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Related: About this forumI thought this was pretty good........
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/06/syriza-greece-austerity-neoliberalism-tsipras/Explains austerity and it's supporters as well as anything.
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I thought this was pretty good........ (Original Post)
socialist_n_TN
Jun 2015
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Depaysement
(1,835 posts)1. In short
Default. Pull out.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)2. Nah. Prepare to exit the EU, BUT...........
make the Trioka KICK you out.
TBF
(34,848 posts)3. This about sums it up -
and I would add that this would apply historically as well
It is clear, therefore, that austerity is primarily a class policy. It constantly promotes the interests of capital against those of the workers, professionals, pensioners, unemployed, and economically vulnerable groups. In the long run, it aims at creating a model of labor with fewer rights and less social protection, with low and flexible wages, and no substantial bargaining power for wage earners.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)4. Yeah, I thought so too T......
That paragraph was a great summation. Austerity IS the ruling class policy and ONLY benefits the ruling class.