[anigbrowl]

I completely agree, but I think that political agency also involves an acceptance of responsibility. To suggest that populations are helpless against governments that promptly borrow them into penury is as much magical thinking as the idea that you can just cut your way to prosperity. In reality you don't usually see people running out into the street to protest additional government borrowing. (Please note that I think the Greek crisis is a lot more complex than a few numbers on a national balance sheet, but I don't see any point in trying to re-summarize it in every single comment.)