Believe me, I hate to talk politics, but this situation invites speculation. Greece has become an incubator for reactionary spirits- not exactly in the positive sense of the word.
Kids who have learned about life from videogames and reality TV. Today they seek to destroy a society that gave them too much to eat and too little to dream of. Financial crises and environmental disasters- if the world's just about to end, we might as well finish
it ourselves.
Adrenalin mixing with rage. We watch the city burn, night after night. Horrified yet tempted. Suddenly the road home seems like a pretty scary place. The law of the streets states that anything is permitted. How can you condemn something you understand?
And the older generations, they have long become accustomed to being robbed, and used and lied to by politicians, priests and salesmen of all kinds. But now their precious cars are in flames, their holy shop-windows lie in pieces, their children roam out of control, and the foundations of their sweet, self-righteous, gold-glazed certainty have began to shake...
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
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