26 Centuries later, Athens has come full circle

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Sun Jul 05, 2015 at 06:33 AM PDT
26 Centuries later, Athens has come full circle
by gjohnsit
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/05/1399191/-27-Centuries-later-Athens-has-come-full-circle#

  "  Athens at the dawn of the 6th Century B.C. was an unremarkable city.
   The arts, science, and philosophy that would make it great were still
   centuries away.
     The only notable thing about Athens of the time was its relatively
   large size, which was also the source of its problems. Athens was too
   large to feed itself and this was becoming a crisis.

   Athens was ruled much like other Greek cities after the collapse of the
   Bronze Age, by an oligarchy.
   [ ... ]"


It would seem that the Troika's fearmongering campaign backfired
Greferendum Results In Landslide "No" Victory
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/05/2015 18:15 -0400
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-05/first-official-results-show-599-voted-no-95-votes-counted-real-time-updates

  "Update 2: with virtually all polling completed, the final result is
   61.3% No, 38.7% Yes - a whopping rejection of Troika hegemony which may
   also be the final nail in any negotiations between Greece and the
   Eurogroup.

   Update: The Greek interior ministry vendor Singular Logic projects that
   "No" vote will prevail with over 61% of vote in Greek referendum.

       BREAKING: Greek interior ministry projection says 'no' camp will
       get more than 61 percent of vote.

       — The Associated Press (@AP) July 5, 2015

   [ ... ]"