It is such a pity that an EU political demos has not evolved to the point where it can help Greece find a better way of creating a sustainable economy and polity. Petty nationalists and fascists everywhere will take heart that a collapsing social order will look to authoritarian nationalist regimes to restore "order".
Precisely what can the EU, even post Lisbon actually do to help? notes from no w here
However it is impressive how many people are disinclined to generalize about the protests from the havok. Having said that, this sort of blond pillaging points to a new and violent "angry youth" with no future, no political ideas and few family ties to constrain it. That this segment crosses even (parental) class lines to a certain extent, is possibly a Greek particularity (?)... The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake
What makes the above story even more unbelievable is that the mainstream media report it as the "local business owners" being the ones who attacked the demonstrators, "taking the law into their own hands". Putting aside the ...minor detail that absolutely no local businesses were damaged (only multinational banks, the courts and the police station), these supposed "shop owners" and "respectful citizens" were depicted in media in their balaclavas, holding knives!
