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In an outbreak of honesty towards myself I gave myself the promise that I will post on my blog only if there is a good reason to do so. Also in the interest of protecting my few readers I swore not to come up with repetitive topics or topics that would recycle already expressed thoughts and ideas. But being truly committed to my nature as a human being with plenty of faults and weaknesses I return today to give you yet another dose of what I have been procuring since I first started this blog. That is genuine, sometimes unprocessed and unrefined thoughts about this country's political reality, which lately has gone against all laws of common sense and reason. With particular interest I follow the dismantling of all theoretical knowledge acquired with respect to the setup and running of States and I keep asking myself whether we truly deserve what we get these days, I mean as a nation. And much to my despair, I conclude that we do! I speak to people, I follow them on Twitter, I read opinions online, I observe the exchange of conversations on FB about the ongoing political situation and I conclude that I am inhabiting the top floor of the Babel Tower and get to hear all the confusion from tenants beneath!

An older friend called me the other day to complain about the status of Greek affairs and encouraged me to go to Ethiopia or Nigeria, where we are discussing certain business opportunities, just to escape the domestic mess. Having lived and worked in a number of countries in my life, I replied that the true essence of happiness these days lies in the ability to consider yourself a "Stateless" person, in the sense that you can afford it not to associate yourself or connect yourself with the political and administrative reality of any given country. Think of it more like being invisible, yet existent. I know that this is almost impossible, if one considers the trend of things, where technology will make sure that soon even every object on this planet will have a dedicated IP address and hence a digital footprint, which will make that object indelible in eternity. Just look up the IoT (Internet of Things) theories on the topic and you will be amazed. This will make the Philadelphia experiment blush. I recently attended a philosophical roundtable session with participants from France, Greece and Germany. The topic revolved around the developments of technology and how this would change the human landscape. Aside from the fact that the planet is likely to be completely dominated by machines in the next forty years in accordance to these philosophers, they also highlighted something that I found far more interesting and worrisome at the same time. They argued that the technological advancement will soon lead to the creation of one billion "non-usable" individuals on the planet, and reference was made to its less educated portion of inhabitants. Well, I guess that is only partially true, if I juxtapose that to the scarce examples of Bill Gates and Steve Jobbs, who dropped out of education and yet conquered the planet. I need this type of extreme examples so that I don't lose my faith in things and the general sense of universal balance.

Growing up I was raised to believe that only a solid education and hard work will get you the results. When I actually entered working life I slightly adjusted my credo and added "luck" as another vital element in the same equation. And from today's perspective I make a mental U-turn and take my distances from all kinds of beliefs that are non-productive and imprison my thoughts in small boxes. Today, none of the above elements is safeguarding a successful outcome and reality simply points to the fact that your surrounding environment is in most cases responsible to set the threshold to your ambitions. Whether gifted or not, energetic enough or simply passive aggressive you will only walk the path your surrounding environment has designed for you. I know, this sounds rather pessimistic, yet I find it difficult to determine the line that separates reality from pessimism, if you work under a limit that exists by default. The Greek government has attempted since its installation this January to reverse the course of the country by 180 degrees to convert it into something that is incompatible with the contemporary values of western societies. In educational matters this government has abolished the idea of meritocracy and talent and has concluded that "average" should be the norm. Anything that excels should be condemned, with the contention that it poses excessive and counterproductive pressure on students, and everyone should be happy, if they perform at average levels. In other words, more is not expected from anyone. The extra mile, remains the extra mile that, if gone, it is gone in vain, with the threshold on performance comes the threshold in return. In other words, think of yourself as a Porsche that is only allowed to speed up to 50 km/h, so as to not make Beetles feel bad. Isn't that the definition of stagnation? Or even worse. The definition of regression? The symbolisms, I feel, are much stronger behind these simplistic arguments. No ambition equals no expectation. No expectation equals no driver for performance. No driver for performance means proximity to passive mindsets. Passive mindsets means no threat to Governments. But wait a second. Isn't that the same objective the NWO is pursuing? Well, through this simplistic analogy I just concluded that the objectives of our leftist oriented government coincide with the objectives of Western powers. How in God's name is that possible or is it just due to my poor logic?