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| 27.10.2013, 13:19 - logjkcc6o2 - Anfänger - 7 Posts How many countries will Germany need to bail out before it has erased the guilt of the Holocaust? That is the provocative question posed by Thilo Sarrazin, a publicity-hungry maverick whose 2010 book attacking immigration shattered?Germany?s political consensus and sold more than 1 million copies. Last week he returned to the scene of the crime with called Why Europe Doesn't Need the Euro. In a much-quoted passage, he says supporters of eurobonds are driven ?by that very German reflex according to which atonement for the holocaust and the world wars will never be complete until we have delivered our entire public interest,?????? Phase One ???, and even our money, into European hands.? This title has raced to the top of best-seller lists and sent jittery markets into panic. Sarrazin is a narcissist who is more interested in self-promotion than serious analysis. But his views on Europe ? as well as the political class?s reaction to them ? tell us a lot about how the euro?s political travails have come about, as well as how they are likely to unfold. An provides just the latest proof that Sarrazin has his finger on the national pulse: Over half of Germans think their country has suffered by joining the euro, while 79 percent reject eurobonds as a solution to the crisis. Sarrazin ? a former regional politician and Bundesbank governor who was stripped of his official positions because of his views on immigration ? is not a man to do things by halves. His book breaks not one but two German taboos by linking Holocaust guilt with questions about the sustainability of the euro. (It is designed to be a refutation of Angela Merkel's argument that the breakup of the euro would lead to the breakup of the EU.) But although ? or rather because ? Sarrazin is so good at mirroring public opinion,???? Epson ??? ??????? ???????, the German political establishment is falling over itself to bury his arguments: Peer Steinbrueck,??????????? Nike Basketball ????? ???? 2013, the former finance minister (and possible candidate for chancellor), described it as ?bullshit?; while the current finance minister, Wolfgang Schaueble, described it as "appalling nonsense." The antics of Thilo Sarrazin are a product of the constrained,?????? Nike Dunk ????? sky hi dunk low, elitist nature of German politics where ? after the experience of National Socialism ? many topics are declared outside the realm of political competition. As a result, all mainstream parties are in favor of Europe, the euro and the Atlantic alliance, and against war,???????? Nike Running ????? ???? ?????, inflation and nationalism. The result is a restricted political sphere where politicians have often been able to act against public opinion without fear of challenge ? including the decision to replace the über-popular Deutschmark with the strikingly unpopular euro. But those who dare cross the threshold of political correctness ? as Sarrazin has repeatedly done ? tap into a vast reservoir of pent-up popular frustration. And because the establishment cartel turns them into outcasts rather than arguing with their views, this reservoir continues to grow. ???????: But the real questi NYC Mayora as he was dd43fda11e3456016f9202db2311f44f |