_”These techno-feudal lords … have exposed the great lie of liberal democracy, of liberal capitalism.”_
Mehdi Hasan speaks with Yanis Varoufakis — former finance minister of Greece and renowned left-wing intellectual — about the billionaire class of tech bros like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos growing in power in the US, the center-left’s responsibility for the rise of fascism, and the genocide in Gaza in this Zeteo town hall.’
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Watch the full video to hear Mehdi and Varoufakis’ fascinating conversation. They discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, why US Democrats failed so badly in the last election, and why big tech leaders like Musk and Peter Thiel are so invested in pro-Israel speech.
_”When they hear you and me talk about equal political rights from the river to the sea, they get really scared. Because for them, equality is the most potent and threatening word in the English language. Why? They know that they live on stolen land.”_
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