Greece isn't a democracy now it's run through a troika - three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what they can and can't do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.
We're on our way to Greece, in the hands of a confused, foolish government. It's got to stop. It's got to stop.
Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
The country needs someone with experience and determination to make tough decisions. All the money aside, it is important that Greece restore its reputation.
How can a parliamentarian or a leader in a country say, on the one hand, that we're going to support Greece but at the same time say that Greeks are lazy?
It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.
The critical thing about Western democracy is the fact that you usually have a transition of power without bloodshed. That is an enormous advantage. But still, democracy as we know it was only invented recently in the West, historical speaking. It did not really work in ancient Rome. It functioned for less than 200 years in ancient Athens.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.
The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here.