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I would not consider your view of the problem as "leftist". I'm not challenging your self-designation, but the way you present the situation. In my opinion, th
by hgoury 6y ago
I would not consider your view of the problem as "leftist". I'm not challenging your self-designation, but the way you present the situation.
In my opinion, there are a few points that are dubious in this analysis:
- A country is not like a person. It doesn't make any sense to compare the situation of a state to that of an individual.
- Different countries are engaged in trade together. If one, say Germany, has commercial surplus, it is because others buy its production. Hence, all countries can't produce like Germany : who is going to buy everything?
- According to mainstream economic doctrine (Keynes), cutting government spendings does not lead to growth especially amidst a crisis, whereas you have an alternative that does create growth and does not condemn people to starvation. This is done instead by increasing the spendings in the right way.
- Various officials have falsified economic documents in order for Greece to enter the Eurozone (and was helped by Goldman Sachs [0], for example). Why should people suffer from acts of this nature ?
[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greek-debt-crisis-goldman-sachs-could-be-sued-helping-country-hide-debts-when-it-joined-euro-10381926.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greek-debt-c...