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Not sure if troll... Angela Merkel and Francis Hollande are "far-right"? by blackwater 07/06/2015, 2:57pm PDT
Pretty much any northern European head of state would be considered a "looney leftist" in the Democrat party here in the U.S. If you think they are "far-right" then I guess Leon Trotsky was a centrist?

There are actual far-right parties in Europe like the National Front and Jobbik. They mostly want to get rid of the Euro and probably wouldn't give Greece a dime in bailout money if they had their way.

I think it's time for Greece to leave the Euro. It's just time. People have forgotten what the original purpose of the Euro even was. It was to bring the Europeans closer together in an "ever-closer union." Monetary union was supposed to be just the first step on that road towards Star Trek-style peace, love and understanding.

But instead, at least in Greece, the Euro has become a scapegoat for all the government's economic problems. The government has compared the IMF to the Nazis, and apparently people eat up this kind of political theater. It's obviously dividing people, not uniting them. For better or for worse, Greeks seem to have voted in a far-left government that pushes up the minimum wage, gives away a ton of cash and favors to political supporters, makes education free, and so on and so forth. It's just not compatible with the Euro and the people ought to get what they voted for.

I don't understand why there's so much hand-wringing over giving Greeks what they obviously want, which is control over their own monetary policy. It's just more "domino theory" bullshit about how no country can be allowed to leave or else they'll all leave. BS.
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(chugs Ouzo) FUCK YOU EUROPE I CAN DO WHAT I WANT (barf) NT by Greece 07/05/2015, 11:50am PDT NEW
    No good deed goes unpunished. by Oom Shnibble 07/05/2015, 12:33pm PDT NEW
        Greece is the nicest country I have visited so far by Eurotrash 07/05/2015, 2:32pm PDT NEW
            Slightly more trustworthy than Gypsies NT by Greece 07/05/2015, 2:43pm PDT NEW
    It's a good look at what happens when the 1st world far right gain total control NT by literal neo nazis 07/05/2015, 4:14pm PDT NEW
        or us NT by anti-tax zealots 07/05/2015, 8:43pm PDT NEW
            Greece has the biggest anti-tax zealots in the world NT by 90% of revenue uncollected! 07/06/2015, 10:11am PDT NEW
        Not sure if troll... Angela Merkel and Francis Hollande are "far-right"? by blackwater 07/06/2015, 2:57pm PDT NEW
            Which political leaning pushes for austerity? by hint: it aint left 07/06/2015, 10:06pm PDT NEW
                Can governments take responsibility for the results of their own actions? by blackwater 07/07/2015, 9:26am PDT NEW
                    Your narrative is a little simple by Mysterio 07/07/2015, 11:48am PDT NEW
                        Well the EU just told Greece to shit or get off the pot (the pot being the Euro) NT by WITTGENSTEIN 07/07/2015, 2:11pm PDT NEW
                        I never said that Greeks were lazy, or that German/Euro decisions were smart by blackwater 07/07/2015, 6:29pm PDT NEW
                    If the CIA were still fucking with Greece this would be about the time the Junta NT by took Tsipras out ala Papandreou 07/07/2015, 1:01pm PDT NEW
                right on schedule by fabio 07/18/2015, 11:13pm PDT NEW
        America's next with that hard right conservative Obama as president! by kate leth 07/06/2015, 6:57pm PDT NEW
            Yeah, it's SYRIZA that's in office, not Chrysi Avgi NT by Start printing those Drachmas 07/06/2015, 8:57pm PDT NEW
    Greeks forgave German debt. Nice to see them remember it. by Souffle of Pain 07/08/2015, 6:11pm PDT NEW
        That's because US Marshall Plan assistance was conditional on it by WITTGENSTEIN 07/09/2015, 8:12am PDT NEW
            Fortinbras calling anyone stupid. Step this way. NT by the looking glass 07/09/2015, 9:31am PDT NEW
            I guess that means that the debt wasn't forgiven, then. by Souffle of Pain 07/09/2015, 12:28pm PDT NEW
                I expect it'll go like that time you decided to be an internet tough guy over by "The Interview" 07/09/2015, 1:00pm PDT NEW
                    Oh yeah, you did the same thing in that thread. by Souffle of Pain 07/09/2015, 3:01pm PDT NEW
                        You guys are not that different. NT by A Scared Regular 07/10/2015, 11:28am PDT NEW
            Why hold a grudge? NT by Mysterio Lollerson 07/09/2015, 5:27pm PDT NEW
        Fuck you. I said this first. CUNT! NT by Oom Shnibble 07/10/2015, 10:14am PDT NEW
 
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