In my opinion Bitcoin will be the best answer to stop corrupt politicians and elite. The blockchain technology allows transparency( on the transactions part) but also allows for privacy. Besides who is to order you "not to use digital currency"? The government can't police the internet ( they even fail to thwart hacking attempts.. not to say that i can do a better job but still
) so how are they going to search for people using Bitcoin or altcoins? They need the in-house know-how that is lacking and with corruption spreading like wildfire ( not only in Greece but in every country) that will not happen. I've seen very intelligent people being ignored for job openings but t he sons and daughters of the wealthy & elite get the job, even if they haven't got a clue what to do. That is mostly why I quit my previous job.
Now being a member of the EU does hinder policy making a bit. if the ECB or the EU parliament create a laws that says "bitcoin will be taxed" or " is illegal" or some such thing the members of the EU need to follow this ruling ( otherwise fines and other nasty-ness.. and again its the people that are bearing the full brunt of that shitestorm.. just as it was with nearly very other crises in the last 3 decades or so). Currently EU countries have the liberty, to a certain extent, to do with BTC what they want. France for example did a heavy crackdown ( or smack-down) on everything digital currency. However they are changing their stance a bit after seeing the possible benefits. Belgium on the other hand, a neighboring country, does allow digital currencies to be traded back and forth without taxation and other more positive attitudes are coming from the government ( sometimes politicians can be open minded... and it doesn't hurt if you know some politicians and know how to work the system and have a great bitcoin association to boot)
So why not create a Greece/bitcoingroup that is open to dialog ( yes even with the politicians to educate them) IF that is done correctly someone in your community should fire off a letter( official one) to ask the tax authority of Bitcoin, dogecoin or digital currencies are going to be taxed now? they have to respond and if they do it like the Belgian government, they will agree that no tax will be levied ( basically allowing the trade and use of BTC). This gives you some legal leverage (since it is an official document) and will create more trouble for the government in the future if they decide to ban or levy taxes. It also helps to have an in-house legal expert/lawyer
it wouldn't hurt to speak to the inner greed of the politicians too ( but not to obvious)
I also think that a tougher stance on migration is in order because migration/immigration isn't really to help the "poor people that are fleeing war torn countries" but for big companies to get cheaper labor forces than the average joe or jane. This in turn creates anger between residents and immigrants/migrants which in turn keeps both parties not organised, which is the main goal of most big businesses. The big businesses take the lessons from history to hart: "know your enemy, know your surroundings and know yourself and you will be victorious" Sun Tzu or "divde et impera" Phillip 2 of Macedon or "divide ut Regnes" Caesar. However if a small band of brothers and sister clamp together, like oh I don't know the Spartans did against the overwhelming force of the Persian empire ( to say in history or other examples), they might be victorious. I know a bit of a dreamy reminiscence but i find it an apt description for current day troubles. Now i'm not a racist bigot that only plays and gables in digital currency but you have to look at the job opportunities that are available and if you have about 200 000 or more jobless people already do you really need to add thousands more refugees? A quota would be great in theory but still in practice we've seen that there are also corrupt officials that help people to get "their legal things" in order at the sight of a high stipend
Anyway I think Bitcoin should be adopted by Greece. This will be a well placed F****** you to the EU and the rest of the world. Personally I think that the elite are purposefully keeping Greece, Spain & Portugal artificially "in the hot seat" so to speak. That way the elite can buy up lands, companies etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHUk-lyfUV8 ( no worries , English subtitles are present
) Now there was a prominent Belgian investor ( company has about 5 billion €), read an article in a financial journal a couple of months past, that said that he was buying up companies, buildings, office spaces etc in Greece because "Greece will get back in its feet and business will flow again".
So chek2fire I do agree with most of your conclusions. Education is a problem, however it is us, the BTC community, to educate the people ( elite fear "the people" getting organised around something like bitcoin). Maybe you are good with words so you can go to speeches, talk to people, network with certain open minded people. If you are not so good with speaking but are a great writer you can always make a Greek news site that educates and informs people about happenings in the digital currency community ( but then in your native language) and if you want you can have a chat with Alex Preukschat about the translation of the Bitcoincomic to Greek. That way you create a great awareness about bitcoin ( honestly who doesn't love to read comics )
