Yanis Varoufakis is the Former Minister of Finance of Greece and a leftist icon. I never thought I would be able to interview someone like this..Live everyda...
Yannis Varoufakis is an economist from Greece. From 2012-2013, he worked as an Economist for the video game company Valve. He has called himself a Marxist but also called himself a Libertarian.
Recently Yanis Varoufakis was banned from Germany for giving speeches in support of Palestine, against Israel. He is banned from entering the country and also he said the government shut down events where he was giving a speech remotely over webcam.
Here's a clip from 5 years ago that went viral. Some woman tells Yanis that China is doing imperialism in Africa. Yanis replies "No, they're not. China is far more humanistic than the United States ever was." He explains that China is non-interventionist.
For Syriza, the biggest disappointment in recent SocDem history. I remember listening to one of his talks during that time, he said that the radical left was not ready to take power, so they have to fix capitalism instead. I haven't been following him since.
I think that's still the preferred usage in Europe. There's a story of an American "Libertarian" showing up to a Greek "Libertarian" meetup and getting physically thrown out as soon as he started talking that comes to mind.
Yannis Varoufakis is an economist from Greece. From 2012-2013, he worked as an Economist for the video game company Valve. He has called himself a Marxist but also called himself a Libertarian.
Recently Yanis Varoufakis was banned from Germany for giving speeches in support of Palestine, against Israel. He is banned from entering the country and also he said the government shut down events where he was giving a speech remotely over webcam.
https://jacobin.com/2024/04/yanis-varoufakis-germany-banned-palestine-gaza
Here's a clip from 5 years ago that went viral. Some woman tells Yanis that China is doing imperialism in Africa. Yanis replies "No, they're not. China is far more humanistic than the United States ever was." He explains that China is non-interventionist.
https://youtu.be/gGeevtdp1WQ?t=4053
didn't know about the valve thing, but he's not just some economist, he was the Greek finance minister and an MP
For Syriza, the biggest disappointment in recent SocDem history. I remember listening to one of his talks during that time, he said that the radical left was not ready to take power, so they have to fix capitalism instead. I haven't been following him since.
Sometimes people say libertarian in the older sense and not the ancap sense. I think I have heard him use that language in that way
I think that's still the preferred usage in Europe. There's a story of an American "Libertarian" showing up to a Greek "Libertarian" meetup and getting physically thrown out as soon as he started talking that comes to mind.
I love that story lmao... "wait, that just sounds like fascism??"
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Thank you! I'd been running on zero sleep for a couple days and I couldn't bear to watch two hours of some guy I didn't know about.
Lol what I've never heard that
According to him, the "Valve economy" (I guess CS:Go knives and stuff?) emerged unexpectedly, and they hired him to tell them how it worked.