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A 77 year old retired man committed suicide in Syntagma square, Greece.

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A 77 year old retired man committed suicide in Syntagma square, Greece. He left a letter before he shot himself. Bellow is the link with the picture and a rough translation of the letter.


 https://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1390547

The Tsolakoglou* occupation government / "Τhe Greek Quisling government", literally
deprived me of any chance of survival that relied on a decent pension,
which I alone had to pay for (without any government aid) over the course of 35 years.

Since my age prevents me from substantially resisting this fate on my own
(that said I would not rule out the possibility of following the example of any Greek that took up a kalashnikov), I see no other option to a dignified end, before having to resort
to scavenging through the garbage for my food.

I believe that the youth with no future will one day take up arms and hang the
national traitors upside down at Syntagma square, as the Italians did in 1945
with Mussolini (Piazzale Loreto of Milan)

[*Georgios Tsolakoglou was a Greek military officer who became the first
Prime Minister of the Greek collaborationist government during the Axis Occupation
in 1941-1942.]

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moral of the story is...

06.04.2012 19:53

don't rely on the state pension......

shape your own destiny. don't rely on others to do it for you

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Erm, actually...

07.04.2012 10:24

He had a private pension with no state support at all, but it got wiped out by the capitalist system that fucked the greeks over...so best to get your facts straight before posting one might say!

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could of done something

07.04.2012 14:13

Probably left it in greek equities.
End of 2008, I'd sold most of my equities before the crash and had in cash - was fine.

Thats why everyone sells up (market falls), and shifts into gold at uncertain times. Check the historical prices of the markets and you can see he would of been ok if he put his mind to it.

Any big uncertainty in the market -> sell up and buy gold.
He is in charge of own destiny like everyone else is.

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