Argentina pays off IMF debt, IMF panics

As told 3

“they perceived as catastrophic news that argentina returned, covered up the debt from them”
45:34 What Does It Mean to Be a Great Thinker Today?2015-05-05 · 1:42:03

“The official first reaction from IMF was: oh my god, what does it mean now? They perceived it as catastrophic news that Argentina returned the debt.”
45:20 Modern How-To Guide2015-05-05 · 1:23:04

“Instead of being glad, oh my god we got our money back, it was absolute worry like: But how will we control them now?”
1:02:41 Karl Marx and Hegel2013-03-08 · 1:37:40

What it carries

one story, many jobs: the ideas this anecdote is deployed to argue, one tally mark per use (an idea page shows the same relation from the other end, as its shelf of stories)

contents · one story, 2 jobsuses

indebted man ×3 superego ×1

Its cast and sources

populated by

Boris Buden2 Ernst Nolte2 Leszek Kołakowski2 Néstor Kirchner1 Alka Zantič1 Ivan Hvala1 Arundhati Roy3 Maurizio Lazzarato3

alongside works

The Rise of the Indebted Man2 Short History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union1 Reason and Revolution1 Eros and Civilization1 Short History of the Communist Party (Soviet)1 Politeia (Republic)1 Main Currents of Marxism (vol. 1)1 Soviet Marxism2

Told together with

33% Slumdog Millionaire torture scene 2 shared talks 25% Yugoslav student newspaper treats fake elections as real 2 shared talks 20% Haiti Constitution: all citizens are black 2 shared talks 15% Dinner invitation: paying the bill ritual 2 shared talks 13% Postmodern permissive father and grandmother visit 2 shared talks 11% Gulag birthday telegram to Stalin 2 shared talks 10% Stalin joins the applause 2 shared talks

Every retelling 3

45:34 What Does It Mean to Be a Great Thinker Today?2015-05-05 · 1:42:03

When Argentina (with Chavez's help) actually repaid its IMF debt, the official IMF reaction was horror, confirming that the creditors' secret goal is permanent indebtedness and control, not repayment., illustrating debt as political mechanism,indebted man

45:20 Modern How-To Guide2015-05-05 · 1:23:04

When Venezuela-backed Argentina unexpectedly repaid its IMF debt, the IMF's first reaction was horror, they perceived it as catastrophic news, revealing that permanent indebtedness, not repayment, is the system's actual goal., illustrating debt as control,the indebted man,ideology of creditors

1:02:41 Karl Marx and Hegel2013-03-08 · 1:37:40

When Kirchner used Chávez's loans to repay the IMF directly, the IMF's reaction was not relief but anxiety: 'how will we control them now?', proof that the Super-ego demand is not meant to be met but to keep the debtor permanently subject., illustrating Super-ego as impossible demand,debt as control,indebted man