Augustine Zenakos is a journalist and chief editor of Unfollow, a monthly political and news magazine, published in Greece. In the past, he has worked as an art critic, a curator, and a co-director of the Athens Biennale. This essay is based on a talk given at Dreams of Freedom? Conversations on Aesthetics, Ethics & European Democracies, a two-day symposium, hosted by the National Sculpture Factory, Cork, on the occasion of the United States Of Europe exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery, 8 – 9 March 2013.