(March 5, 2016 at 6:50 pm)abaris Wrote: Sure, you're not talking about Portugal? At least that's what the rightwingers wanted us to believe around 2010, back when Portugal was in need of funds. You can add slackers to the mix, since it was one of the talking points. The same rightwingers you're supporting now. Even the same faces. They just found some new countries and groups to bash in the meantime. Since that's all they can do. Bash, to score some brownie points with the most primitive elements of any given population.
As I already said. Perfect example of lesson not learned.
Nothing like living in a country, that crooked politicians fucked up (we did voted him in, sure, after the end of dictatorship, with an aged and mostly illeterate population) and be called by what would be our European partners all that. Some even consider us kinda "brown". Like the famous acronym PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) made at the time. The money was lended to Portugal with interest. Our finantial system was and still is flawed, but we are doing our best to pay ot off and honour our commitements to the EU.
Personally, I believe that if we can unite this old continent, we will be going in the right direction, but with the rise of xenophobia and bigotry, a product of selfishness, this wont be an easy task. Haven't we learned anything from past mostakes?
