re: #327 Targetpractice

Austerity is a joke that long ago stopped being funny. The continued insistence that it will work in Greece, despite all the evidence that it hasn’t worked anywhere it’s been tried since ‘08, is in part the reason why the Greeks felt the bailouts weren’t worth the shit they were putting up with. There’s been absolutely no carrot in the deals they’ve been given, just all stick.

Austerity is the economic form of bleeding. By ‘restoring the balance of humours’ the body (economy) will be restored to health.

Like bleeding austerity only weakens the body and if done excessively (as in George Washington’s case) can kill.

Both are based on the idea that suffering is a good thing and should be inflicted on those who deserve it by being weak as often as possible. I don’t know if humanity will ever shake off that stupid idea.