Πηγή: Γ. Βαρουφάκης
El Pais asked me to write a piece on the ‘fiscal disobedience’ movement that seems to be shaping up in Greece. Here is what I wrote. (I shall post the Spanish version, off El Pais’ site, when available):
“Can’t pay won’t pay”, was Dario Fo’s boisterous satirical play by which the playwright incited his audience to rethink their political responsibilities. During the past two years, here in Greece, a spontaneous implementation of Fo’s title has been taking place. It started on the nation’s highways when drivers refused to stop at the tollgates, demanding that they are allowed to drive on without paying the toll. Their defiance was fuelled by reports that a previous government had, effectively, sold the future stream of tolls to private investors utilising complex derivatives brokered by Goldman Sachs. The idea that so much money, to be paid by Greek drivers to the state in the years to come in order to maintain the roads, had been usurped by politicians and financiers stirred up the anger that led to these protests.
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