Thursday, July 22, 2010

"Z"

For a country that is so rich in history and mythology, the birthplace of thought and academia, and the epicenter for athletic competition, Greece is a pretty fucked up country.

In the past 40 years, they've had assassinations and riots. Then a civil war between communists and anti-communists. They fought wars with Turkey and Italy.

Its Jewish population was wiped out by the Nazis. Another 100,000 died during the Battle of Greece due to starvation.

Since the 1960s, they've had political unrest when Z is based in a film based on true events.

Then, most recently, the bottom fell out of the economy. Seems like a great place. Can't wait to visit. I feel like they could get their shit together at some point and make a go of it, but it seems rather impossible at this point.

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