Free markets!! Can I get a hell yeah?! Who doesn't love free markets? Everyone should have a voice. And we know money is free speech. Money speech. Let the people vote with their dollars. All the bankers in the house say "oh yeahhhhhh!" Let the people vote and capitalism will save us all. Check it:
US stock futures up on hope Greek vote is scuttled
That is right!! Wait...what? The US stock futures are going up because they are trying to stop the Greeks from voting. Ok. I'm mean, sure, what do the Greeks know about democracy?
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all the people have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives.[1] Ideally, this includes equal (and more or less direct) participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law.[1] It can also encompass social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination.[citation needed]
The term comes from the word Greek: δημοκρατία – (dēmokratía) "rule of the people",[2] which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) "people" and κράτος (Kratos) "power", in the middle of the 5th-4th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC.[3]
Rule of the people? Popular uprising? Sounds dangerous. Don't these people believe in free markets?
In case you missed it. The stock markets are going up in the United States on a rumor that they are going to shut down a vote where the people of Greece get to have a say in their government.
Any questions?
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