1. Contra @mattyglesias, Syriza's "irresponsible rhetoric about Nazis" served a function: to place debt crisis in historical framework
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@HeerJeet if you can't bring up the Versailles debt strangling when unemployment is at 25%, when *can* you bring it up? -
@ryanlcooper@ckilpatrick@HeerJeet But it had fallen all the way down from 27% in just 2 1/2 years! Syriza ruined the boom!
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6. It's worth reminding people that the EU itself was only possible by the forgiveness of older debts.
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7. Also worth reminding people that the history of forcing payment on debts regardless of human costs has led to terrible things.
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@HeerJeet Syriza's (especially@yanisvaroufakis's) rudeness is the main reason the Troika hates them so. They break decorum.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Piketty makes similar points in Die Zeit interview. (Also Germany after WWI)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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