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"It's a fallacy to pick and choose events in the ultracomplex global economy and form a story from that." You are probably right but, this has not prevented th
by RobertoG 12y ago
"It's a fallacy to pick and choose events in the ultracomplex global economy and form a story from that."
You are probably right but, this has not prevented the Germans (or, at least, the German press) to create a narrative of how the current situation is due to how lazy the Greeks and the south Europeans are.
I suppose that they have build a congruent worldview that lets them to sleep well at night.
- UweSchmidt 12y agoKeep in mind that the German press has always strongly supported the ideal of a unified Europe. So, I believe as a tendency they would rather underreport problems (say, financial problems in other countries affecting Germany), instead of giving arguments to EU critics. I can't remember reading about "lazyness" - maybe you read too much into it? However the press had a look into the financial conduct of Greece - I hope that's allowed when you're out 50 Billion €?