Friday “Dimitra, a middle-aged woman who lost her [flower] shop in the crisis and now works as a madam on Filis Street. ‘I used to be called Mrs. Dimitra, but now I’ve become a whore.'” And this is what happens when the currency is just degraded. Ho much worse does it get when currencies utterly collapse? I will leave that for the reader to ponder. The fall of social … [Read more...]
Countries
Saturday The modern understanding of a country is somewhere that is under the sway of a particular government. A closer inspection reveals that this is not what a country really is. A country is a place where the occupants live according to agreed morals (social values) and where traditions and aspirations are in general accord. Only once these foundations are already … [Read more...]