{"id":62116,"date":"2022-03-05T08:52:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T13:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62116"},"modified":"2022-03-06T09:02:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T14:02:25","slug":"62116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62116","title":{"rendered":"Yanis Varoufakis: We Are Living in a Post-Capitalist, Techno-Feudalist Dystopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured-image-beside\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title entry-title--with-subtitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/yanis-varoufakis-we-are-living-in-a-post-capitalist-techno-feudalist-dystopia?fbclid=IwAR17t1xfXJfTybl_eL9cSyOWAxyxsCT8KYZNCgEn02mBVhm-U9hPrFi6Vd4\">YANIS VAROUFAKIS: WE ARE LIVING IN A POST-CAPITALIST, TECHNO-FEUDALIST DYSTOPIA<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"newspack-post-subtitle\">World-renowned Greek economist, author, and politician Yanis Varoufakis argues that global capitalism as we know it is dying\u2014and something much worse is taking its place.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design49.jpg?resize=706%2C530&amp;ssl=1 706w\" alt=\"Yanis Varoufakis speaks with This Is Revolution co-hosts Jason Myles and Pascal Robert\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yanis Varoufakis speaks with This Is Revolution co-hosts Jason Myles and Pascal Robert. Screenshot\/TRNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<article id=\"post-283257\" class=\"post-283257 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-economy-and-inequality category-the-cultural-front entry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content\" title=\"Yanis Varoufakis: We are living in a post-capitalist dystopia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWvFZ99s558?enablejsapi=1&amp;amp=1&amp;playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Yanis Varoufakis: We are living in a post-capitalist, techno-feudalist dystopia\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2vj2hmoU7gPwM9Xqh9KfSb?si=6ead8a0f6a9f4040&amp;utm_source=oembed#amp=1\" name=\"amp_iframe0\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">From the push to turn more of the workforce into precarious \u201cgig workers\u201d to the ways profit-seeking digital platforms condition how we act and think while extracting free data from us, we can see and feel everyday the creeping evidence that we are living in a new reality. As world-renowned Greek economist, author, and politician Yanis Varoufakis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/techno-feudalism-replacing-market-capitalism-by-yanis-varoufakis-2021-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argues<\/a>, \u201cThis is how capitalism ends: not with a revolutionary bang, but with an evolutionary whimper. Just as it displaced feudalism gradually, surreptitiously, until one day the bulk of human relations were market-based and feudalism was swept away, so capitalism today is being toppled by a new economic mode: techno-feudalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In their latest interview for TRNN, co-hosts of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/THISISREVOLUTIONpodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>THIS IS REVOLUTION<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Jason Myles and Pascal Robert speak with Varoufakis about how this \u201ctechno-feudalist\u201d system emerged, what sets it apart from the global capitalist system that preceded it, and what it will mean for humanity if we don\u2019t stop it. Yanis Varoufakis formerly served as the finance minister of Greece and is currently the secretary general of MeRA25, a left-wing political party in Greece that he founded in 2018. He is a professor of economics at the University of Athens and the author of numerous books, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yanisvaroufakis.eu\/books\/the-global-minotaur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhpbooks.com\/books\/another-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Pre-Production\/Studio: Jason Myles<br \/>\nPost-Production: Cameron Granadino<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p id=\"h-transcript\"><strong>TRANSCRIPT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YANIS VAROUFAKIS: WE ARE LIVING IN A POST-CAPITALIST, TECHNO-FEUDALIST DYSTOPIA World-renowned Greek economist, author, and politician Yanis Varoufakis argues that global capitalism as we know it is dying\u2014and something much worse is taking its place. Yanis Varoufakis speaks with This Is Revolution co-hosts Jason Myles and Pascal Robert. 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