I think sometimes news organisations forget how old Greece is

MAKE_THIS_POLITICAL · 2 months

It's generally considered, when talking about the current economic crisis, to be talking about modern Greece, the country created after the 1821 independance war. I don't think there is anyone comparing the current crisis to the plague of Athens in 430bc.

Snoron · 2 months

It says "one of"... clearly it means one of like 500 :)

FrisianDude · 2 months

I think it's a bit silly to group all previous Greeces in modern Greece. Unless the defeat of Julius Civilis counts as a Dutch military defeat. Which it don't.

majestic7 · 2 months

Before 1821 there was no such thing as the Greece we know today. Sure, GREEKS existed, but Greece as a state is relatively new as they lived (mainly) in the Ottoman and Byzantine/Roman empires. Before that is a different story entirely, but that Greece hardly has much to do with the current one.

suspiciously_calm · 2 months

I think sometimes nitpickers forget how the term "crisis" is generally used. Nobody would refer to a war or an invasion as a mere "crisis."

smacksaw · 2 months

None of that compares to the Kraken.

mykeana · 2 months

Not to mention the Spartan invasion of Athens.

isJohnny · 2 months

crisi?

CaisLaochach · 2 months

I thought the Greeks were teh Sea People? They fucked up the Egyptians' shit, not the Greeks.

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