But, love him or hate him (and, it seems, very few people who have encountered him feel indifferent), Varoufakis was never the arbiter of Greece’s fate. Yes, he should have adopted a more conciliatory style and shown greater appreciation for the norms of European negotiations; and, yes, he overestimated Greece’s bargaining power, wrongly assuming that pressing the threat of Grexit would compel his European partners to reconsider their long-entrenched positions.
但是，不管你讨厌他还是喜欢他（似乎在与他打交道的人中很少有对此无所谓的），瓦鲁法基斯从来不是希腊命运的裁判官。是的，他应该采取更温和的态度，表现出对欧洲谈判规范的更大的顺从；是的，他高估了希腊的讨价还价能力，错误地假设抛出希腊退出（Grexit）威胁就能迫使欧洲伙伴国重新考虑根深蒂固的立场。但是，相对宏观局面来说，这些都是次要问题。