As Greece’s economic situation deteriorated, its citizens got the sense that the loans were not really intended to help them, but rather to bail out German and French banks. With this narrative, Greeks could avoid admitting the role of their own government’s policy mistakes in thrusting them into recession.
但是，随着时间的推移，希腊及其债权人对这些事实的看法出现了巨大的差异。随着希腊经济状况的恶化，希腊公民认为贷款并不是真的为了帮助他们，而是为了救助德国和法国银行。采用这一叙事的希腊人可以避免承认希腊政府错误在导致他们陷入衰退中所扮演的角色。