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[–] dead@hexbear.net 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Yannis Varoufakis is an economist from Greece. From 2012-2013, he worked as an Economist for the video game company Valve. He has called himself a Marxist but also called himself a Libertarian.

Recently Yanis Varoufakis was banned from Germany for giving speeches in support of Palestine, against Israel. He is banned from entering the country and also he said the government shut down events where he was giving a speech remotely over webcam.

https://jacobin.com/2024/04/yanis-varoufakis-germany-banned-palestine-gaza

Here's a clip from 5 years ago that went viral. Some woman tells Yanis that China is doing imperialism in Africa. Yanis replies "No, they're not. China is far more humanistic than the United States ever was." He explains that China is non-interventionist.

https://youtu.be/gGeevtdp1WQ?t=4053

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

didn't know about the valve thing, but he's not just some economist, he was the Greek finance minister and an MP

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

For Syriza, the biggest disappointment in recent SocDem history. I remember listening to one of his talks during that time, he said that the radical left was not ready to take power, so they have to fix capitalism instead. I haven't been following him since.

[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes people say libertarian in the older sense and not the ancap sense. I think I have heard him use that language in that way

[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think that's still the preferred usage in Europe. There's a story of an American "Libertarian" showing up to a Greek "Libertarian" meetup and getting physically thrown out as soon as he started talking that comes to mind.

[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

I love that story lmao... "wait, that just sounds like fascism??"

[–] Sons_of_Ferrix@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From 2012-2013, he worked as an Economist for the video game company Valve

Lol what I've never heard that

[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

According to him, the "Valve economy" (I guess CS:Go knives and stuff?) emerged unexpectedly, and they hired him to tell them how it worked.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago

Thank you! I'd been running on zero sleep for a couple days and I couldn't bear to watch two hours of some guy I didn't know about.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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