[unityByFreedom]

You're not locked up for criticizing the government or aristocracy in Greece. That's something. I agree that media, both traditional and the new social media, can be heavily influenced if not controlled by aristocracy. Democracy won't save you, it simply allows you to save yourself if you work very very hard to do so. My impression of Greece has been that it's a beautiful country full of great people that finds itself in hard times. Democracy isn't the cause of Greece's woes. As you say, people need to be better informed. Perhaps we should all go back to blogging on our own domain names, or at least encourage people to also take control of their social media content by using distributed systems. Clearly democracy + centralized social media isn't good enough.