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On 2015/03/19 04:03 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote:
... This week the German news media have helped make Mr. Varoufakis a lightning rod for populist anger by surfacing a two-year-old video in which he suggested that Greece should have simply defaulted on its debts in 2010 and told the German government to deal with the consequences. Mr. Varoufakis has said the video, in which he used a crude expression and extended his middle finger, is being taken out of context.
I'm 1/4 German so let me be biased for a moment. One of the very funniest pranks I've ever seen concerns this video, especially where the wonderful young punk who paint-shopped in the middle finger starts generalizing about German political attitudes. So typical of the NYT not to have pointed out - perhaps /noticed - /this hoaxing. The english subtitles start at the 3 minute mark. Do stick around to the end, to see the merits of superb studio work and raunchy anti-establishment politics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx-1LQu6mAE
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