The tactics of downgrading and degeneration

The Greek government, as an authentic representative of the neoliberal dictatorship in Greece, deliberately destruct public benefits and services

by system failure

The attack against workers in public sector is aiming the downgrading of public services to the people and shrinking further wage cost in public and private sectors for the profits of the big companies. Greece's lenders follow the orders of the big banks and multinational corporations imposing them to the Greek government, of which some executives are, anyway, faithful to the neoliberal doctrine.

Tactics of downgrading followed excessively, resemble rating agencies, which gave the signal for the start of the economic war against Greece. Government exploits even the only way of workers' resistance, which is strikes and protests. Using the mainstream media which are fully committed to the memorandum policies, as they are fully controlled by the banks and big private interests, the government uses the propaganda in full force to blame workers for the deficient function of hospitals, universities and other public institutions.

In reality, the downgrading of public benefits and services has started a long time ago and the government coalition parties are exclusively responsible for this situation, but they are trying to blame workers. A characteristic example is the chaos in local services after the repeal of prefectures according to the "Kalikratis" plan. The responsibilities of employees have broadened to a great extend and the central administration gives order for works which are impossible to be carried out with the present staff.

Through this way, the door opens to private companies which will undertake managing - with humiliating salaries workers under the already dissolved labor rights - and will burden state budget by setting up cartels and gaining big profits. The contracts will be given of course to those who are close to the government. At the same time, government officials give lessons against excessive spending in public sector. It's the same government which left the deposits of universities and hospitals unprotected, allowing their massive conversion in Greek bonds by the Bank of Greece, just before the new bond haircut PSI program, bringing huge losses in their stocks. Therefore, the same model will be adopted for other sectors like health and education.

The government is trying to downgrade even its own creation, the Public Television (DT), after the coup against Hellenic Public TV and Radio (ERT), taking advantage even the fact that DT has become a mouthpiece of the government positions - due to the absence of the Opposition MPs to DT's panels - and therefore totally unreliable.

Unfortunately, workers in DT, who are kept under hostage, will clearly understand government's intention by the expire of their contracts because the only thing that the government has in mind, is to satisfy troika's demands for massive layoffs, and give expensive presents to the big private media owners, like the rights for big athletic events, eurovision contests, etc. Besides, the big private media fully support government through propaganda, as they have shared the digital frequencies, which is the first gift they received from government just after the "black" against ERT, plus, they need government to expand neoliberal policies in favor of their bosses.

The hypocrisy of the government officials is truly unbelievable. While they appear as if they care about unemployed, pointing the finger to the public workers who still have their jobs, they impose massive layoffs and apply policies which strike the economy, forcing small and medium businesses to close and therefore, leaving more people without jobs. It's not a surprise since this is what they want after all. They want to create armies of unemployed so that they beg later for a job with a salary much lower than today.*

While we approach euro elections, one should expect new cruel measures because voters will normally vote more freely as the media could not blackmail them with the bankruptcy scenario. Therefore, neoliberal dictatorship will rush to apply the new measures in order to reach the Greek experiment targets at the highest possible level since it is almost certain that the euro elections results will be a clear conviction from the people against these policies.

Some MPs, mostly from the Socialist party, warned that they will abandon the government coalition, in case that the parliament will vote the bill for the auctions of primary houses, as troika dictates. Thus, it is not accidental that troika tried to test government through a recent email, asking from the ministries of Labour and Finance to estimate the amount that the insurance funds would save, in case that they would not pay not a single pension in 2014!

If someone thinks that these are science fiction scenarios we should remember that just four years ago, or less, massive layoffs, worker availabilities, dissolved labor rights, closing public organizations in one day, and many other things, were out of question and no one dared to say that may would become reality one day. Neoliberal dictatorship is shaping the suitable conditions for the new Middle Ages and only the massive and dynamic resistance of peoples can prevent it.

* Latest: http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2013/12/latest-info-secret-deal-between-greek.html