1. Contra @mattyglesias, Syriza's "irresponsible rhetoric about Nazis" served a function: to place debt crisis in historical framework
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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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8. Apocryphal statement attributed to Calvin Coolidge ("They hired the money, didn't they?”) is now actual argument made by EU.
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@HeerJeet foundation of (west) German wealth was 1953 London deal. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Agreement_on_German_External_Debts … Signed by Greece.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Picketty said sth. much the same in a Die Zeit interview. History is so fucking inconvenient to the powerful elites sometimes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet has this fantastic sketch by German group Die Anstalt crossed your timeline yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfzkMmIHAG8 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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