I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period it didn't exactly win us any friends.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
And there was a real shedding of the old dogma, like boundaries of morality were being broken down and everybody was into the new party mode of just loving on each other. Which destroyed thousands of us. I lost 16 of my personal friends through that lifestyle.
A lot of people are in politics to make friends, too, instead of making positive change. They're worried about getting re-elected.
Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.
If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarization and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country.
We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way.
When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?
I'm still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.
Yes, my life has changed in terms of the fame and the success, the number of eye balls on you all the time. I like to believe that it has not changed my ideology, the person that I am. I have people like Anna and my mom, my friends who tell me that.
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.