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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 102 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Man, if I still lived in an EU country and the government pulled this shit I’d be making the most of that sweet freedom-of-movement. Way to drive all the skills out of your economy.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's exactly what tens if not hundreds of thousands of young Greeks have done in the last 15 years.

Greece has a brain drain problem. This ridiculous measure is actually sold by the government as an attempt to address the shortage of certain skilled worker categories. By ... incentivizing the few that are left to pack up and leave. In practice, it's just class warfare.

The Greek ruling class is a bunch of grifters, landlords, smugglers and gangsters (always have been, since 1830) and they are basically betting on a "recovery" based on cheap labour.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] bitMasque@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Honestly, I always thought it was overrated. Some catchy music, sure, but I don't think it really holds up otherwise. Maybe the play was better?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The play was awful. Sam Simon performed a miracle.

[–] bitMasque@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That bad? Huh, wonder how it got picked up for a movie. Are the events behind the scenes interesting enough to look into?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

He actually played some of the songs from the stage version for my class. Most of them were just dialog set to music.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] bitMasque@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hahahaha! Well it's not my cup of tea either, but I guess it must have resonated with a lot of boomers back in its day.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

no it's not good

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Greece has some port big problems financially that are not going away any time soon. It needs change, it needs exports