It’s not easy to find some humor in the European fiscal crisis, though this Hitler parody video surely is a classic.
We now have a new video to enjoy.
There are some naughty words, so be forewarned.
And speaking of Greek-related humor, this cartoon is quite good, but this this one is my favorite. And the final cartoon in this post also has a Greek theme.
P.S. If you like Greek-related humor, I have two more posts that have been very popular. The first one features a video about…well, I’m not sure, but we’ll call it a European romantic comedy and the second one has some very un-PC maps of how various peoples – including the Greeks – view different European nations.
I don’t see how the union of a number of European countries who all individually believe in mandatory solidarity i.e. the institutionalized mandatory transfer of wealth from productive to less productive, would have emerged as anything other than an additional layer of transfers, now from productive culture to less productive culture. That is the core incentive and thus main outcome. I’m surprised anyone ever believed that further and further integration, centralization, and homogenization would not inevitably lead to that.
I am thus somewhat amused by the hypocritical “Welfare transfers for me but not for thee” of the citizens of the Northern European Welfare states. If a mediocre Finn has the right to tap into the efforts of other people to help insulate himself from the consequences of mediocrity, how can the same “right” be denied to a Greek, or all Greeks for that matter, in a unified Europe?
So what the German middle class is saying is: ”Hands off from the money of OUR rich! Their wealth is for our own use, not for use by Greeks who are systemically poorer, needier etc.”.
Hence Europe brings the hypocrisy of Democracy to the Limelight:
The only reason why wealth transfers from Germans to Greeks find any meaningful resistance, is that Greeks don’t vote in Germany. But as Europe responds to the crisis by unifying, Greeks will get to either directly or indirectly vote in Germany. German wallets will thus be, predictably, voted away. It is almost amusing to watch this Inter-Country HopNChange play out.
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