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[–] Empire_of_the_mind 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

You're a sucker.

First of all, defaulting was the best decision Argentina made in the past 15 years. And that was at a time where it was far more risky to try and make a go of things outside the US-dominant economic system. Things have certainly changed in that regard, in part thanks to the Argentinians, and Greece is in far less precarious position to do so.

Further, the Greek people may have "democracy" but they certainly don't have representation. Did they vote to hire Goldman Sachs to rig their Euro ascension documents? no they did not, that was done by their corrupt leaders. As victims of those criminals they should not be punished for those actions whilst the actual perpetrators are wined and dined in Brussels. Regarding their currency 'not being worth the paper its printed on' that's really not for you to say as a non-Greek. Internally, Greek's currency would have whatever value the people of Greece believe it to have. For dealing with foreign issues they can access credit through non-IMF and ECB sources and surely get less extortionate terms. Your suggestion has been tried for seven years now and the results speak for themselves.

You know who's also an economist? Varoufakis, and I'm damn sure he's a better economist than you.