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That argument gets thrown around a lot, but it is quite a terrible one. After WW2, the only Germany which acknowledged war and pre-war debts was the FDR. This
by felipeerias 11y ago
That argument gets thrown around a lot, but it is quite a terrible one.
After WW2, the only Germany which acknowledged war and pre-war debts was the FDR. This was a state in ruins under foreign military occupation, with about half the territory and population of the former German state that had incurred those debts.
If post-war Germany is your standard for debt relief, then Greece is still very, very far away from qualifying.
- ubernostrum 11y agoThis was a state in ruins under foreign military occupation, with about half the territory and population of the former German state that had incurred those debts. OK. So, the Greek government officials who ran up Greece's debt are responsible for that debt. The current government isn't, and in fact the current Greece is in economic ruin courtesy of years of "austerity" imposed forcefully by foreign powers.