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jeudi 17 septembre 2015

While the world is burning, the cat grooms itself *
The new religion of Varoufakis: "pure reason"

by Fausto Giudice, 16/9/2015. Translated by Jenny Bright


Yanis "Allstar" Varoufakis has just published an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the central organ of the PGB (Party of German Bosses) an article that blows us away, to which it seems necessary to respond.

Like Kador, the dog of Binet's  Bidochon comic duo, Varouf is a reader of Kant. This we have known since last February when, just appointed Minister of Finance, he had once quoted the philosopher of Königsberg, but with a healthy dose of irony. This time, all irony disappeared. In his article, which reads like a Sunday morning sermon - it is published in the Sunday edition of FAZ-, Varouf engages in an improbable shining of Berlin shoes. Our readers are in general rushed and overwhelmed people, so we offer a summary of Varoufs Kantian message, followed by a brief commentary. Readers who have the desire and time can read the whole article, published in English, German, Italian and Portuguese.