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mk · 4616 days ago · link · · parent · post: Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras: 'It's a war between people and capitalism'
He has a point that this is more about banks than it is about nations, but IMO this is so because the Euro is flawed, not because of something inherent to Capitalizism. The Eurozone countries designed the Euro in such a way that risk was spread when it came to getting credit, but not when it came to debt. You can't have Greece get loans on Germany's economic strength, but pay them back on their own, especially while strangling their economy.
Capitalism doesn't work when you design it not to. IMHO Tsipras is representing a good position, but probably for the wrong reasons.