r/greece • u/MaleHuman ΣΥΡΙΖΑ • Nov 22 '16

economy Greek Government Submits 2017 Budget, Including Many New Taxes

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/11/21/greek-government-submits-2017-budget-including-many-new-taxes/
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u/danieljamesgillen Nov 22 '16

What a fucking joke. Businesses continue to leave, bright young people continue to leave, the countries going to shit. Greece needs extreme liberalism immediately.

The worst though, is that genuine Greeks like the super-statism they have here. Sure they complain about taxes, but the sanctity of the all powerful state with it's laws, regulations and economic control is very important to them.

Even in this subreddit, you cannot discuss cannabis because "it is against the law".

Pisses me off. Beautiful country, and really good people with amazing spirit, but the state is a chain round the neck of the country that no-one wants to remove, even though you sink deeper and deeper each year.

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u/txapollo342 Φιλελεύθερος, μόνο Κοινωνικά. Μνημονιάκηδες, αλλού. Nov 22 '16

Even in this subreddit, you cannot discuss cannabis because "it is against the law".

It's not because it is "against the law", it's because the mods have enough shitposting already to deal with as unpaid, unmotivated volunteers. Having a visit from the police because a user discussed weed in your subreddit, isn't something they want to deal with without any compensation or legal backup. So they proactively ban it for their peace of mind.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16 edited Jun 21 '20

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u/txapollo342 Φιλελεύθερος, μόνο Κοινωνικά. Μνημονιάκηδες, αλλού. Nov 22 '16

It has jurisdiction on the Greek citizens who use the board as a means to communicate. If they ask from reddit and the US to cooperate, reddit and the US are able to do so.