Greece: The rage of Achilles, over and over | N. Konstandaras on Greece

“Today, after 37 years of unprecedented prosperity, our two-party political system did not manage to build on this stability. Instead, it cultivated division. When the two major parties alternate in power with such ease, each taking on the other’s role in government or in opposition, they undermine ideologies and institutions. Politics remains a personal business, incapable of getting past the weaknesses of its protagonists. Whichever party is in power undertakes reforms that it does not believe in, while the main opposition party (which may have proposed these very changes while in office) fights them mercilessly.”

Does this sound familiar?  It does to me.

I’m a big fan of Nikos Konstandaras.  He is a beautiful writer.   His most recent piece on the Greek crisis is at the link below:

ekathimerini.com | The rage of Achilles, over and over.