Tracend

Definition:
Malakas: (in greek) a person with a damaged brain after consant masturbation.
The MALAKAs: a piece of literature explaining the depths of greek psychology.

I was a true Greek in the sense that at first I wanted to create the same things people did around the world, in my country. I wasn’t aiming for personal gain but for the common good. After some time it was apparent that not only noone wanted to help me in my cause, but that they were disturbed by my actions.

I HAD to think about personal gain – people could understand me thinking about my personal gain. It was expected and they had standard ways of handling me, those that they used for everyone else. If you try to escape this practice and say “no, I want to do something for my country”, the other greeks will see you as a strange sight and ultimately isolate you with so many walls that you’ll give up.

Greece is the way it is NOT because it can’t be any better but because the greeks DON’T want to.

It doesn’t take a worthy psychologist to find out the reasons why this is happening… After the WWII greeks were caught up in the rush to improve their quality of life. Personal gain was a common cause at the time. Now, the new generations are raized with these same ideals when there is no need and with new rules applied to today’s society.

They (the greeks) are in a loop hole that they don’t realize:

• Everybody is thinking for himself in a very exclusive way.
• The country’s economy goes down the drain.
• The politicians try to steal from people to get by.
• The people’s faith for the government and the community is shattered.

… do while (noone is left).

On to explain why they don’t support others that want to help the community. It’s simple. Greeks are smart – they know what they’re doing is wrong (even unconsiously), they just don’t want to be reminded about it. They preffer saying “that’s the way things are” than dealing with the truth and changing things. So, they don’t like seeing someone making them LOOK BAD by doing the right thing for a change – they will crush him until the threat is eliminated. It’s all based on personal ego.

So here is the dilemma. Do you continue to do the right thing (that must be the common good) or do you follow the proposed path of self-improvement (which actually isn’t that anyway)? I personally tried to stay pure as much as I could and honestly I have to say that I failed.

(This text is part of a series called “The MALAKAs” – other related documents published will be linked here)