Yanis Varoufakis Technofeudalism - Melbourne Town Hall

In his boldest and most far-reaching book yet, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis argues that capitalism is dead and a new economic era has begun.

Yanis Varoukais in conversation with Greg Jericho, chief economist for the Australia Institute and Centre for Future Work, and Emma Shortis, Senior Researcher in the Australia Institute’s International & Security Affairs Program.

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Yanis Varoufakis is the preeminent techno-humanist of our time.

[LokiBeckonswow]

yanis varoufakis is the most incredible mind, I genuinely feel very lucky to learn from him... he was an academic for decades before his life in politics, that alone should warrant our taking his words seriously... I really hope we listen to him, it's not often in history that someone so intelligent has the strength to speak so many powerful truths to power...

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Yanis starts his speech at the 5:00 min mark

[StrangerInAustralia]

It's a shame the audio has been run through AI. Removing any/ all audience noise makes this an odd experience.

[nightoftheworld]

34:28 *USA—1st trade deficit based empire* “Interestingly (and this is I think the key paradox of our era) the more _in the red_ the United States became, the more dominant it became—and that has never happened in the history of humanity before. Up until then, when an empire slipped into the red—went from being a surplus economy to being a deficit economy—it lost its power; the fall began.”

[bayernvoeller]

australia sees united states as a savior - rather than a hijacker in reality

[papalobo]

In a world saturated with imitators and charlatans claiming the title, Varoufakis is that rarest of things; a true public intellectual

[stevenk]

The German media is full of propaganda now. If you are not political correct or in another word not in alignment with the US policy, you will be demonized. If you question about their blind support of Israel they will call you antisemitism. If you question about their policies in the Russian Ukraine war, they will call you Putins friend/ supporter. They demonize their right wing party (which is in my opinion still left comparing to Republicans in the US) and call them right extrimist or Nazi and even want to forbid them for the "sake of democracy". I don't know how many people still watch these mainstream media nowadays.

[yaoliang]

Yanis varoufakis truely understand the loopholes and evil of capitalism.

[subcitizen]

Yanis is going to be studied for centuries.

[dennispack]

Taking out audience responses really sucks.

[richkhaym]

Ironically, Yanis's book could mainly be purchased through Jeff Besos's platform.

[OzGoober]

The use of capital no longer builds the infructure of that enables further global progress.

[milantomich]

Never, people care less if they are doing ok in this system.

[chitmengkhong]

Simply brilliant
Fully loaded with stuffs I never imagined

[glwufsh]

Chinese philosophers, Mencius（ 孟子）, Confucius (孔子) embrace statecraft with virtues in their precepts 2600 years ago. These significantly shape Chinese political culture and social norms even today. It's helpful to delve deeper into the Chinese definition and practice of democracy . Chinese statecraft embraces the core Chinese precepts of virtue and mutually beneficial relationships: （和） Harmony... “和而不同”, Harmony in Diversity “家和万事兴” Harmony... Bedrock of Common Good/Prosperity.
Precepts which embrace community- centric ethics “得民心得天下” 与 “君子爱财取之有道” evidently shape Chinese political and commercial culture. History matters too. Be sensitive to the fact that China was a victim of many foreign military invasions and war atrocities by European, American and Japanese as well as Western exploitative capitalism and ruthless imperialism.

[Impossible_Emporium]

18:07 "Feudual Lords didn't invested anything except intrigue and violence."
Intrigue in this sense is like the control of information between people.
While violence can be seen on the industrial scale with work or starve methology example by sweat shops, or the 'deplateforming' from the fiefdom by the Tech Lords.

[robertjanusz]

46:28 this is interesting in light of Bill Shorten's new bill on digital ID, is this a way for us to get away from being entrenched in the VISA/ Mastercard monopoly of identity? I remember 20 years ago I couldn't get an identity check approved without a credit card signiture, this is when I was dealing with the RTA, I think this has only gotten worse.

[ronnysmobilephone]

You need USDA to buy oil. It us Americas perogative to not allow the creation of alternative energy to move forward.

[POLISHAMERICANLEGIONS]

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