Apostolos Kritikopoulos: Acropolis Sale
Reflecting on past skepticism, the author reveals shock at Europe's harsh Greek bailout demands, notably the serious proposal to sell the Acropolis, highlighting a deep assault on national dignity.
Sale of the Acropolis
Due to my studies in the natural sciences at university, I have always been naturally skeptical of any conspiracy theory. I demanded strong evidence whenever the subject was highly controversial—evidence proportionate to the radical nature of the position I was hearing.
In many social circles and discussions, I often came across as unpleasant when expressing an opinion that seemed unscientific to me.
I even remember myself 10 and 20 years ago being somewhat arrogant in my denial, due to the liveliness of my youth, while in recent years I have changed, becoming much milder or sometimes not reacting at all, allowing my interlocutor to fully express their view no matter how exaggerated it seemed to me.
To my surprise, in recent years I have noticed that theories I once considered baseless—and part of a popular subculture against the establishment—are being confirmed!
The island of Jeffrey Epstein, where pedophilia, cannibalism, and the rape of minors took place by perverse elites; the official announcement by the United States confirming UFO sightings; and coordinated efforts to manipulate election results.
What struck me recently was the statement by Jean-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, in the SKAI documentary about the Greek debt crisis. There, I heard him say brazenly that during the pressure in the Eurogroup on us Greeks, serious European finance ministers seriously proposed that we sell the Acropolis of Athens. He was not joking.
We all need to understand the absolute inhumanity we experienced as a people at that moment: The Europeans who punished only the Greek nations (Greece and Cyprus) with capital controls, bank closures, and the haircutting of depositors and small investors seriously suggested we sell the most sacred site on the planet after Jerusalem, the place of origin of Western civilization, the cradle of humanity: our Acropolis.
At that moment, the lender was telling his debtor brother to sell his mother in order to commercially disgrace her, completely devalue himself, drain every ounce of dignity from himself, and uproot and destroy the soul of his identity.
I honestly regret that our political representatives did not react by immediately walking out of those discussions. When someone insults your most precious sacred values to your face, you never sit down to treat them as an equal interlocutor.
