Lekakis, Eleftheria, (2013), “Greece, fascism and beyond”, Open Democracy – Free Thinking for the World, 29 Μαΐου.
Fascism has spread over the mainland of the Greek geography, the islands of bellowing winds and the mentality of a small, scared, disappointed and disillusioned part of the population. It has brought an anti-democratic beast into the heart of a previously, arguably, more democratic nation. The worst thing for me are the statements of people who are typically apolitical, or at least not fascists, and who are saying things like ‘it’s fine if the Golden Dawn wants to have air time on TV, this is a democracy’, or ‘it’s fine if Golden Dawn organise the Vasilopita festivities, they are entitled to it’. To this I always say, sure that might sound logical to you, but a) this is turning a blind eye to the violence and accepting the institutional foundation of the party, but not its ideological charge, b) it’s easy to avoid taking a stance in a controversial issue until it hits you or yours (I cannot think of a single Greek person I know that does not have a single non-Greek friend), c) violence is systematised through these gradual acceptances.