Η Αργεντινή του σήμερα ή η Ελλάδα του αύριο?

Πρόσφατα το critical globe άρχισε επικοινωνία με το http://ferfal.blogspot.com/ , ένα blog με κύριο θέμα όπως αναφέρει στην εισαγωγή του την επιβίωση στην Αργεντινή μετά την οικονομική κρίση του 2001. Holder του blog είναι ο Fernando Ferfal Aguirre, συγγραφέας του βιβλίου “The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse”, έναν οδηγό επιβίωσης όπως λέει της οικονομικής κρίσης. Κάναμε στον Ferfal 5 απλές ερωτήσεις για την κατάσταση στην Αργεντινή, το μέλλον και τις ανησυχίες των κατοίκων αυτής της χώρας που ζήσανε κι αυτοί στο πετσί τους το IMF και την οικονομική κατάρρευση. Δείτε τι απάντησε ο Ferfal από το blog του στις 25/5.

Η συζήτηση είναι στα Αγγλικά.…όποιος κατάλαβε, κατάλαβε.

== Posted by FerFAL ======================

Hi Fututos,
Argentina is now paying its debts (largest defaulted debt ever, I think 93,000 million) and it’s doing so even if we are clearly not capable of. The purpose is of course asking for more money again and doing the same old thing: Stealing it before they are voted or kicked out of office.

• How did the crisis and the IMF affected the lower, middle and upper class?
  

More parts of the middle class became poor (with everything that involves) and some of those that already were poor fell below poverty lines. Some upper class became middle class and the small elite got even stronger in many ways, with more power.

• Ηow did the income and its distribution changed in the course of the crisis?

"Redistribution" will be a key word for politicians after the crisis, some poor (and sometimes I must say) stupid like hinking "Oh, they'll take away from the fat fish and distribute that to the poor" BS (fufutos: probably means Bull-Shit). They just take a lot from the middle class, a lot from the already poor, and the small powerful elite flies calmly over the mess, untouched. Redistribution means the hard working middle class is going to get screwed in one way or another.

• Was the crisis a catalyst for real social change?

Yes, but unfortunately it was for the worse। We are now a more "3rd worldly country" with strong leftist politician speech and people, at least the average mass, cant see the truth behind it.

• How do Argentineans now look at their future?
  

Not good, I think we'll stay in our third world status for a considerable amount of time.

• Do they have better reasons to feel optimistic?
  

Not much, but as we say in Argentina, hope is the last thing you lose. (after you lose your house, savings, car, lifestyle)

...και τελειώνοντας γράφει:

I feel your pain man. Believe me I've been there, and your situation is going to be very much a carbon copy of Argentina's unless some other factors help in some way.

Take care and see you around!

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Those other factors are each and every one of us.

And only when the factors change, they become factors of change