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This paper proposes that the formula for coping with the Greek crisis is based on a false diagnosis regarding both the causes and the patient. Far from being the Greek society or the Greek economy, the patient is the state. Public debt is not directly related to the standard of living in society itself but is simply a significant evidence of corruption and the appropriation of the state by the political class. The debt crisis results exclusively from the general refusal of successive Greek governments to take basic measures to reform the state. Moreover, the management of the crisis, which was marked by shifts with regard to the forecasts of memorandums, goes hand in hand with the obstinacy of politicians’ intent on keeping intact the pillars of a party-based structure. The political system has lost all legitimacy and is in constant rivalry with civil society. In conclusion, the paper provides radical paths to reform.