Implementation of the austerity measures in conjunction with the demise of the Greece economy has led to an uptick in that country’s suicide rate!
Also a video that predicts a collapse in the U.S. dollar will lead to massive social unrest here! Watch and give your opinion on the potential for what is predicted to come to fruition!
Greece austerity, economic crisis and suicides!
ATHENS: On Monday, a 38-year-old geology lecturer hanged
himself from a lamp post in Athens and on the same day a 35-year-old priest
jumped to his death off his balcony in northern Greece. On Wednesday, a
23-year-old student shot himself in the head.
himself from a lamp post in Athens and on the same day a 35-year-old priest
jumped to his death off his balcony in northern Greece. On Wednesday, a
23-year-old student shot himself in the head.
In a country that has had one of the lowest suicide rates in
the world, a surge in the number of suicides in the wake of an economic crisis
has shocked and gripped the Mediterranean nation and its media before a May 6
election.
the world, a surge in the number of suicides in the wake of an economic crisis
has shocked and gripped the Mediterranean nation and its media before a May 6
election.
The especially grisly death of pharmacist Dimitris
Christoulas, who shot himself in the head on a central Athens square because of
poverty brought on by the crisis that has put millions out of work, was by far
the most dramatic.
Christoulas, who shot himself in the head on a central Athens square because of
poverty brought on by the crisis that has put millions out of work, was by far
the most dramatic.
Before shooting himself during morning rush hour on April 4
on Syntagma Square across from the Greek parliament building, the 77-year-old
pensioner took a moment to jot down a note.
on Syntagma Square across from the Greek parliament building, the 77-year-old
pensioner took a moment to jot down a note.
“I see no other solution than this dignified end to my life
so I don’t find myself fishing through garbage cans for sustenance,” wrote
Christoulas, who has since become a national symbol of the austerity-induced
pain that is squeezing millions. (Source)
so I don’t find myself fishing through garbage cans for sustenance,” wrote
Christoulas, who has since become a national symbol of the austerity-induced
pain that is squeezing millions. (Source)
Will a U.S. dollar collapse set-off a series of events that leads to rioting in the streets and massive social unrest across America?
What’s your opinion of the message in this video. Will this or something close actually occur or is this just the product of the fertile imagination of a doomsday theorist?
H/T TeaParty.org
Authored By The Political Commentator
