[P2P-F] Fwd: [tapas] Varoufakis @ Guardian

Sat Jul 11 06:13:03 CEST 2015

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From: Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>
Date: Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [tapas] Varoufakis @ Guardian
To: "tapas at lists.p2pfoundation.net" <tapas at lists.p2pfoundation.net>

2 things are revealing in this testament,

one, the realistic assessment that it was never about repayment, but about
disciplining

but second , and this is worse, Varoufakis mentions iraq, of all places, as
an example of a return to monetary sovereignty .. and not argentina,
iceland or the dozen positive historical examples mentioned by ellen brown
in her book, nor the current statistics showing european countries outside
the eurozone do generally better than those within it ..

for me what this reveals is a left version of TINA, and explains why
Tsipras wants to give in so badly to the Troika blackmail, they do not see
a alternative themselves and that is a terrible realisation ...

The proposed accord is an absolutely terrible program for permanent
enfeeblement of Greece, and as George P. suggested, for the planned
destruction of the SME economy ..

It brings home the possibility described in Kees van der Pijl's new book:
The end of political compromise under capitalism ..

Michel

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 4:01 AM, John <restakis at gmail.com> wrote:

> indeed...
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> On 15-07-10 1:37 PM, George Papanikolaou wrote:
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>> http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/10/germany-greek-pain-debt-relief-grexit
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