My Apologies For Greek Democrats

Not many people know my unreal name, which is pronounced Hristoforos Futuropolous (yes, I am of Greek heritage), so I have mercifully shortened it for you to Chris Future. My parents were both from Greece, my father from a small island off the coast of Athens called Andros, my mom from a suburb of Athens called Amarousion.

Funnily, they never would have met except for the fact that they both ended up in Canada for different reasons. Anyways, long story short, my father was very political. His political leanings were very left-of-center. Even though he told me that when he was a lad he fought the communists in the north of Greece he ended up being pretty much a communist (well at least a fairly rabid socialist) for most of his life. In future posts, I’ll let you in on a bit of his political wisdom.

Anyways, back to my point. I’ve got a Greek background, but most American politicians with a Greek background lean left. Remember the most famous one of all, Dukakis? Boy, was the Greek American community (and the Greek Canadian community for that matter) ever excited about this guy. They were totally ecstatic (oooh! – finally a Greek in the White House). However, it was not to be.

So, I’m here to apologize for all Greek politicians who lean left. It’s funny, you’d think that being the ones who originally brought democracy into the world, they would have a bit more of balanced opinion, and be a bit more libertarian. But for some reason, the Greeks seem to lean towards socialism. Maybe one of the reasons Greece isn’t doing so well.