Don't shoot the pianist

A while ago, I ran into a Guardian’s article on Greek crisis, arguing that the problem is not just the Greek government’s; instead it affects the rest of Europe as well. “The new despots who are trying to persuade us that Europe’s problem is Greece are putting the European project itself at risk.”, says the author and is right. At this point, almost every European citizen, both the ones interested in politics in general and the average European who pays taxes, are familiar with the economic crisis in Greece. Opinions seem to be divided on whether Greece is the black sheep and needs to take the blame for everything and just get itself out of the European Union or everybody accepts the situation as it is and focuses on the solution rather than keep on dwelling on bitterness and hatred. Don’t shoot the pianist when it’s so obvious that the piano is out of tune.

Bullying Greece out of the Eurozone or insist on licking the austerity caramel wo

n’t do any good to the country’s economy, let alone the rest of Europe’s. We are talking about a country which has been under corrupt governments for decades hence today it desperately needs to breathe and try get back on its feet. The political scene has changed the moment the left party, Syriza, was elected about two months ago. What we need to see now is if they have what the former governments lacked, and that is ethics along with the ability to meet its people’s and Europe’s demands.

Surprisingly enough, despite the whole sense of negativity around the political scene, the Greek startup ecosystem shows that even in the midst of adversity, the flower of growth is able to bloom. Besides, as it is well known, opportunity comes from adversity.

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image.

It’s a big problem, as they have this reputation

Of being so corrupt.

~ Karl Lagerfeld