La France n'existe pas

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Feb 21 15:53:08 PST 2002


Dennis Robert Redmond wrote:


>This just in from the food-court of the Starship Europa:
>
>>"For Mr Caldagues, the cafe-owner, the end of the franc means the end of
> >France itself.
> >
>>"France no longer exists," he said. "It's Europe now."
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1825000/1825952.stm
>
>-- Dennis

It's weird to meet the newborn euro. What a strange currency it is, in its physical form. No historical figures, no landmarks, just generic "European"-looking monuments, and five variations on the initials of the central bank. It's money reduced to its pure unitness, stripped of all the cultural associations characteristic of traditional monies. If, as Marx said, we carry our bond with society in our pockets, then the euro represents society as designed by central bankers, the true princes of our time.

Doug



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