His post evokes FDR's speech some days before the 1936 election, in which Roosevelt says: "We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financ

His post evokes FDR's speech some days before the 1936 election, in which Roosevelt says: "We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. [...] Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me--and I welcome their hatred." Varoufakis, and Greece in general, are in a somewhat different position right now than America was immediately after the First New Deal. On the other hand, if Varoufakis is right, the differences may not be as great as I imagine...