Occasionally, things are easy for institutions of power. In the name of the Law, but often by disregarding provisions or mostly invalid oral instructions, these rulers would exercise their “duties”.
From the director of a hospital, for example, to the doorman, a horde of tyrants is in power. The local constable governs his and the neighboring, the rural constable the fields and the verger his church.
The exercise of arbitrary power stems from the permanence of power of this kind. Those exercising arbitrary power do bot fear reprisals , because permanence means they are not at risk of losing their jobs when others come into power.
The problems in certain areas become more serious when politics enters the mix. Such an example is postwar Greece, where events such – such as the Civil War – split the social fabric.
Modern Greece is facing a similar threat, with the people divided over behind the flags of a useless Left and the white-and-blue of the cursed Right.
We must finally understand that it is not possible for those in power to accuse the others as criminals. Because today’s accused are “flirting” with the court benches tomorrow.
Since the political programs have very few differences, they should sit around a table and excuse each others’ sins, so that the people can take a break and everyone can have a fresh start.
Stavros P. Psycharis
Originally published in the Sunday print edition
