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Capitalism Has Mutated Into Something Worse with Yanis Varoufakis
Feb 7, 2024
01:08:13
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Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, joins Adam Conover to discuss how capitalism has transformed into something worse with the rise of tech giants. They explore topics such as the domination of big tech, surveillance capitalism, the perverted culture of sharing on the internet, and the centralization of the internet. They also touch on the rise of wealthy individuals in the digital age and the need to protect personal data. The conversation delves into the transformation of the economy and the potential implications for global power dynamics.
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- Massive tech corporations dominate the economy, extracting profits from users without producing anything themselves.
- The close relationship between big tech companies and central banks has fueled the rise of techno-feudalism.
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The Rise of Cloud Capital and Techno-Feudalism
The economic system has evolved into something far worse than traditional capitalism, according to Janus Varoufakis, the former finance minister of Greece. He argues that massive tech companies, such as Amazon and Facebook, have become monopolistic polymorphous mega-entities that control and manipulate our behavior through sophisticated algorithms. These companies extract rent from consumers and producers without actually producing anything themselves. Varoufakis refers to this new economic system as techno-feudalism, where cloud capital replaces traditional capital as the main source of wealth creation. The centralization of power and the ability to modify our behavior through algorithms creates a sense of servitude to these tech giants, reminiscent of feudalism.
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