It's worth noting that (at least as reported by the NYT) during the entire Greek crises the Greek government had not managed to lay off a single government employee. The employees of this government broadcaster would have been the first. Apparently, faced with the dire situation that the rest of the world is no longer willing to give it lots of money and never ask for any of it back, the Greek government decided that their society would be better off if they slashed government services to the bone but kept all the government employees on the payroll, doing even less than they did before, than if they, say, let some of those employees go and used the money to maintain at least a slightly higher level of services than they would otherwise.

For those wanting a citation, here it is (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/world/…

Athens promised its creditors this week to dismiss 4,000 civil servants this year, including 2,000 by the end of the summer and 15,000 by the end of 2014.

That may not sound daunting in a public work force of around 650,000. Yet, through more than three years of drastic budget cuts and a rapidly shrinking economy, the debt-ridden country has yet to fire a single government employee.

It *is* a mad world, currently. The spirit of revolution is in the air, it is. We'll see where it lands next.

Jesus Brendan.

When workers take over a government institution or facility in a democracy, they are not "seizing the means of production," since um, they already own it.

A rebellion within the Greek government is still significant, but trying to frame it as a Marxist revolution is awfully weak propaganda, and absolutely shitty journalism.

It's worth noting that, during the entire Greek "austerity" crisis, not a single member of the LaGrande List 100 of rich people and corporations not paying taxes was ever jailed or executed.

@1(crackpot) @3don't make me get up out of th hammock!

Does it ever feel like the bad guys are in charge of every government?