The Greek oxi vote rejected EU terms without demanding Grexit.

Evidence

Several opinion polls after the vote suggested that the majority of those voting oxi did not favor “Grexit” (the severing of all ties with the EU). Images of openness versus exclusion were mobilized in a manner that was a reverse of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, which took place in the following year. Antonis Samaras, the defeated right-wing leader of the opposition, defended a pro-Europe vote by stating in his closing rally before the referendum: “Our world focuses on security—we aim to secure our borders against illegal immigrants. In contrast, Syriza is asking for open borders. They will drive us to anarchy, together with their communist allies in Europe. They will destroy Europe!” — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 533

Categorization

• XREF: Feeds the reader’s key claim that financialized populism is not voting against interests but making speculative bets under uncertainty. — connects to: The Greek no vote rejected both Left rupture and xenophobic nationalism — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 523
• QUESTION: If oxi voters didn’t want Grexit, what exactly were they betting on? This is the speculative wager the author should want to unpack.