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I couldn’t help thinking: maybe it will be the case that rejecting “austerity” policies will turn out to be an economic mistake for the people of Greece. But I knew about referenda: and if there is a majority vote in a referendum, it is by law the will of the people, and in a democracy, their decision must be enacted. So you can have your opinion about whether austerity would be smart or not in this context, but if the people have a real nation-state, their referendum will, willy-nilly, determine what happens in their country; and if the people’s decision turns out to be a mistake — well, it is their mistake to make, with their own country, in their own Parliament.
“Oh no,” explained the driver. “The EU ministers were in this car before you. The referendum is purely cosmetic. It will be ignored. Whatever happens, they are going ahead with austerity.”
I was dumbfounded.
But as it turned out - the BBC driver was exactly right. The people of Greece voted against austerity. But they were not to get it.
I was at Youtube and looked at 4 different videos of today's Greenvest march. Every single one of them, are video footage, of the front of the line, where the Police, Press and the Greenvest organizers are marching. The rabble way off in the back of the crowd, not once shown up close.
There seems to be one official view point, that I have counted about 5 different video feeds, from different cameras catching the same up front angle of the front of the march.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-izJtQ9-R8&source=patrick.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roZLFXqdhLQ&source=patrick.net