‘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

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So you can only critique capitalism if you’re unsuccessful? That doesn’t make any sense.

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Sure you can. It’s just that it comes across a whole lot less hypocritical coming from someone who hasn’t first exploited that system themselves.

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Why would someone talk about the pitfalls of a system while benefiting from that system?

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we should improve society somewhat

yet you participate in society! curious

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What? I don’t know if it’s my age or what, but I can really tell when I’m interacting with someone younger than me.

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