Note Of The Week
Is the Euro really worthless?
Pictures have been doing the rounds of a woman proudly holding a purple Euro note bearing the face of the darling of anti-capitalism, Karl Marx. The value of the note? Precisely nothing.
It’s all part of the celebrations being held in the German city of Trier to mark May 5th which would have been the two hundredth birthday of their most famous son, Karl Marx.
They have been selling like hot cakes, a further 20,000 have had to be printed to keep up with demand.
Selling at €3 a time, they are, according to the Trier Tourismus and Marketing GmbH, a perfect representation of Marx’s critique of the capitalist system.
I’m not sure about that but they are a damn sight more tasteful than the bearded Karl Marx rubber duck complete with a copy of Das Kapital tucked under one wing – yours for just €5.90. And if this wasn’t bad enough, the Chinese have donated a grotesque three-tonne bronze statue of Marx to the city.
Watch out for reports of whirring noises from Highgate Cemetery this weekend!
