“I’m
rooting for Greece. I mean, broadly, who the hell isn’t rooting for
Greece? Even if you’re super right wing, or super German, or super
capitalist you probably don’t want Greece tumbling out of the Euro
and defaulting on its debts.”
“But
beyond that, I like that they’re a young government. I like Yanis
Varoufakis, the new finance minister. To a certain extent, I’ve
bought into the media portrayal of him (from the Guardian and NPR and
all over) as a straight shooting rapscallion who might – just might
– be crazy enough to, um, responsibly manage the Greek financial
situation?”
“I was
reading the Guardian’s live coverage of the forthcoming Greek
proposals of how they’re going to pay off their debts, when a
little blurb popped up explaining that the Greek markets were closed
today because it was 'Clean Monday' – the Greek Orthodox equivalent
of Ash Wednesday. It was an amazing/hilarious (well, maybe mildly
amusing) coincidence to me that the Greek ministers were scrambling
and figuring out how to avoid strict austerity on the day that Lent
starts.”
“And
all this scrambling is just to figure out the next few months. It’s
gonna be a long winter, and a long spring, and maybe a really long
summer for Greece. But my fingers are crossed.”
Rightwing capitalist of at least some germanic descent here; hit the reset button. The whole world is watching. And waiting.
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