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SYRIZA President Distances Alexis Tsipras supports the parliamentary representative of the party and former minister Euclid Tsakalotos.
In an article on tvxs, Mr. Tsakalotos significantly points out that “we have to be extremely sparing when we call our opponents scammers “, leaving spikes for your statement Alexis Tsipras, what he had said, referring to Kyriako Mitsotaki that «you are the biggest political con man in the country that you promised the Greek people strong growth and brought 15% underdevelopment in the second quarter of 2020. “
According to Euclid Tsakalotos, “On the one hand, this type of political confrontation alienates a large part of the citizenry, and especially the young. And something worse: many identify politics with this type of confrontation and not with potentially emancipatory activity. “On the other hand, precisely because not all of our opponents are, and could not be, scammers, this tactic underestimates the adversary – always a dangerous thing in all kinds of conflicts – and is not convincing.”
In detail, Euclid Tsakalotis mentions in his article:
There is no doubt that over the past thirty years neo-liberal economists, politicians, thinkers, bankers, and many others have promised that their program (liberalization and deregulation of markets, emancipation of entrepreneurship, smaller state, etc.) will lead to the prosperity for all, if not for all. in the same measure for all. And the expectations of growth and social prosperity for many are constantly being frustrated, at the same time that the position of the most powerful economic actors is strengthened.
After so many denials, can we talk about fraud on the part of the supporters of the entire project? Perhaps. Can we talk about scammers? More difficult question.
Former leftists and left-wing thinkers have argued that the central role of church and religion is to reconcile the popular strata to their destiny, to hope for improvement not in this life but in the next. In short, religion functionally functioned for the system. I have no doubt that this aspect also exists, but the whole approach is unconvincing for the same reason that many explanations of functionalism have a problem. A church made up of cynical clergy who did not believe in their religion and who were fully aware that it was serving other purposes could not play the role of supporting the system. To be convincing, religion needs people, perhaps not all, but at least a critical mass, who are honest about their role.
The same, I suppose, applies to neoliberals. Of course, many will be cynical and know exactly what the consequences of their policies will be and how much it favors them. But that may not be all. A critical mass of neoliberal social scientists really believe in his theories; of course others are more cynical or just go with the flow to get professionally comfortable. The same goes for politicians.
In this sense, we must be extremely lenient when calling our opponents scammers. On the one hand, this type of political confrontation alienates a large part of the citizenry, especially the young. Worse, many equate politics with this kind of confrontation and not with potentially emancipating activity. On the other hand, precisely because not all our opponents are, and could not be, fraudsters, this tactic underestimates the adversary – always a dangerous thing in all kinds of conflicts – and is not convincing.
The institutions of the capitalist power system, including the church and political parties, are very harsh and must be dealt with severely.
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