirement-technique....maybe I´m wrong,-but I can´t recall any wellknown Greek names among these fields....And getting bonuses just to get in time for work,2 paychecks extra every year,(summer/Christmas),getting money for doing nothing....who pays...me,-working til 65,(Sweden)...And I hate when nations like Greece or likewise always blaming someone else for their own failure...What you give is what you get...

I agree with you.... Since independence in the 1830s, Greece has been in a state of default about 50% of the time.

Never said the Greeks are lazy,-and it´s not really the matter of Greece,-but general speaking,-"unsucceful"nations always blaming the opposite for their own failures....The list can go on forever...But in a high-tech world,with such a competition,-you have to keep up,and dreaming/talking bout old,glorious days won´t get you nowhere...It´s the same here,I´m afraid....,-and since I´m working til 65,-I have no understanding that people retire at 55,-in the end,-someone has to pay.....And yes,-you can pick out particular innovators and companies,-but 1 or 2 won´t make a difference....to keep a multi-million population running....And just to cool you down,-it´s the same scenery here,-even thou we haven´t declined that much yet....But govenement spendings are far above tax-income,-and I can´t/won´t blame anyone else for it....Remember,-you cast the vote...no-one else is doing that for you....

The once great Byzantine Empire existed long before the Crusaders of Western Europe barged into Constantinople. The financial situation was already precarious and Greece proper was a semi independent, mostly self ruling 'province' of that empire. Greeks were not its single largest ethnic nor racial/ tribal group that made up the ruling elite. The Crusaders only made their situation worse in the end. What the Templars learned or set up was only after they got there, not before and is , really irrelevant to the fact that the Greek provinces was a huge drain on the treasury of the Empire. It may have had self governing abilities, but it was never self sufficient to even raise enough to pay for its own troops or equipment, let alone the any garrisons of foreign troops there to help secure its defense from any direction. This was also one of the main problems the Romans had to contend with...Financial irresponsibility is and was endemic there even before the Romans arrived. That is the point. Nothing has been learned by the Greeks in the ways of being financially responsible in all these centuries. Ancient Greece and Rome are totally irrelevant to the financial catastrophes over the centuries of mismanagement and basic irresponsibility.