In his new book, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home, he argues it’s now the ‘fiefdoms’ of tech firms that shape us

‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech::In his new book, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home, he argues it’s now the ‘fiefdoms’ of tech firms that shape us

  • Redredme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    312·
    9 months ago

    This is a weird take. Just because someone is (or has been) successful he can’t speak about or for socialism?

    You can’t be successful and a socialist? Is that it? That’s a very narrow and simply wrong view which has resulted in a lot of damage in societies which adopted it.

    Socialism needs succes stories. Otherwise, what’s the point? Mediocrity for all? That will never fly or become popular.

    • doomer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      He’s had a very visible career so it’s actually pretty clear what his views are. He is not at all a socialist, he is a SocDem. He likes neoliberalism with some safety nets.

      • Torvum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        9 months ago

        20% after the initial $50 million. The same company that has used that revenue to revolutionize Linux as a gaming platform. Same company that helped fix graphics api integrations. Same company that actually cares about their consumers and the gaming ecosystem?