05-26-2010, 11:20 AM | #31 |
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Re: Greece laid low by its decadence
$13,001,000,000,000 and counting, just gots'ta love it, nothing better then going deeper in debt to get out of debt.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
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05-26-2010, 03:30 PM | #32 |
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Re: Greece laid low by its decadence
I dunno. Going to war with a countries on the basis of a lie is kinda neat too.
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05-27-2010, 03:09 AM | #33 |
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Re: Greece laid low by its decadence
I'm surprised everyone just takes the original article at face value. As far as I can see, there are a lot of very negative generalizations about the supposed 'nature' of the Greek populace, but not a single citation to back up any of those claims. Very little in terms of facts, just one long sensationalist rant.
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05-27-2010, 12:13 PM | #34 |
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Re: Greece laid low by its decadence
From an economics perspective, stereotyping and generalizing are perfectly acceptable. Why did Japan have trouble crawling out of its economic slump in the 1990's? Because as a people they are "born to save" which creates a negative feedback loop when the economy needs spending to revive itself. Stereotype? You betcha. Racist? You betcha. True? Again, yes indeed. Useful for understanding the problem? Ayup.
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Re: Greece laid low by its decadence
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