Greece: ON SALE

Yes, you too can buy a mountain with precious metals and gold, mine the fuck out of it and destroy the natural beauty of the land.

Fuck the forest, just plant a new one in seven years, where the mountain used to be.

Fuck tourism, one of the countries biggest industries.

Fuck health issues, precious metal is worth more.

Even fuck the anti-mining movement and communities negatively affected by the mining, INCLUDED in the price of this luscious, valuable land, your very own Greek Riot Police! Now you can enforce your own democracy and oppress the people's struggle freely!*


*privatized riot police tried and tested with success the past two years in Keratea

Riot equipment and teargas SOLD SEPARATELY

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Greece: Riot police storm the small mining village of Ierissos.
http://revolution-news.com/?p=1415

Greek gold mine savior to some, curse to others
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/greek-gold-mine-savior-some-curse-others


For Greeks, a deja vu of these past stories:
Resistance in Greece: Keratea opposes Construction of Dump Site
http://www.demotix.com/news/597690/resistance-greece-keratea-opposes-construction-dump-site#media-597548

Meet Keratea: Greece's War Zone
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/meet-keratea-greeces-war-zone

The city's fate had been to be relegated to an Athens trash dump expansion.

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To serve and protect, right?

Damn man, your country is just fucked up right now

So does this mean that Greece is going the way of Canada and transferring to a resource economy? The tourism model was obviously short-lived, but that would really suck. I've always been told that Greece is beautiful, I'd like to see it someday.

It really is a beautiful country. Especially outside major cities, in more rural areas. Unfortunately, a mountain covered in forest is only worth as much as the gold inside it.

A seven year venture, one that while it will boost part of the community with jobs, it will only do so temporarily and leave the landscape destroyed afterwards. Not to mention possible health issues for certain villages around the mine. Mining can be nasty shit.

And all through this corrupt Greek police are essentially being used as corporate enforcers and glorified security guards.
The riot police entered the village apparently looking for suspects after sabotage of the mining company's equipment.

Motherfucking morons barely make above minimum wage, yet still sell out the people they're supposed to be serving.

Pariah wrote:So does this mean that Greece is going the way of Canada and transferring to a resource economy? The tourism model was obviously short-lived, but that would really suck. I've always been told that Greece is beautiful, I'd like to see it someday.

I suspect Greece will still be a tourism hub for a long time.

Damn Greg, that's hard. Makes me feel sad. I can just see it happening in Serbia, that'd be terrifying. I'm sorry.