Militant shoppers and other forms of civil disobedience

This morning I stumbled upon this video from the bbc. It shows Greek 'militant shoppers' pleading with super market managers to lower their prices so that they can do their shopping. In the second part of the video, a driver refuses to pay the tolls and asks (calmly and politely) for the person who works there to get his vehicle number and have the company to sue him, if they so wish.

Various things came to mind when seeing this.

Firstly, needless to say that no greek media, to my knowledge, has discussed this phenomenon. But this is nothing new, that Greek media are corrupt and cheap.

Secondly, it makes me think that there is another way in that stupid country, there must be another way. Ever since the 'austerity measures' came to play, Greeks have done what they know best: they complain with no end, they become passive aggressive to people that are innocent, they moan, and ultimately they do nothing. They keep buying what they bought (especially for their children) and then say they have no money.

I am not sure Greeks can do civil disobedience very well, they are too hot-headed for that. But these people in the video proved me wrong. And I am sure I am not alone. In two old posts, one from me and one from youkali, we discuss what it means to be political and/or an activist in this day and age. It is important to remember that we are not sheep. It is important to remember that, if we live in a western country and are writing/reading this blog, we most probably are well-educated, fairly well off members of society. This, at once, makes us fairly privileged and at this day and age, one cannot take privileges lightly, one has to earn them.