Paradigm shift smash1/20/2023 ![]() Public domain as such is absent from today’s Greece. What is the definition of public domain? It is a space dominated by an emphasis on common interests and open processes, a space characterized by the three crucial values of accountability, responsibility and respect. Public domain: The emergence of an appropriate and redefined public domain is essential for the creation of a truly effective social welfare society. Any attempt to create a different narrative about Greece today has to start with the rebuilding of public and private institutions under fundamentally different premises from the ones under which they operate today, institutions that are based on accountability, responsibility and respect. Since institutions enter and define public consciousness, they become a critical component of civic life. Institutions: Historically, the establishment of proper, well-performing, accountable and effective public and private institutions, whether we are talking about education, culture, health or governance itself, is a critical component and prerequisite for a well-functioning society. If we accept this fundamental premise, then we can start paying attention and openly debate the focus of this new narrative. ![]() Any hope for meaningful change starts with the need to establish a new public discourse. It is noise that is itself beginning to swallow and obliterate everything.Īt the beginning 2016, as we should be thinking of what needs to start happening in order for things to change this year, I believe we need a new beginning, a new speech, a new narrative, a new reality. It effectively carries no possibility of action and consequently no possibility of meaningful change. It is a narrative, a discussion, and a speech for the sake of speech that continues to grow and dominate. It stands above and outside everything else and has become omnipotent. However, this very narrative, this discourse, has assumed a life of its own and has started to control everything. Corruption, political ineptitude, the bloated public sector, lack of reforms, tax evasion, a state-dependent private sector, austerity, poverty, economic stagnation, unemployment, brain drain: These are some of the issues that are part of the narrative about Greece today. ![]() It may assume different tones and hues, but its essence is fundamentally the same. For someone observing these developments somewhat from a distance, it sooner or later becomes evident that when it comes to Greece today the narrative remains the same, both inside and outside the country. ![]()
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