Great discussion and information, Yanis did well in this one.
Got reminded of this statement by Yanis:
but let me say something about power racism and i will add patriarchy i don’t believe that we have the answers
to these things in my in you know this is a novel and in it i try to make it absolutely clear
that i do not believe that my side of politics even my very
quaint version of socialism even if we manage to sort out all the problems with corporations with the power of capital
to exploit to reproduce itself and so on that we can deal with patriarchy
or racism discrimination runs very deeply in our societies and you know we can reduce the toxicity
which always breeds more racism and more xenophobia and more sexism
but i’m pessimistic about human nature we
really need i you know i look into myself and i find a nazi living in me a racist living in me a sexist living in me
i constantly have battles with me with myself and anybody who tells me that you’re not like that you’re lying
we are all like this we all have a dark side and we all need to fight constantly against it
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Can we Fix Capitalism? Yanis Varoufakis vs Gillian TettIntelligence Squared
Not much point being anti capitalist if you are pessimistic on human nature .
When I read or hear that quote it usually makes me think, ‘even when things look bleak, keep on pushing on and sticking to your principles.’
