KKE: PM seeking allies for the Greek plutocracy
Summary of the Article
This article is about the charge by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) that a plutocracy was underway. The KKE believed that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was trying to secure allies, people for the Greek plutocracy. The Greek plutocracy, the KKE believe, was happening through the "deepest and heaviest exploitation of the Greek working people" and was growing through the finding of "monopolies, poverty, unemployment and the insecurity of the popular strata and looting of the country's mineral and natural wealth..."
Thoughts, Comments, and Emotions
This article caught my eye because our class had recently discussed different forms of government in class. Plutocracy was one of them, and it is defined as "rule by the wealthy." How the wealthy seem to be growing in Greece is by the exploitation of working people and looting of natural resources. Eventually this country that previously had a parliamentary form of government might switch over to plutocracy.
Article's Relation to Politics
This article related to politics because it talks about a movement to change the form of government in Greece. It also mentions the widening gap between the middle class and the wealthy and how the wealthy are exploiting the working class to augment their power in politics. This is corruption in the working, but it is inevitable in many countries around the world.