[zo1]

You can't have your cake and eat it to. For the 20% (guess) of "young Greeks" that are getting the raw end of a stick because they didn't vote for the government/disagree with the borrowing, there are probably > 20% of Greeks that did vote for the government, and/or did agree with the unsustainable borrowing.

Or are we going to single out individuals that are responsible and saddle them with billions of debt? The alternative in this scenario to democratically-shared blame is ludicrous. Blame/consequences can't just magically disappear at this point.

Look, don't get me wrong, I'm all for politicians being accountable for their actions. As a freedom minded (Libertarian/Anarcho-capitalist), I think a simple act/rule such as that would put us straight down a path to true freedom from government. But this crisis/situation is not one of those times where I'd advocate such a course.

[leereeves]

This came to light six years ago, and barring default or forgiveness, isn't going away soon. Young people who never voted for or against anyone responsible for the debt will suffer for it. People who haven't even been born yet might end up repaying the debt.

"Democratically-shared blame" is the ludicrous option.

[JustSomeNobody]

But that's how voting works. People vote for who they want to represent them. Yes, there are going to be parts of the population too young to have a voice. But later, they will and there'll be a whole new population too you to have a vote. You can't change that.

The important part is this; if you live in a country where you're allowed to vote for your representation, you are part of the government and share in it's successes and it's failures.