Yanis Varoufakis on Europe, UKIP and Post-Capitalism

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sits down with Aaron Bastani to discuss everything from Nigel Farage and the rise of xenophobia in the Eurozone to the intricacies of Marxism and the future after capitalism.

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[TjDarkFallenLH]

More people need to listen to Varoufakis.

[spiritlevel]

Awesome guest, great questions, insightful answers. Brilliant vid! I hope Yanis sticks around in the UK for awhile, it feels slightly more bearable to live here knowing he's present.

[trwq]

I'm genuinely impressed with his clarity of thought, so much different from how he is perceived/portrayed

[Myrkskog]

my only complaint is that it could've been longer.

[rpycroft]

Fantastic interview. Varoufakis' final 2 words are the most hopeful future I think we can all wish for!

[niconiconico]

"gave the ANEL guy the ministry of defence and he was so happy to dress up as a general" -that was the way I'd interpreted that nomination. Good to hear! :)

[cryvn]

Best part is the LAST minute. Pay attention there because that's VERY important.

[perpirak]

You have to love the clarity of Varoufakis!

[elee]

great interview. can i ask what camera you guys used? looks amazing

[hollyshet]

4:02 there's a zombie at the door. yiiekes

[MightyDemocracy]

Very intelligent guy and very perceptive in describing the problems that people perceive - particularly in his analysis of how debt-fuelled growth (the policy of all Western governments since 1971) makes the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
However, I'm sorry Yanis - the phrase Libertarian Marxist does not make any sense at all. Yes, Marx thought that the state would wither as socialism progressed, but he was a madman. Like all of Marx's predictions, the truth is the exact opposite - more socialism means more government and less liberty.

[minch]

Haven't watched the video yet, but as of yesterday I found out that the title was true! His beef with Bakunin was just a misunderstanding of each other.

[johnmars]

lol Varoufakis became an Accelerationist.

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[mariettestabel]

GREEKS-THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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[badmancalvmaxman]

16:17 Aaron getting an tingles over Corbyn haha

[gemeinschaftsgeful]

Using terms like Libertarian or Marxist or any other such terms, just boxes a person into an "us vs them" situation that can be used by any enemy that wants to box others in.

[kyaume]

The interviewer seems to be on a different wave length from the interviewee. As always when it comes to Europe the British start to fill in the gaps between words with interpretations of their own, and put words into other people's mouths. Annoying git this interviewer, who can't stop trying to categorize Varoufakis and put him in a (British-design) box. Varoufakis is excellent and doesn't let himself be contorted by the guy.

[DavidAKZ]

Re 2008. When all else fails, the 'Sovereign State' comes to the rescue to the financial class -of which Marx refereed as part of the 'Lumpen Proletariat'.

[sabbatini]

Great interview and a great individual. I do think, however, that he needs to learn a little bit more about UKIP, before he starts calling them racist. And I'm not even a supporter of UKIP.

[WestYorkshireGREAT]

no the reason the london riots happened was because mark duggan was killed by armed police although no gun was found on mark duggan, they were angry and they wanted answers to why mark duggan was killed so they wen't to Tottenham police station but no one would come out to address there questions which made the crowd more angry and sparked the london riots.