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Topic: If Greece fails, can the country disappear? - page 2. (Read 1061 times)

sr. member
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So they default on their debt and they're left to figure it out on their own. No one will lend them money. Building back their economic system will take a super long time. A lot of people will be left broke (Pensioner's, long term unemployed) and they'll have to deal with that situation or not deal with it all.

But you don't think the void of strength will usher in some new power or political brokering, i.e., Turkey coming in to save the day and raise their flag overhead at the same time? I realize Turkey would be the LAST country the Greeks would allow to come in, it's just an example.

Good to know that Greece isn't going to disappear. Good to know I don't have a Greece pension. I'm a little bummed someone confirmed here that countries can't be sold on eBay, wtf?
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I doubt any other country would want Greece, even if it was on the auction block.

looking at it like a business buy out, there's not a lot of positive cash flow in that flea bitten dog.

maybe buy some of the islands, at least you could pull some tourist $$$ in.....

Greece is screwed.  If they can't negotiate something with the IMF and the rest of the Eurozone, which apparently they have no desire to do except on their terms, they'll leave the Euro and you'll be able to paper your walls with Drachmas.

Will be an interesting show, no matter which way this one turns as if they negotiate something with the other parties after bulling in like this, other nations will know that the laws aren't worth the paper they're printed on and the Eurozone will bend if necessary.  If they end up leaving the EU, that in itself will be fun to watch....
legendary
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No one can buy a country.
They are broke so what? They will change maybe their currency and start from beginning,
but i never heard that someone bought a country.

btw. Argentina was also broke a few years ago, and look now.

Well, Argentina is nearly broke again Smiley. Perhaps Argentina in not the best example for getting broke then get back on track and turning to a great success story.
Vietnam example is way better.
legendary
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No one can buy a country.
They are broke so what? They will change maybe their currency and start from beginning,
but i never heard that someone bought a country.

btw. Argentina was also broke a few years ago, and look now.

Well, Argentina is nearly broke again Smiley. Perhaps Argentina in not the best example for getting broke then get back on track and turning to a great success story.
legendary
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Merit: 1000
No one can buy a country.
They are broke so what? They will change maybe their currency and start from beginning,
but i never heard that someone bought a country.

btw. Argentina was also broke a few years ago, and look now.
legendary
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Just because they have defaulted on their debt, it doesn't mean that the country as a whole will be auctioned to the highest bidder in Ebay. Greece is still having one of the most powerful armed forces in the Balkan region. The International Monetary Fund and the Eurozone can kiss their money good bye, and the Greeks will just move on by replacing the Euro with Drachma.
sr. member
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If Greece fails, can the country disappear?

What if the worst happens? The country gets "acquired" by Turkey or Cyprus or something...what an awful outcome.

Greece, the Greek people have brought so many great things to the world that to lose their existence as a formal place and country would be really, really sad.

Greatest Greek Inventions and Discoveries: http://www.ancienthistorylists.com/greek-history/top-10-inventions-discoveries-ancient-greece-remarkably-used-today/
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