WTF happened to Europe?

Yanis Varoufakis' Brussels speech at the DiEM25 event (National Theatre) on 7th March 2025

[RalfBernhard-gc]

Frank Herbert: "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible."

[MitchellPorter]

7:43 His seven concrete proposals. I'm guessing that the European politician whose program most resembles this, is Melenchon in France?

1. Leave NATO, make a deal with Russia, Ukraine to be neutral but its citizens have access to EU

2. Green development and degrowth instead of military Keynesianism

3. Universal basic income

4. Mass immigration out of self-interest

5. Tax American tech companies into extinction, do business with China, develop technosocialist European apps

6. Freedom to vote for everyone, freedom of speech for everyone including enemies

7. Boycott, divest, sanction Israel

[williamrogers]

The US and Europe are plutocracies, not democracies. The people get to select from candidates chosen by the plutocrats, but there is no difference between the major parties.

[JureRepinc]

Regarding the tech proposal, we don't need another set of European copies of bad big tech/GAFAM, we should prefer something opposite: freedom and privacy and human rights respecting libre/free and opensource software and hardware and technology. That would be the true opposite of closed totalitarian BigTech/GAFAM and other techno-feudalism. So things like Wikipedia encyclopedia, Firefox web browser, LibreOffice office suite, GNU/Linux operating system, RISC-V microprocessors, Mastodon social network, PeerTube video platform ...

[marcelschumann]

i would love u in a talkshow explaining what happen to democracy, facism an late stage capitalism. I want the people to wake up, its like in the pre war politics and nobody wants to see it. its so frustrating.

[scroopynooperz]

Thanks for your tireless efforts prof Varoufakis

[Dapicomp]

question is, does Europe have the will and brains to achieve all these goals

[kikiryki]

Urswla just said: "We'll turn private savings into much needed investment" in the context of "The Europea*n Saving*s and Investmen*t Unio*n" project discussion at E*CB
The EU, with eyes on the population's savings: it is not yet clear whether it wants to confiscate them or attract them
Woluld you please comment on this.

[odemiralivrepodcast]

Mr Varoufakis we at Multipolar TV would much appreciate to have you once as a guest one of these days.

[panagenesis]

Oligarchs always play both extremes against the middle while getting rich in the meantime.

[getcrepuscular]

So allying with green keynesianism was a mistake... so they're gonna do it again? Did I miss something?

[carpediemcotidiem]

Timestamps (Powered by Merlin AI)
00:12 - Europe's dream of prosperity and peace has collapsed due to political failures.
01:54 - Europe faces a struggle between radicalized totalitarianism and fascism.
03:33 - Modern Europe faces a political crisis reminiscent of the 1930s.
05:13 - Europe's radicalism stems from failed green policies and unforced errors.
06:33 - Europe faces a transformative political and social crisis after decades of class warfare.
08:06 - Advocate for a non-aligned Europe and reevaluate NATO's role.
09:58 - Advocate for a new European economic model prioritizing migration and technology regulation.
12:15 - European civil liberties are declining amid escalating tensions over free speech and justice in Gaza.

[JohnMoran]

I love how the panel goes from checking their phones to suddenly staring at him in terror.

[vijaychandrasekar]

You are a Legend brother.
Love and Respect.

[matejco]

This man really knows what he is talking about. Those are just some brilliant ideas we need to implement as soon as possible.

[fnaust]

Good on you Yiani for not avoiding self criticism.

[bradmodd]

WTF happened to Voldemort? He stopped being evil and became an economics wizard?

[fullWindsor]

what is a "non aligned but never neutral Europe"? how does it look like?

[danailangelov]

Yanis is probably a dreamer with a big heart. Much of what he says sounds very ethical but not practical or achievable.

[AlGaivotoPfarrhaus-Altersberg]

where was Yanis when the post Maidan fascist Nazis were slaughtering the Donbass Russians (identified) . Where was his speech denouncing the green T shirt and his predecessor .. I can't find it....