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While initially cataclysmic, leaving the Euro and returning to their old currencies would give Europe's south a model for export-oriented growth and job creation to—eventually—get their economies back on track. However, the messier the process, the more likely it will lead to a lengthy economic downturn—things could get worse before they get better.Already some are comparing the idiocy of the Troika to those behind the fateful Treaty of Versailles in 1919—a document which humiliated the Germans and which was a major factor behind the rise of Nazism. Britain wasn't insulated from events then and it won't be insulated now. Any social or economic tumult in Europe would be felt here.The second point is perhaps even more important with Sunday's result strengthening a view some have whispered in recent months: that with the election of Syriza in January and radical politicians across Spain in May, 2015 is the year that a consensus around neoliberalism—at least in Europe—began to die. It is increasingly clear to publics across the continent that the powers that be—finance, big business, and centrist technocracy—has little to offer them.Over on VICE Sports: How the Premier League's New TV Deal Is a Nightmare for German Football Fans
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