Schrödinger’s Vote

We are all witnessing quantum politics.

Let me explain.

In case you haven’t heard, last night, my home country, Greece, failed to make the scheduled debt repayment of 1.5 billion Euro to the International Monetary Fund and has officially defaulted.

On top of that, the Greek government has orchestrated the occurrence of a referendum this upcoming Sunday, asking Greek citizens whether or not they agree with the terms proposed by our creditors.

Now perhaps you are wondering what those terms are.

And here is the magic.

The terms offered by our creditors last week, essentially expired last night, along with the bailout package. Yet, the referendum is still scheduled to happen on Sunday, while government officials advocate that the public should vote against the terms proposed by EU institutions. How is that possible?

I guess we can ask Erwin’s cat.

Erwin Schrödinger argued that his “cat-in-a-box” can be simultaneously dead and alive. It is only when we break open the box and learn the condition of the cat that the superposition is lost, and the cat becomes one or the other (dead or alive).

Now, in a parallel universe, the referendum’s clause can simultaneously be valid and invalid. Do the proposals by our creditors still hold true or not? Sources are alluding towards the latter, however, we cannot know, until we actually see the document on Sunday.

It is of absolute importance to stress the unclear description of the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras towards the Greek public on what exactly Greeks are voting for. As we speak, Greek pensioners are besieging banks to grab cash and economic sectors — public and private — are suffering the effects of a political tactic that has brought our country hours away from a complete economical disaster.

Let’s be clear.

Sunday’s referendum tests whether or not Greek citizens are willing to stay in the Eurozone.

I urge all fellow Greek citizens to vote in favor of this referendum and in favor of Greece in Europe and the Eurozone.