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"Let's examine the negative scenario…" he says. "Basically, Greek citizens are the only ones with the capacity of offsetting a government's 'failures' with their actions. I believe the real danger is elsewhere. During the economic crisis, a 'binary line' was drawn that limits the significance of ideological differences. It divides 'austerity' and 'anti-austerity' parties. That line didn't exist in the past. Essentially, during the crisis, identifying yourself on a political or ideological level with a party or agreeing on basic things like education, human rights, immigration, state-church relations, etc., became less important than a party's position on the issue of austerity."The truth is that Golden Dawn is very consciously Nazi: It is guided by an ideology that denies human equality—it believes equality is against nature." –Professor George Tsiakalos
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"Can anything be done to change this sad fact? I believe it can change, if we begin by deconstructing their ideology. But unfortunately, no party or any other institution in the election period attempted to do so. I hope that the new government will be clear and unambiguous in addressing Golden Dawn as a criminal organization.""Many are under the impression that if we stop talking about Golden Dawn, the problem will somehow disappear. That is not the case." –Lawyer Thanasis Kampagiannis
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