In a former textual text for a foreign press British Minister for European Affairs Denis Makshin Published an article in The Globalistwhere he tried to trace the origins Greek political degradation recent decades.
The main question which he raises: can he appear in Greece New political movementcapable of breaking the dynastic shackles and starting the necessary reforms?
The skeptical response of many Greeks is simple: “Cooking from those ingredients that are”. And the “ingredient” here is the citizens themselves who have lost faith in changes back in 2015, when the government Alexa Tsipras The results of the referendum betrayed: 63% voted “no” the dictatorship of creditors, and the leadership made the other way around. Since then, a society that has embraced and tired of a debt, Sentified.
Greece phased financial independence (2010, 2012–2013, 2015), and then historical positions – an agreement on Macedonia in 2018 fixed a new national concession. The Turkish occupation of a part of Cyprus is already perceived as a “given”, and the celebration of the anniversary of the invasion of Ankara as a “restoration of democracy” sounds frankly absurd.
The modern elite, according to Makshin, is more busy Instagram and Tiktokthan reforms. The opposition politicians resemble the “Theater of Shadows”, and of all the small authentic figures, only Dimitris Kutsumbas from kka – and that because he communist.
Makshin notes that Greece suffers from dynastic policy: clans Papandreu, Karamanlisov And Mitsikitisov For decades they have been ruled by the country. Myself Kiryakos Mitsotakis It has been managing since 2019, despite corruption scandals, spy stories with the participation of his nephew and a catastrophe on the railway in 2023, which took 57 lives.
The European prosecutor’s office convicted ministers in fraud with agrarian subsidies. Money was allocated “their” for non -existent pastures. Five ministers were resigned, but the system remained untouched, and the mytotactis is still at the head – “swimming over the rot”, as the author sarcastically describes.
Greek left centrists have lost both unity and influence. New movements could not be born (conceived due to the fact that they were crushed in the bud). And how the publicist Nikos Constaras summarizes: “In Greece, we are content with loud slogans and endless whining, smearing digital lipstick along the chaos”.
The question remains open: will the country be able to break out of the circle of hereditary power and the fatigue of the institutions, or is doomed to further Political swamp?
Help: clan-oligarchic system and Greece: parallels and coincidences
The Greek policy of recent decades is increasingly compared with clan-oligarchic model The reign where power is concentrated in the hands of few families and is closely intertwined with large capital. Formally we are talking about parliamentary democracy, but in fact – This is a hereditary system of power.
1. The power of dynasties
The classic sign of the clan-oligarchic system is the inheritance of power within political clans. In Greece, this manifests itself especially brightly: dynasty Papandreu, Karamanlis And Mitsikitisov For decades, alternate in power, forming the political “aristocracy” of the country.
2. Economics under clans control
Politics in Greece is closely related to business. Shipping magnates, banks, media holdings and construction companies provide parties support, receiving state preferences in return. Media In most cases, they are controlled either directly by political dynasties or the allied oligarchs.
3. Political process as a theater
The change of persons does not lead to a change of system. The elections are reduced to the “rotation inside the elite”, and for citizens this turns into “Theater of shadows”where the result is only the choice between the branches of the same dynasties.
4. The weakness of the institutions
In the clan-oligarchic system, state institutions serve the interests of the elite. In Greece, the judicial and parliamentary systems act according to logic party-clan agreementsand corruption is perceived as a natural part of political life. Even investigations European prosecutor’s office rarely lead to real consequences within the country.
5. Social result
The result is predictable: apathy, cynicism, emigration of young specialists who ceased to believe in changes. Society adapts to the clienteleism system and digital culture instead of active civil participation.
Conclusions
The birthplace of democracy, in fact, froze in the Middle Ages with its clan-oligarchic system. And as a result, a weak economy, corruption, and consumption.
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