So the quintessential expression of Greek culture is an import via their Turkish conquerors...Actually its the smokers_while_sipping_coffee country
We have the highest numbers of cancer from smoking [in proportion], the highest numbers of smoking [in proportion] - and coffee is basically at this moment the country's raison d'etre it would appear.. you make a living by making it or serving it, you discuss your life over it with friends, you go on a romantic date "for a coffee" - you chill having one alone and watch the girls/boys pass by..you have one in order to start your day..
Its the essential ingredient, the very zen i'd say of the greek way
The ironies of history abound.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
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