Hellas: - Skatt, sex og moral en del av bildet

"All" working black, two out of three sexually active Greek men buy sex, no chairs in the state. Greece is hit by more than economic and political problems. It's time to talk about values, confidence and attitude.

"Why should we pay taxes when the government cheat you?" The Greek looks puzzled and want me to understand why people cheat on taxes. The same evening another could tell that he knew someone who had tried to run a local business, but that it was not possible to survive if one were to follow the law. Some argue, therefore, that the government calculates tax evasion in the tax base and therefore put on some extra fees. It means that the total tax per person becomes extreme if everything is paid. "But no one does you know," I heard several say. Some believe that the left-wing populist party Syriza success and the economic crisis is the result of laziness, others think the rest of the EU treats Greece unfairly. But is this interesting question when the country suffers from a fundamental distrust of the state and an unwillingness to pay taxes? No matter how stupid policy in Greece, there is little to suggest that it is the main problem. Unconscious Truth about women's fate and the apparent indifference of the country inundated by traffickers should make us all cry.

All buying sex

A month ago I visited Greece to look at the work being done to combat human trafficking. So shortly after the conversation with those who spoke about Greece economic challenges, we joined an NGO,  A21 , which operates both a home for former victims and a lot of good information work. This evening we have to drive through the Red Light District of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city. It is a shocking sight and a gruesome tale. Tons of brothels. Thousands of men looking for sex. It is almost the only Eastern European women. 99 percent of them will be victims of trafficking. 60A ???? 70 percent of sexually active men in Greece, according to figures from the A21, bought sex. It is normal for à ¥ go on brothel. Fathers bring their sons when they should be  «voksneÂ." With friends go à ¥ penlyst to one of the city's brothels for having sex with the same girl, one by one. Almost all of the buy sex from there because a backer has forced them to it. Unconscious Truth about women's fate and the apparent indifference of the country inundated by traffickers, modern slave drivers, should make us all cry.

Most anti-Semitic in Europe

It's not only a lamentable views of women, which should be noted. Greece, what we often call the "cradle of democracy" have more serious problems. In 2014, a  global survey  of antisemitism presented. Here came Greece worst in Europe. 69 per cent of Greeks espoused anti-Semitic views, according to the survey. Greece was on par with Saudi Arabia, more anti-Semitic than Iran (56 percent) and almost twice as antisemitic as Western Europe's second worst, France (37 percent). The purpose of this post is not to list everything that is wrong with Greece, every country has its challenges. We are many who love to holiday in Greece and we are many who can make long positive lists. But we have a country on the brink of bankruptcy in value terms, it is far more serious than the unpaid installments.

Policy can not save Greece

It felt like some dangerous to talk about morality in Norway. Nobody likes when forefinger comes up. But we must dare to talk more about what controls our choices. Too fast we run the policy to find answers. We are looking for political solutions. But when morality is that women are a commodity and that laws are just guidelines, so it is not new laws that rescues the country. Nor a political action plan or a budget settlement. While ancient Greece realized that no society works without ethics, it appears that modern Greece has forgotten their heritage. But we need a school that conveys values, a clearer church speak out, we need celebrities indicating that men do not buy sex, politicians who fight corruption among their peers. We must be the single people who say that enough is enough. It's about awareness themselves and each other, and about a kind of moral awakening.

The trust is created not economic

Often we believe that there is financial security and the welfare state which is the foundation of trust we have with society and each other. Professor Christian Bjørnskov at Aarhus University turn this on its head and says,  according Forskning.no , that "trust is the basic premise of the welfare state. If we did not trust each other, would the Scandinavian model collapses. " In the article from 2012 says Bjørnskov that "welfare state would collapse in a country like Greece, where mistrust is high and corruption is widespread. In countries with little confidence becomes greater corruption because it is human to hoard if others do the same. " It is honesty, social cohesion and respect for each other which is the basis for trust in a society. There is not a single document in the EU bureaucracy that can replace it. Probably we need several generations when to work with values, confidence and attitudes. Fundamentally, it is about a civilization, ethics as famous Greek philosophers worked with. While ancient Greece realized that no society works without ethics, it appears that modern Greece has forgotten their heritage.