Re:Thomas Piketty: “Germany has never repaid.”
by Shivetya on Monday July 06, 2015 @06:45AM
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Its pretty much an ignorant statement. Which younger generation is he referring too? Those born after Greece joined the EU, those who happen to be 18-21, what?
I am pretty sure we can segment society in any means necessary to excuse one group or another from responsibility. I can just as well blame the same younger generation for bringing in a firebrand Marxist and voting to support saying NO when its going to wreck their economy even further; likely closing the banks for electronic transfers for business may have done too much damage.
As for the article, I could care less what Germany did or didn't do back then. Times were different then, we were all recovering from a incredible war and no one wanted to see conditions repeated that may lead to a third. Reparations and the restrictions on Germany after the first world war led to someone like Hitler gaining power so why repeat the situation?
I am pretty sure we can segment society in any means necessary to excuse one group or another from responsibility. I can just as well blame the same younger generation for bringing in a firebrand Marxist and voting to support saying NO when its going to wreck their economy even further; likely closing the banks for electronic transfers for business may have done too much damage.
As for the article, I could care less what Germany did or didn't do back then. Times were different then, we were all recovering from a incredible war and no one wanted to see conditions repeated that may lead to a third. Reparations and the restrictions on Germany after the first world war led to someone like Hitler gaining power so why repeat the situation?