Imperial Abyss (with Yanis Varoufakis and Richard Wolff) | The Internationalist
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2021
- SIGN UP TO THE PI BRIEFING:
act.progressive.international/pi-briefing-signup/
WATCH THE BELMARSH TRIBUNAL:
• The Belmarsh Tribunal:...
Imperial Abyss:
It has been one year since Joe Biden came into office. While he is at COP26 making weak and unconvincing commitments on the climate, the collapse of the world order as we know it - from environment to geopolitics - seems imminent.
In this episode, Richard Wolff and Yanis Varoufakis examine Biden’s first year in office, and share their perspectives on the current political and economic order and its future, from techno-feudalism to the new Cold War on China. They also speak about the ongoing pandemic and the profound transformations taking place in our time.
Our second season will consist of 10 episodes, showing most Friday’s at 1900 CEST between the 17th of September and December, bringing you news from the front of our struggles, connecting across territories and oceans, nations, and generations.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUPPORT US
It is time for progressives of the world to unite. Show your support.
progressive.international/support/
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook:
progintl
Twitter:
progintl
Instagram:
progintl_en
Yanis, Rick with Chris Hedges are the 3 wise men i could listen to all day. So much truth, insight, and wisdom.
Yes, but just no bullshit lies would be enough, they wouldn't even have to have the insight, and wisdom, that's a bonus.
I've met all 3, really nice, approachable, and answered any questions. I'd add Michael Hudson to that list.
Michael Hudson, too.
Let's not forget Michael Hudson and Tariq Ali.
I agree, great truth tellers- also Look at Anand Ghirihadras and George Monbiot too
Love seeing these two heavyweights get together and talk. I learn so much.
For sure.
that explanation of why europe does not became an Union is just brilliant
What an awesome cross of two great minds! You should have more of this!
I follow Yanis around and watch him explain what's happening to all sorts of ppl. Brilliant every time.
It's a discussion with an equal this time...encouraging to see!
My bumper sticker in ‘60’s was What if government started a war but the people refused to fight! One person refuses leads the way for the next person to also tell government NO!
Almost all US wars, or rather unilateral aggressions, these days are either high tech, requiring very few people or, where boots on the ground are required, fought by using printed money to arm, train and salary mercenaries from other countries.
@make a wish lmao
In some cases people do that. Example
1) WW l/Russian Revolutio
2) « ! German
3) French Commune of Pari
4) Portuguese Revolution 297
5) French Revolution 1968
Seychelles.
Really want to see a Part 2 of this.
Hell i would be down for making this Monthly :)
Same!
Comparing Biden to FDR is like comparing a chunk of raw tofu to a Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving dinner.
So our president is bland but we'll live longer?
@@stephensuddick274 The fact that he is merging on senility is most probably a real blessing. Same was true of Trump. Incompetence can never be as effectively malevolent as competence.
@@thomasjamison2050 But it can be just as (or more) destructive.
It's really all a gamble, isn't it?
The key difference is FDR had his hand forced by the Communist and Socialist parties/coalitions. Biden has no such pressure.
Great talk. Please have these two on again, and soon!!!!!
Wonderful conversation. I would like to add Michael Hudson's thoughts. That would be an amazing conversation.
Ah thank god for these extraordinarily intelligent and concerned men. Im so grateful to learn about our world from people who have no agenda except truth and justice, thank you progressive international and diem25. Im a member of both i have to get a card where i live in Indonesia that i can use on the internet to pay my dues. The best use of my money i can think of.
Sycophantic
Richard D Wolff is a complete sold out coward. This man is a traitor. I used to listen to his lectures regularly for years up until 2 years ago.
@mike Fardi
Why did you stop listening to him?
@@mikefardi9157 Explain please.
@@OrwellsHousecat or extremely grateful? How would you know?
Great to see and hear two people with great brains talking sense.👍
Also, Radhika Desai, Utsa & Prabat Patnaik, David O., Ben Norton, Business & aGeopolitics, DD aGeopolitics, Ben Norton, etc. fortunately.
"When you enter Amazon, you exit Capitalism." Wow. Just wow. Yanis is brilliant. Genius. Phenomenal.
Amazon is the direct product of crapitalism. It's delusional.
@@foodparadise5792 u dont seem to understand why he called feudo
@@georgeni5963 the dude's point is that that's how it's always been. It was actually even worse than that (and still is) for many people of color, talking the US here.
Two of the very best economic philosophers on the planet thinking out loud about the immediate future of humanity. They and their philosophical kindred are the real reason I still watch RUclips. Every time I listen to the obfuscations blasted by the highly paid pseudo-scholars working for the alphabet soup companies (CNN, ABC, MSNBC, etc.) I go back to these two diamond-minds for clarity and sanity. The world must still be a good place if we have such wise people among us.
Economists never want to consider the end of Capitalism.......
It will put them out of work.
@@danielhutchinson6604 Pal, Yanis Varoufakishas, _an economist_ and an actual _thinker,_ has been in the process of writing a book (for at least longer than a year now) that not only "considers" the end of capitalism, but lays out why capitalism is ALREADY gone, ended, dead and overthrown. You'll have to pick up a copy whenever the time comes, but honestly, you can, right now for _FREE_ lol, easily seek out and listen to one of the many recent talks, videos, etc. he's done that have been put up on RUclips. He's been making and refining his case for why he believes the global "capitalism" we've all been brought up in is already over, and is being replaced as we speak _not by the left, and with socialism like a lot of us would prefer,_ but by a new system.
Yanis calls it "technofeudalism", and he does that very deliberately and intelligently, instead of calling it something like "hypercapitalism". If you're weirdly convinced that economists (who I'll point out are *not* a monolith) won't go near capitalism's end, for... self-preservation reasons I guess, it sounds to me like Yanis would pretty substantially blow your mind out of its skull. Whatever you do though, try to absorb and focus on the substance of things, yeah? I believe you're perfectly capable of adding a unique perspective to the discussion, but not by leaving comments like that. And I'm being 100% sincere here, so I don't want you to get the wrong idea and think I'm being sarcastic or talking down to you. I'm not.
@@realzachfluke1 I studied Economics in 1970, and onward.
I was invplved in operating at least 4 business operations since then.
We discussed the use of Fiat Dollars before the actual use of them became common around financial circles, and we assumed it would never work.
But they did talk Nixon into doing it and they have tested the limits of the Promissory Note to the limits of expanding the use of the equivalent of a Monopoly Dollar.
I was making a lame joke about Wolff and others hope for some future for the use of the Fiat Dollar.
Forgive my attempt at Humor?
I notice Nations all over the Planet are now facing economic issues that reflect the use of the Imitation money, and the Large Empires no longer can recover their investments.
There are no weak nations left to exploit.
The US is now exploiting European Consumers with LNG.
That is why the conflict in Kyiv was created.
Ethics have been forgotten.
I am a big fan of Yanis... a very articulate and straightforward person.
There is no one better equipped than Yanis to demolish an already ailing economy.
@@MikhalisBramouell I love how there's always that one guy like you in the comments who just appears out of nowhere to say how wrong [Yanis in this case] is, with a single sentence that *NEVER,* as far as I've ever seen (and it's a ton at this point for me), *EVER* contains a lick of substance. Truly. No substance, no nuance, no attempts at refutation, _nothing but a "trust me bro" sentiment,_ often with entirely unearned certitude.
It's like...tell me you're not listening to the content you're commenting on _without telling me you're not listening to the content you're commenting on._ What I don't personally get is, why even bother putting the small bit of effort into typing a sentence about a person, or topic, or whatever, that you very obviously (meaning obvious to everyone who did acquire even the most basic understanding or who is just genuinely interested in learning) couldn't be bothered to learn about in the first place?
It's bizarre, and frankly embarrassing, but mostly just UNNECESSARY lol. If you don't have a clue about what Varoufakis talks about or believes, it's not like you're _fooling anyone_ hahaha, so I just don't see why you'd waste your own time to prove to random internet strangers that you don't know what you're talking about 😂
What a treat, I really wanted to see those two together. Thank you for the post.
This show is AWESOME... I love these guys! Thank you Prof Wolff for your dedication to educating the public! Proff Fraad should bring her GREATNESS on here, too! 🎖🏆💎🇮🇹
The way these two true leaders listen to one another is almost the biggest lesson we might take away, on how to do this cooperation. Especially given the quotable bits that might become our guiding hoody-shirt phrases as we learn to walk w/o wars. Huge blessings, dear gentlemen. . Free Assange today. Pay him the millions we spent w/o our consent on war & blocking his kinds' souls from living here among us. Then we will know leadersip in our governments' progress.
One of the best discussions on this topic I have listened to in awhile.
FDR introduced a level of humanitarian rationality that is totally absent from present day deliberations. Today it is ALL "dollars and cents" rationality with almost a complete disregard for the underlying HUMAN component of those deliberations. Money is REAL. Humans are an abstraction.
100%
FDR also appointed everyday people who were real life experts with a proven track record, not academics and not appointees that worked for big donors. As citizens in a republic, we also have turned the appointees in those vital positions into an abstraction, when those agencies, along with the courts are where every decision has the most impact.
FDR wasn't Santa Claus. There were 1.5 million American workers on strike when he took office, equal to 5 million in today's population.
The FDR deepthroating really needs to stop. His actions were not some gesture of human decency on his part. Also, non-white Americans were exempt from the benefits the New Deal provided but were still taxed to pay for the benefits exclusively white people received.
@@blandchicken5353 True, he wasn't a 'progressive' just like Lincoln wasn't anti-slavery, they both did good though, regardless of why.
Techno-feudalism - YES! Great accurate term.
After Elon musk we can safely use "technofascism" easily again.
this clip made me feel almost like I was living in 'another now'. lovely stuff
Same!
Well, Yanis has taken into consideration of all the things that have happened and happening now. No wonder it is relatable.
@@DarkMoonDroid We can say of these two intellectuals as was once said of Oscar Wild, namely that he was a . . 'cause of wit in others'.
Yanis and Richard, my favorites...
Gracias. It is very important for the public conversation between these two to continue in regular cadence and frequency in the coming months. Thank you for producing this!
Gracias jimbo
Absolutely great discussion indeed..Thanks!
insightful discussion, thanks!
This is awesome conversation, I can go on and on and on listening to them.
It seems very strange to me that America has forgotten about a powerful remedy that would very quickly cure the problems caused by its sociopath billionaires. That remedy is called: labor unions. Establishing strong labor unions in this crazy capitalist environment would quickly establish the right relationships and reduce the level of inequality and significantly improve the quality of life of most employees. Change with political means is not possible because politics is compromised and subjugated to big capital - so the only real hope for change is in labor unions.
The Billionaires spend the last several decades destroying the labor unions. They have manage to convince the public it's bad for them. In fact, some States have laws against labor unions. There's only a small amount of labor unions left. Just look at the recent example with Amazon warehouse workers rejected forming a union.
strangely the mandatory gene therapy program will inadvertently organize the truckers into a work stopping program. since they cannot strike on there merits Joseph will have ordered they to by mandate.
stock up its going to be a long winter
@@walden6272 Isn't the ban on labor unions unconstitutional? Certainly the owners fear the unions like the devil fears the cross, which is why so much energy is invested in their destruction. Capitalists are not afraid of politics, politics can be bought and they have already done so - their only dangerous enemy are labor unions.
@@user-ys4og2vv8k The law doesn't ban labor unions, it permits workers to not be part of unions thus weakening the unions hold on company employees such as the Right to Work law. In the past, if you want to work in a particular factory, you have to join a union but the Right to Work law now forbids Union from mandating new employees have to join them and pay union dues. This basically creates non-union employees who can benefit from not paying union dues but yet get the same pay and benefit as union members, which encourages more employees to opt of off unions if they see the union are not doing much for them. Thus it weakens the unions strength if they shrink in members.
Unions haven't really been forgotten, not entirely anyway. If you look at opinion polls Americans tend to approve of them, however unions are not seen as a transformational force in society anymore, instead they are merely a means to provide slightly better compensation & work environment (though there are a few industries, especially skilled trades, that still benefit tremendously from unions). It was well understood that unions were necessary in the 1800s-early 1900s as people back then could clearly see how horrific the working conditions were. Unfortunately labor history is not taught in schools so now people are no longer aware of how oppressive the work environment was before unions & government policies drastically improved them. Most Americans know very little about how much better (though still not perfect of course) the work environments are in Western Europe & some other parts of the world.
These are the two indispensable public intellectuals (after Chomsky) of our time. They should definitely do a weekly or twice monthly show together.
At least they're still compos mentis, unlike Chomsky.
@@vencejo7572 well , at least yanis is......far outclassing wolff
Noam has gone full on fascist just so you know.
Linguistics aside Chomsky is not that interesting
@@vencejo7572 Moam Chomsky is compos mentis, he is just very old; one has to allow for that.
These are two of the greatest minds alive today on what they are talking about . ... economics and geo - politics
Fantastic! Love Yanis
I totally agree with Mr Yanis points 👉
Thanks again.
Two giants! A great strategic discussion of the international situation. Hope for a part 2 !
Love 💕 Yanis he has educated me past my business computer degree one of few women in ‘80’s. Economic classes were required as was marketing , Organizational Management that was top of class. Better planners are REALISTIC people not PIE in the sky!
The concept of "Pie" is something that Humans fail to comprehend?
What is Pie and how many are capable of attaining more than crumbs of that Pastry?
When 70% of the inhabitants of the planet are incapable of obtaining Pie, is it an effective measure of value?
@@danielhutchinson6604 lol
I notice Yanis has "Society of the Spectacle" on his bookshelf. A truly great one! I couldn't make out the others.
I myself have anticipated the near-future scenario and having listened to the views of both of yours', it doubly confirms my visions. The entire current scenario looks like an immense frightening doom day is on the way to hit the world!!!
I heard an interview w/ Rep. Adam Schiff (a Russiagater) wherein the journalist never mentioned the fact that the US under Bush 1, or Clinton, agreed that the Ukraine & Belarus, could never join NATO, & instead serve as a buffer area between NATO & Russia. But we are making moves to allow them to join, & that SHOULD make Russia nervous, even if Putin did not have imperialistic tendencies. Historical AMNESIA ? ??????
Western imoerialust since Middle Ages TeutonicKnights, Napoleon l,
Kaiser Wilhelm ll, Adolf Hitler, etc
post WE ll Intl capitalist coalition
after Russuan Revolution 1919 to 192?
No Russian gov. invaded W Europe, but 1800s did send army to defend some W Euro monarchie from own people.
Thank you two gentlemen for this interesting discussion!
Love the intro music. “Time, Forward!” by Georgy Sviridov. It reminds me of Guy Maddin’s brilliant short film, “The Heart of the World.”
My two favorite contemporary political economist. More please.🙏🙏🙏✊
In my view, the removal of the US gold standard caused all the problems we see today. What used to be a «bottom-up» economy , became a «top-bottom» economy. Work was no longer the driver of creating wealth. . Just like in feudalism, assets (the connection to Wall Street or the King FED) became the source of wealth
39:00 - that was amazing, thank you for explaining that so coherently.
Listen to that beautiful rain. 😍
Agreed, we should stop using the word “capitalism” and start using the term “techno-feudalism”
These two gentlemen (and many others) have contributed to those of us on the left. These are the voices I have sought out to fill in the gaps in my own understanding. Essentially, to teach what our schools will not. The problem of organization is very difficult to overcome. Political remedies are hard to come by in a nation where every aspect of the political is under the direct control of two enemy parties.
I like the way Yannis sees Biden as a neo-LBJ (vs FDR).
This was more eye opening that I thought.
Such a genuine, natural and open discussion between two intellectual shining stars.
In essence they were doing SOME of their thinking while talking.
For example when Richard called the China one the two empires;
Yanis went to great details , explaining the opposite.
And Richard changed his mind and two times said yes I agree.
But China becoming a possible future exploiting financial giant is not happening now.
Future straggles , we will deal with it in future.
Greetings from Iran/ California.
excellent as usual
Very interesting work. Thanks a lot for sharing
Outstanding gentlemen, wonderful analysis.
In Germany we have a concept called "soziale Marktwirtschft" (social market economy), which originally meant that the market and the economy had to act in a way that was not anti-social. About 25 years ago the thing began to shift and for about 15 years now it can be read as "if the economists and actors in the market act in a way that makes the markets swim belly-up, the whole of society has to pay the bill".
Richard and Yanis @ 8:08
Bravo, Yiannis in employing clarity in labeling LBJ as genocidal... needs to be said.
I watched this expecting Varoufakis and Wolff to dive deep into the pro's and cons of the universal basic income. The words fell, but there wasn't an inclination to go head to head. . Otherwise, yet another great conversation between these two gentlemen of the true left. I hope there will be a sequel in which the elephant will be tackled.
UBI was not in itself the primary purpose for this conversation. Hopefully they'll devote another talk to it specifically.
The 'true left'; absolutely spot on!!
1)Economics is founded on exchange
2) Exchange is mediated by a form of measurement we call money
3) The originating intent of the media of exchange and its corresponding institutional arrangements act as invisible constants throughout society,
4) Behind most surface social behaviors, these primary ‘decisions’~how exchange will be mediated, are acting continuously shaping what appears on the visible level
5) Money is to Economics as Water is to Biology, therefore in discussing economics knowing clearly the what, how and why of this foundational technique is essential to truly understanding the visible effects of economics. In other words grounding our fundamental premises on the most basic factors ie the water.
Money is decent at managing micro-level exchanges, like it used to when currency originated. However, on a global scale, or even national, why these exchanges cannot operate on a barter system?
Example: We need raw iron ore for smelting to construct some infrastructure, the people that have it and don't need it in excess have a deficit in nitrates for fertilizer, which we happen to have - why is a price needed here? What does it matter what amounts will be exchanged if everyone's needs are satisfied on a similar level?
EXTRAORPDINAPRPY PINTERVIEW, VERY CLEVER AND FULL OF DEEP QUESTIONS....THAKS VERY MUCH THE BOTH...
Yanis...a breath of fresh air and reason !
*THANK YOU* Chris Hedges should be your next guest.
At least the former Greek finance minister is beginning to realize that we do not live in capitalism, we never have. He is correct, we live in feudalism. It would be interesting to see Michael Hudson join in this discussion.
Thanks for talking about Mimmo Lucano!
I agree 100% with the post below and may I add Glenn Greenwald.
Good talk! 👍 Many thanks.
what a fantastic intro!
Bernie, on the campaign trail, envisioned a time when ALL the world's leaders would quickly assemble & work to solve our worldwide common threat: climate catastrophe.
And here I thought the greatest worldwide common threat is the USA
@@chuckles9767 Of course it's the people in charge in the US. The elites and politicians working for them. Also those that have been brainwashed to go along with what the government have been and are still doing right now.
China isn't imperialist because it has a surplus of labor having a long history of choosing to survive as a "whole".
Thanks for that Master class
More Yanis and Richard together ! And pop in David Harvey for good measure !!!
Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai, Utsa & Prabat Patnaik, David O.,
Ben Norton, Business & Geopolitics, DD Geopolitics,
Glenn Diesen, etc.-fortunately!!
Hey Yannis, you & Dr. Wolff are 2 guys whom have taught me so much, & we are 99% in the same ideological space. But I think you both give the PRC more credit & praise than it deserves.........They are sneaky conmen.
What about China cracking down on oligarchs, wealth distribution going on now. You're missing an important development
@@DivergentStyles Yes! Direct relationship between vast of poverty and insane wealth, feudalism is all about that. Strong middle class, good wages takes wealth away from psychotic oligarchs.
Chinas real estate market is fked and that is at least 20-30% av their GDP if not more. On top of that they got rolling black outs because of power shortage (coal,gas) So this is going to 1. Make them more aggressive outwards. 2. Give the entire world problems none of us alive have ever seen. Because the big equity firms got lots invested in China and China for their part owns a lot in US, EU, Africa. So.... I think we are really really fucked...
@@DivergentStyles If we could tax them... Who do you think owns the military and commands it? Well it's not your elected representative. You need the army on your side ...
@@DivergentStyles II you think the Chinese propaganda of "stopping climate change" has anything to do with the blackout if are misled my friend. The US has, despite what you might think lowered their CO2 every year since like 2002 or something. China burns coal and don't give a shit about the climate. If you want to attack the US, attack the fact that they have moved their industry(not all) to China. Fact remains though. But yeah let's throw money at the climate, when it's big oil and the same fking bankers who are behind the entire climate change crap.
The difference between the west and China is in the Western world the Oligarchy chose the president in China the comunist party is choosing the Oligarchy.
very well said at 45:45 Yiannis about the whiff of freedom.
I would love these two to talk with Robert Brenner, who is not as talented of an online promoter, but I'm sure would have plenty of contributions to this neo-feudalism discussion.
Thanks for the recommendation. I just found a video interview with him and I'm going to watch it. I'm a big fan of Ellen Meiksins Wood and I know that she draws on Brenner's work a lot. So far I've come across 3 people offering a serious analysis of a contemporary transition to neo-feudalism: Yanis Varoufakis, Michael Hudson, and Jodi Dean. I'm always looking for more people because this subject is under-analyzed.
Same music as used by Scorsese in Taxi Driver.. written by Ennio Morricone??
I love how Richard listens
Excellent
Proff Wolff I agree with what he has stated here after listening a short time here v
Don't blame us Mr wolf, the elites don't think we are smart enough.
Interest on the debt is 300 billion., we are responsible for that debt.
No, we (individuals) are NOT responsible for the national “debt.” The national “debt” is the obligation of the fed gvt.
The fed gvt issues that “debt” in its own currency, which it creates, and on which it sets the interest rates (and pays the interest with the money it creates-NOT with collected fed tax $$)
The national “debt” is nothing more than the total amount invested into the economy that has not been taxed back (since the beginning). It’s not a burden to current or future individuals. That’s a (mostly) right-wing (entirely) neoliberal myth.
The national “debt” was purposely incorrectly framed. If viewed for what it actually is, the austerity mindset that it evokes would be a relic of the past (gold standard era). It is actually the national assets-assets to the non-gvt sector. The fed gvt’s liabilities are the assets of the non-fed sectors.
The fed gvt (being the monopoly CURRENCY ISSUER) can always meet its obligations in its own currency, and it can never “go broke.” The fed gvt can choose to default (which it normally won’t), but that would be a political decision, not because of a financial constraint.
Great interviews, unfortunately the audio has a terrible hiss on the copy of it I'm hearing on youtube.
Maybe it's the sound of the storm coming out of dr. Wolff's window.
Wait, when was this recorded?
I'm quite sure that with the introduction of the EU Covid bonds, we now do have a centralised debt market in Europe.
I wish I could invite these two for dinner!
more of this, damn!
Watching two intellectual heavy-weights of the English speaking world. Incredible! True heroes of the people ✊✊✊
I always learn things when I hear either of these men. I've been trying to wrap my head around leaving capitalism when you go onto a platform. Not a complicated idea but damn it changes the world to realize.
Wolf presents methods of making Capitalism acceptable to humans, Yannis discusses how we may need to consider alternatives.
I continue to insist that we begin to discuss alternatives to capitalism while we are still able to present actual choices.
this is gold
Who is the woman who introduces the topic at the beginning?
Richard Wolff is completely wrong about gvt debt. If he meant something else, he didn’t articulate it very well. I agree with him on many things, but he apparently does NOT understand gvt “debt.”
The argument that the political and corporate leadership is in denial implies that they don't know any better. It's quite natural that the beneficiaries of a system are reluctant to change the very systemic features that make them beneficiaries.
OK, I need to apologize to Yanis, he is much wiser and smart man than I thought.
last few words from Yanis ,, economic tail spin in America, that still has a powerful military , if world turns away from America can react in a military way is dangerous
Yanis Varoufakis ✊
Can you feel it staring back? 👁️
Economically, sociologically. religiously. environmentally Humanity has proven itself to be a net-negative influence on the planet Earth. If Humans never existed the Earth would be a blue-green oasis floating in the black immensity of the cosmos. As a septuagenarian, after decades of pondering the issues, I have come to the inevitable yet startling conclusion that the Earth is going to be a much better place without us.
Another nihilist leftist who wants to Holocaust humanity to "Save the Earth".. As if that virtue signals some kind of moral superiority.. You're a psychopath..
It might not happen in our lifetime, but soon enough.
The network is now the economy. Any country could at any moment create a democratically controlled, digital retail platform alternative to Amazon. Every citizen would have a right to a buy/sell account and would be a 'shareholder.' The central bank could create a digital version of national currency and every citizen would have an account, so we could trade without paying rents to VISA etc. Indeed, we could buy a loaf of bread at the corner shop without paying rent to VISA. And a public postal service could guarantee distribution. Also, most importantly, universal public networking would create a neutral playing field to allow every citizen equal high speed access to the economy. There is still room for competition, although when everyone is a stakeholder in the public platform, the competition the global fiefdom of Jeff would finally face would be very stiff indeed
RW: "Every time I talk to Yanis it's a good time."
~moments earlier~
YV: "This is all correct, it's going down the toilet."
I admit the lack of bullshit is refreshing.
„Is something similar [to the strikes and the organizing in the US] happening in Europe?“
Yes, it’s called GRAZNOST!
Black coffee in pills. Excellent content.
The hope of ALL members of ANY society is that the collective efforts of the Whole will be beneficial to ALL. As a species we have veered so far from that ideal that we have collectively become, as a species, INSANE : the FEW control the MANY. The Monied FEW decide everything including the very values of the societies that they dominate. Greed/money/power dominates ALL the "better angels" of human nature.
Inteligence was afterall a dangerous evolutionary trait.. lets hope for the best
What a refreshing experience to hear some hard analysis of hard problems without a bunch of political BS language and ideological evasion.
There is another dimension about what's happening in Europe: energy. They are lacking natural gas. And China is lacking carbon. The depletion of oil, natural gas and carbon is another global crisis that has even lower attention by governments than climate change. Our whole civilization is rooted in these materials. And very few talk about this. I know only the Post Carbon Institute in the US and Antonio Turiel in Spain.
LEST WE FORGET !