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Just to clear something up:

Golden Dawn (I’m not a supporter) is not a Neo Nazi party, this is something the english language media has picked up on without much knowledge.

Elias, in that now infamous tv incident, was saying Papandreou (the socialist PM of Greece for decades and leader of PASOK, and who’s policies are the cause of all this) should be executed for his criminal negligence. If you understand Greek you’d know he was being hyperbolic, but many Greeks would agree with the sentiment.

He is a nationalist NOT a socialist. He believes Greece should voluntarily withdraw from the Euro and relearn how to live without a welfare state. The majority of people don’t know any other way. He believes the country must undergo a period of disciplined restructuring and growth (see Poland, now the fastest growing economy in europe).

A ND or Syriza win won’t change anything. Samaras is beholden to interest groups and Tsipras is simply a charismatic fool.

If you’ve read European news in the last week you will have seen countless stories showing how Europe can absorb a Greek exit. This is a coordinated communications attempt from PR firms, the ECB and Finance ministers to calm investors and bankers from panicing post-election.

Europe doesn’t want to federalize debt until the Greek tumor has been removed. And the recovery of Spain and Italy relies on this federalization.

Greece is leaving the Euro. All that will be determined by this election is how much more european money they take with them.

I’m just glad my grandfather, a real Greek patriot who fought first the Nazi’s and then was wounded fighting the Soviets to assure Greek independence and then endured 25 years of corrupt socialist policies while never once trying to exploit the system himself, isn’t alive to see the fruition of his worst fears.