No hay trampa más mortal que la que uno se tiende a sí mismo

¿Cómo un tipo capaz de decir que "Europa está haciendo terrorismo con Grecia" puede todavía despertar simpatías? (ver la meliflua prensa española hoy, como Zarzalejos). Es lo que ha despachado esta mañana Varoufakis en el Mundo. ¿No les suena el estilo panfletario?
Por si han perdido la memoria, aquí dos testimonios de universitarios griegos, un profesor y un alumno (que romo de la página abierta del Daily Talegraph) que explican por qué votarán SÍ en el referéndum, y de paso nos descubren paralelismos con España que muchos no quieren ver. El testimonio del profesor no tiene desperdicio. "Aquí en Grecia tenemos comunismo, no capitalismo, sin embargo todo el mundo culpa al capitalismo de sus males". ¿Les suena? a continuación dice: "Todo el mundo vive del estado, incluso el sector privado de varias maneras, por ejemplo no pagando impuestos y nioser perseguidos por ello". Y ahora viene donde quería llegar. "He sentido el terrorismo de los extremistas todos los días. Tener una opinión diferente es una excusa para usar la violencia física y psicológica. La universidad está llena de seudo estudiantes políticos (Tsipras es uno de ellos) varios meses al año..." ¿Esto si que les sonará no? Sí, así empezó el matón Coletas, aterrorizando a los que discrepaban, montando broncas.

I vote for yes and I totally agree with Nikos.

There's something you can't understand unless you live in Greece. In this country we have communism not capitalism, but still everyone blames capitalism.

Everyone lives from the state. Even the private sector lives from the state in many ways, for example by not paying taxes and not getting punished for that.

I was in the Greek university for many years (diploma + MSc) and I experienced the terrorism of the leftists every single day. Supporting a different opinion is a reason for them to use physical and psychological violence against you. The universities are occupied by student/wannabe politicians (PM Tsipras was one of them) for several months per year. I won't continue, because I may say things that will sound unreal to you and lose credibility.

One last thing: Not wanting reforms goes against the human nature of desiring the development. I believe my nation needs a different education and this has to start from school, where kids should learn how to be good people, not how to be good communists.

El testimonio del estudiante no es menos elocuente y trágico. "Votaré SÍ sin dudarlo... El programa de la UE dista de ser ideal... Votar SÍ es votar democracia... El gobierno lo forman un grupo de políticos de extrema izquierda admiradores de la URSS (¡uff!). Quieren acabar con ña libertad de prensa, establecer una sola cadena de Tv, como en un país comunista. Amenazan a los periodistas que no son de su cuerda... Con la debilidad económica, fuera de la UE y con Venezuela como único aliado ... Nos deslizaremos hacia un estado totalitario. Un gobierno totalitario no adviene en un país próspero y con un alto nivel de vida. Adviene cuando todo el mundo es pobre y desea que alguien le dé pan."

I'm a student in one of the most known Greek universities

I will vote YES. Without a doubt. I know many people around my age (early 20s) who will vote yes as well.

The bailout program is not ideal, there are taxes and cuts. But it's the least bad option for everyone who wants Greece to recover and to become a proper Western-world country. We're not one right now.

The No vote is the step into the unknown. Despite the Government claiming otherwise, if the No wins, we're going back to national currency. The inflation will be enormous, many multinational companies may leave Greece, finding a job would be completely impossible and there will be probably restriction on free movement of Greeks in the EU, so finding a job abroad would be equally difficult.

The ones that support No are mainly communists, public sector workers or people who think they have nothing to lose (they don't get that they have much to lose)

Last but not least a YES vote is a vote for democracy. The government consists of many left-wing politicians who are admirers of the USSR. They want to ban private broadcasters and leave only a public one, like in Communist states. They don't like freedom of speech, they threaten journalists who oppose them. And with Greece with a weakened economy, probably outside the EU and with only Venezuela as an ally, we're sliding towards a totalitarian state. And totalitarian governments do not come into power when a country is prosperous with a high quality of life. They rise when the people are poor and they are willing to trust anyone who gives them food.

A mí me caben pocas dudas. Pero aquí hay gente que cree la versión de Varoufakis, "una víctima del terror de Europa". No es más que una víctima de su propia astucia. Cómo decía Phillip Marlowe, el personaje de Raymond Chandler, "no hay trampa más mortal que la que uno se tiene a sí mismo".