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Ezana  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Greeks go to the polls in half an hour.

Me too. A contact of mine in Greece, for what it's worth, is convinced that Golden Dawn holding any power is impossible, that the military dislikes them and that there would be a coup if they took power. He's a Major in the Greek army, though I believe with the way the Greek army is structure, that just means he's been in the reserve officer corp for a while and has fucked up; I don't know how much influence he has. But I'm hopeful.





user-inactivated  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's a part of me that doesn't like the idea of coups. They often seem to create more problems than they solve. Thailand for example seems to have one every decade or so. The coup in Egypt created a new boss that was just like the old. I'm sure if I looked up even more examples of coups in the 20th and 21st century, I'd find a pretty poor track record.

Ezana  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, coups are pretty terrible, as a rule. But even another Junta would be better for Greece than a Golden Dawn government, I think.