The chairman
of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Martin Schulz, made
recently a quite surprising statement
concerning the German minister of finance, Wolfgang Schauble, and
Greece:
"Schauble
is largely responsible for imposing the 13th pension cut. And while
thousands of families are plunging ever deeper into poverty, Schauble
records at the same time big profits from the interest paid by Greece
for aid loans," said the social democrat chancellor Martin
Schulz during presentation of his positions in view of September's
elections ...
After
seven years of orchestrated destruction against Greece by the
neoliberal priesthood, suddenly, Martin Schulz decided to adopt what
the establishment apparatus could name today as 'populist'
rhetoric. Does that gives the signal to the social
democrats around Europe to make a turn of 180 degrees? Probably yes,
and it could be explained in many ways.
After
the collapse of the social democrats in the second eurozone economy,
France, and the huge political vacuum created by the unprecedented
levels of abstention, the social democrats around Europe start to
realize that aligning completely with the neoliberal positions,
simply doesn't work.
It
is characteristic that in Greece, even if the socialists of PASOK
refuse to drop the neoliberal thinking, they start to distance
themselves from the other key party of the establishment, New
Democracy (once populist, now neoliberal right). They were partners
in governing after crisis hit Greece in 2010, but now, it appears
that the socialists start to remember some of their old rhetoric.
Why
the chief of the European social democrats, Martin Schulz, decided
now to send this signal to the rest of his ideological counterparts
around Europe?
First
reason, and most direct, probably because he doesn't want to have the
luck of his counterparts in France, Greece and elsewhere. He knows
that sticking so faithfully on the neoliberal 'rationalism' may bring
more damage to his party, rather than help it recover.
Second
reason, and not so obvious, probably because he took the green light
by the establishment to change positions, simply because the
neoliberal experiment in Greece is almost completed.
So,
now that the elites secured the desirable conditions towards
Feudalism 2.0, the social democrats are 'permitted' to wear their
socialist mask. It's only another trick. Their mission is to attract
the voters who have been disappointed by the neoliberal
establishment, especially the most moderate who have chosen to
abstain from the electoral process. Therefore, their mission is to
restrict the potential of the 'radical' left, and close the dangerous
and unpredictable political gap created by the unprecedented figures
of abstention.
For
seven years now, the socialist hypocrites were watching the
destruction of Greece, fully aligned behind the establishment. They
were just reproducing the known lies and propaganda to distract
people from the real criminals, responsible for the crisis.
Therefore, it is very doubtful whether these hypocrites could trick
the masses ... again.
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