John Pilger is, or should be, an icon. He certainly inspires me to speak out against all that is rotten and corrupt in this world.

I have written many times about the need for revolution by the masses, about the need for the world to rid itself of the crushing, greed-driven dictatorship imposed upon it by capitalism, corporatism and the wealthy ruling classes.

As in the time of the French Revolution, it is up to the people to rise up and rid themselves of the greedy, elitist ruling elite and the farce that modern democracy has become. Governments, in the main, don't serve the people, they rule the people and pander to the corporations and the billionaires!

Greek citizens might start a cleansing movement that could spread across the world.

Let's hope so! It's long overdue.

It would make more sense if the english speaking people of the world started a cleansing movement, to get rid of this ratbag Pilger.

What I find hilarious about JP is his capacity to drag out the same old arguments without actually going to the bother of proposing a solution. You might as well be sitting in a University cafeteria cira 1981 listening to Young Socialist for the amount of sense you will glean. Broadly speaking democratic processes tend to favour capitalistic frameworks, international banking and credit being at their pinnacle. Greek (and other EU members) appear to be unable to keep their finances in order - the solution, not pretty but basically a need to reign in public expenditure, the alternative? Leave EU, print drachmas and PRAY.

David G., I realise this won't sit well with your world view but this is the reality of the situation. JP's desire to find high conspiracy behind every event is more a reflection of his own constipation of logic. Cascading world revolution is pretty undergraduate don't you think?

Cheerio

Bitey, my friend, when the French Revolution took place it was hailed as a great achievement for mankind. I don't recall anyone being stupid enough to say that it was 'undergraduate'.

But then you weren't born then.

Touche! Ouch. Wet lettuce slap acknowledged. Mmmm, hate to spoil the party but aren't the French one of the key EU nations driving the Greeks and others to get their budgets in order?

See you at the barricades comrade!

Pilger has a case and his arguments and facts deserve attention, even if you end up disagreeing with his conclusions. A visitor from Mars would be amazed at the stupid things we do. Imagine the ideal - we have little chance of it. Reason - most of us are too stupid to take on anything ideal. Imagine if land prices were stable. Imagine if hedge funds, derivatives and speculation did not make more profits than manufactures. Imagine - - . Sometimes even history can let us imagine a society different from this one.