Virtual Country - The future of Greece

I dedicate this first blogg of mine to my country of birth. Greece has been in the news over the last two years for all the wrong reasons. After the successfull Olympic Games in 2004 the inability of my compatriotes back home to keep the country running has been astonishing even for someone like me who grew up, studied, did military service and even worked for a while in Greece before leaving to study further abroad.

In the past (i.e. the last 180 years) Greece despite problems and deep seated political system deficiences has managed to survive one or way or the other. Unfortunately the last few years a combination of internal and external factors have made the model of life in Greece unsustainable. In other words the removal of barriers in international competition has unmasked the plain fact that Grece does not produce much other nations like to buy. It is rather sad to listen to North European commentators referring to "laziness" etc. Greeks are not lazy, they just do not care to work for anybody else but themselves and their close family. Not their country (through taxation), not their company etc.

The current govenrment when elected two years ago should have blamed everything on the undisputed lies of the previous conservative government, put the ex prime minister in jail and declare default. Now the country bleeds slowly to death with its reputation in tatters.

So its clear that the only way forward for the Greeks in Greece and abroad is to offer a new paradigm of citizenship in the 21st century. I would recommend we outsource the administration of our country to the EU. Lets create the first virtual nation on earth preferably on Facebook or even as a virtual new world like the world of Warcraft. Democracy is anyway dead in the EU. Unelected officials are already issuing orders and making plans. So lets all Greeks create a virtual Greece on the Web. There we can all live our ideal lives we can argue politics, smoke, admire our ancestors, play backgammon, ignore all ideas of authority, at last not restricted by silly inventions like the deficit or laws. Please can someone put some servers up, I promise I will be the first to pay my monthly subscription from my Paypal account.