Europe is Kaput. Long live Europe! | Slavoj Žižek, Yanis Varoufakis and Julian Assange

Join Slavoj Žižek, Yanis Varoufakis, and Julian Assange in a rare conversation about Europe's challenges - economic crises, policy shifts, and the refugee dilemma. Hear their insights on rebuilding a more democratic Europe as they dissect contradictions in late capitalism. Hosted by Srecko Horvat.
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[@ydin9]

Glad to see Zizek continues to be the nightmare of audio engineers around the world.

[@milztempelrowski9281]

Applauding with mic in hand. Classic Slavoj xD

[@aubreydebliquy8051]

I love his lisp like peanut butter that thtickth to the rooth of your mouth.

[@shodefektiv]

@serendipidus1 eh, im inclined to give him a pass, his english is better than my slovenian

[@AudioPervert1]

Just Add Distortion. All your palsy nightmares will be gone ...

[@smayly1000]

levelly comment :) made me chuckle

[@cd7002]

zizek should have a late night show

[@punchgod]

His guests would never get a word in and I’d be okay with it

[@aubreydebliquy8051]

you mean he thould have a late night thow? LOL

[@sean759]

@@aubreydebliquy8051 wdgggdf

[@villehamalainen2541]

Call it PURE IDEOLOGY with Slavoj

[@yiasemide]

Very late. 🤫

[@shodanxx]

Oh my god, this was a cultural touch stone, how could this have been a time limited debate ? It should have lasted until they ran out of things to say or collapsed from fatigue

[@SleekMinister]

Now, there's a thought. Maybe Red Bull should host next time.

[@trevorsmith8950]

Zizek would still be talking today if they did this.

[@BlakeSiefken]

I like the irony that Julian Assange is being filmed and projected in a way that makes him look like Big Brother.

[@sansewai]

+Blake Siefken Haha, I thought so too.

[@tisiaan]

+Blake Siefken Big brother (God?) Vage and verry big image, untuchable andso...i had that feeling to...but also some kind of feeling that says...he's not getting back. Thats feels so sickening.

[@filipburic5194]

+Hans Mateboer Big Brother doesn't mean got, it usually refers to government surveillance.

[@matthewkopp2391]

Perhaps Emmanuel Bernstein on tele-screen as The Party hates him mostly.

[@bettyjones2614]

But who else would you use to suggest an open and free society. Ask anyone about Orwell's 1984 and they either dont recognise the name or remind you of someone remembering a terrible event in their lives

[@lukeknopp4267]

Slavoj was on fire the whole time

[@hallo4966]

or on cocaine

[@robertstan298]

@@hallo4966 Maybe both.

[@laz0rbra1n]

In my mind, Zizek, much like Obelix the Gaul fell into the magic potion, must have had an incident with amphetamine that affects him permanently.

[@JohnMoseley]

@@hallo4966 I really doubt these suspicions. First of all, it seems pretty clear to me that a guy who perpetually points out that 'enjoyment hurts' would ever fall prey to drug dependency. But even if that's just a front, no one remains charming and funny for as long as Zizek has if they're hooked on coke.

[@piplee1439]

No, coke

[@dijanaanzelj6705]

"There is nothing liberating in suffering" Slavoj Žižek ❤📚

[@saskk2290]

Suffering can liberate one from ignorance or apathy

[@ArmLegLegArmHead47]

@Something Else So basically you’re saying that the very notion of "change" is a false one, in the sense that all possibilities of actual societal changes are considered by the ruling class (elite, caste whatever) and as such, pre-controlled and influenced?

[@NicoleKisa]

@@saskk2290 Lol

[@theblandcharlie822]

@Dallas Texans 1952 Nah, I go radical

[@bettyjones2614]

@@saskk2290 if suffering is all you know, what else is there?

[@treintaydiez]

It's such a breath of fresh air to know these guys exist. I come over, and over to this video, just to confirm that there's still hope for us in the future

[@QuinnArgo]

To quote Zizek, "one should be a moderate pessimist like me so you get to feel glad sometimes"

[@Bisquick]

@@QuinnArgo Indeed. Or to quote Gramsci, "Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will."

[@locoloco2703]

@Concrete True we are fucked

[@invanorm]

We live in hell.

[@bettyjones2614]

its certainly nice to know just because your the minority you were not crazy

[@theguardian8317]

Content warning: Slavoj Žižek

[@mortarriding3913]

Somebody should've provided that warning to Jordan Peterson before he agreed to a debate with a Slavoj quotes account run by a teenager.

[@nestorsdragon8057]

"He will be forced to smile when we take power"

[@aleksm3401]

@Lindsey its what Slavoj said ironically around 1:34:50

[@copycopley]

I was at this. Seems like a lifetime ago.

[@desotaku5202]

So its not just me, who felt like the 2010's went so fast? The 00's felt way longer in comparison to me

[@crazycypriot123]

"But can I just finish the line!" says Slavoj.

[@MarionPlank]

Slavoj is the best, seriously.

[@rotsanctum]

1:30:44 Me when somebody tells I should not spend the whole day listening to Zizek.

[@gabrielsiteny]

My guy, I was only 30min in when I clicked on your time stamp, you just fiered me up so much to find the context behind this sheer violence

[@mcnallyaar]

36:52 You have five Greeks, you get ten opinions.

[@peterjanoshazi7519]

Those Slavoj's one-liners...

[@abrokenlife]

Everything depends on this: that we connect our PROGRESSIVE European struggles with equally PROGRESSIVE struggles from the Middle East. The silent treatment of every criticism of Islam as Islamophobia is catastrophic for both Europe/The West and the Middle East itself. - Slavoj Zizek [paraphrased]

[@GherkinPickleGroyper]

Slavoj Zizek: The Most Dangerous Philosopher of the 21st Century: 'Talks at Google'. That's my joke. Get it?

[@heartache5742]

good suggestion, kinda crappy reasoning

[@randytaylor3231]

Zizek simply nails it time and again.

[@filipobruneleski5555]

LOL Zizek trying desperately to keep those goddamn papers from falling, but as soon he leaves them he starts shaking and papers start slipping down again

[@paulpeartsmith]

Slavoj is a great thinker and a great human.

[@globeshadowgroup]

I like when Julian Assange appears Obi Wan-Kenobi-style as a floating hologram dispensing wise advice.

[@1namrog]

+ALLCAPSARCHER09 these aren't the refugees you're looking for...

[@chase337]

Yanis is right, there is more diversity within a group than between groups.

[@T800System]

Really love that Yanis has recently started to take up the baton from Tony Benn in quoting him a lot. From one generation to the next, that's the struggle. There's no final victory and there's no final defeat - that's what Tony always taught.

[@MehdiGhassemi]

Let Slavoj speak man!!

[@xenobladefan7440]

What a lineup, fantastic.

[@iordanisiordanidis1289]

Really?

[@parmiggianoreggie-ano1832]

When you see Dunban’s a fan of Zizek as well

[@siegfried1313]

Thank you very much for the upload.

[@Kobe29261]

Slavoj Zizek - the epitome of courage and judgement! Thank you - this was incredible, such amazing intellects and spirits!

[@GoFredBananass]

Poor Julian, a true mammoth of courage and integrity. I hope for a world when he is free and celebrated for the hero that he is.

[@fatalmystic]

1:34:57 that confidence: "He will be forced to smile when we take power!" :D

[@occultyouth]

this video felt strangely empowering and vitalizing to watch. feelings that don't go around to easy in these times of crisis.

[@HoppiTeam]

Came for Zizek, stayed for Varoufakis. Instant fan

[@nutz9446]

I am considering translating this to Arabic has there been any translations made already or should I get started?

[@rui4659]

+Fahed Nabbout i am also trying to translate it to another language. Do you know the easier way to do it? I heard there is an option where they can activate "community contribution" and from there on you can add subtitles to the video, instead of downloading the whole thing and uploading again

[@abbythewasteland5841]

+Fahed Nabbout i can help!

[@rui4659]

so did you find a way? i want to translate to portuguese. Maybe if you translate it to Arabic and activate the community feature i can then translate to portuguese? cheers

[@Kobe29261]

+Fahed Nabbout Please do it; whatever you can do besides 'sharing on social media' do it! We need to get the world out. As you can tell I'm African and I'm looking into ways of disseminating the incredible knowledge! Godspeed my friend!

[@codectified]

+Fahed Nabbout that would probably be amazing

[@80thiconoclast]

Wow, the final quarter of this was epic.

[@mittens2015]

Come back to this every x amount of years, and it's still great

[@laurelindon]

This is the best talk-show I've seen in the last 10 years.. and I've seen quite a few. All three of them, such open-minded genius!

[@HEIDIEMorenoCastelli]

what a marvel !!! thanks so much!!! THANKS SO MUCH for share !!!

[@barbarajohnson1442]

Outstanding!!! Thank you so much.

[@Clocktacular]

Great Talk.

[@nicholas1254]

He will be forced to smile when we take power!

[@CryMyName100]

this is the best thing i have ever watched. gotta love slavoj's ascensions.

[@Antreus]

Thank You Southbank!

[@Neueregel]

well said Yanis!

[@Grogx331994]

There are still thinkers in Europe, they need to be heard more.

[@MagicMeditationHypnosis]

Thank you

[@Kobe29261]

We owe you! Thank you! Sub'd!

[@livi_gigi_art]

Yanis, every time he speaks, I learn something new.

[@Xanctus]

woot woot!

[@alexanderkurashidze3995]

So many messages aged well. Bravo to all participants!

[@sashazxtt]

Free Assange!

[@andydufresne87]

Without any doubt the most powerful thing that was said; from 1:35:58 to 1:36:47. Bravo Varoufakis.

[@JanAndhisfiets]

Great! We need more of this in the west.

[@JackSaturday]

Marvelous talk.

[@user-tg9hk6wc6q]

This is an excellent event.

[@Allzumenschliches44]

This talk is soo good but also incredibly depressing when you realize that both the global political system and the masses of nonreflective conformists are never going to change.

[@MsChuchka1]

Deutsch?I wouldnt say that go to most of the non western countries everybody is a human that can think creative and intelligently, the german system makes you think that the majority is stupid, thats not true!(and Menschenverachtend and part of the Propaganda)

[@Kobe29261]

+Allzumenschliches44 Don't give up man - it's gonna be like the Titanic; if, and this ship may sink- we'll go down with our violins and viola's humming!

[@ReMembrane]

+Paul Maciejowski orientalism much?

[@dragonno6587]

+Paul Maciejowski really? in India for example there's still millions of ppl who are basically slaves. show me there are whose creative & progressive countries outside of west? and lets not even start about midd-east or africa.. world is depressive and random place

[@MegaShiney99]

I mean it’s fine

[@sedeslav]

Wall street in New York was a wall originally built to separate Dutch from English parts of town.

[@jjunluo]

We so need another round of this, an end-of-the 2022 version ...

[@ahagamama]

Lovely!

[@Blunderbird]

It's been a long seven days!

[@putopaulinho]

I relate to Slavoj.. what a Legend 🤣 the man got a lot of passion

[@MrCostiZz]

Slavoj is an awesome speaker !! hehe very passionate

[@christiannielsen9408]

I love how well read and Spoken Assange is. He seems as philosophicqlly and intrllectually engaged as zizek here. With this, it would b rlly cool to see the points of contention between zizek and assange (which in my eyes seemed to be on a kind of different plane than Yanis as they were slightly more influenced by discussions of Ideology with a capital I)

[@peteradaniel]

Yaassss boy Yanis!!!!! What a legend!

[@MaFd0n]

3:48 - I tried searching for the skip-intro man, guess he went to Europe

[@hanson666999]

An interesting discussion, some good points raised on all sides

[@juriangroen5048]

+hanson666999 can you make an even more empty statement?

[@comradeyui1498]

+hanson666999 All sides except for yours.

[@The_Ballo]

+hanson666999 ...the progressive side or the communist side or the liberal side? Yeah...sides...

[@lilaccloud8667]

+The Ball liberals and communists are different sides because they believe in different ideological concepts

[@hanson666999]

I liked what Yanis Varoufakis said about the EU That in its current undemocratic state it is simply a cartell for rich capitalists who have used it to destroy competition in European nations, it's an economic monopoly. Also that the EU has a deep contempt for democracy. Democracy for the people who run the EU is simply a process of elections that are used to validate their power to make decisions independent of the people. The EU is damaging democracy and economic prosperity across Europe.

[@georgek3686]

Superb

[@snailtime9294]

I want to offer these men the most extraordinary and confounding of embraces. I feel such an astounding feeling of knowing and concilience in the thoughts of these 3 three that it creates in my mind a sense of hope and determination which only appears when the belief in social concilience rears its head and shows itself as a possibility. I am filled with with a peace and a fiery desire to enact change when I hear such thoughts and feelings expressed so clearly and well articulated; such a feeling of grace it creates that I am urged to engage and pressed so passionately to provoke and to feel with my fellow man. I'm happy that such a debate is not only possible, but encouraged, and supported

[@guzy1971]

for non european audience, especially anglo-saxon audience. I'm French and I consider that I know pretty well the culture/history and current collective psychology of the following countries : - Spain and Portugal because my mom used to teach spanish for decades and we often spent our vacations there, and my father had businesses in Portugal - Germany and Austria because I learned the langage with great pleasure at school and was always interested in this cultural area for intellectual and sentimental reasons (Music, philosophy, the lips of the first girl I kissed during a student travel in Lüneburg...) - I don't know Italia as well as Spain, but we all know in France than Italian people, at least from the North, are like very close cousins I can tell you that what Yanis says about the creation of the Euro is COMPLETLY true ! Each country chose to join the single currency for "nationalist" reasons that have more to do with national historical neuroses than with a rational economic analysis or the real conviction that a brand new European individual could rise from the merging of numerous national cultures. The no-border, postnational ideology dominating the boomers generation just gave a apparent rationale.

[@markmatthewson6225]

This made me feel Instinctually, Revolutionarily Fizzy and tingly insidel

[@valeriosioannidis2720]

a subject that open your eyes and make you thinking

[@omaralleyne8987]

Revisitng this in 2020 and Yiani's part at 54ish mins is a loud echo

[@felooosailing957]

I hope that when I am old and a failed revolutionary, I am half as cool as Slavoj Zizek.

[@vivalaleta]

Die while you continue to fight the system. Never relent.

[@nachfullbarertrank5230]

@Ed Hearn uh, okay mate

[@pachal.7766]

interesantisimo para todas las parties involved y el futuro del mundo!

[@allrelated1]

It resonates with me and others , I grieve for all suffering innocent people who are in dire violent situation. I have to distract myself to avoid being depressed.. Seems I live in a twilight zone. Would love to wake up in better world.

[@szymborska]

KZbin created the 2x speed for Zizek.

[@martinezlopez4699]

Such an IMPORTANT Issue/VIDEO should be subtitled! That way every WORD from genuine Varoufakis -specially from this volcanic and unstoppable great Žižek- is UNDERSTOOD at its fullest. Maybe someone could provide the Subtitle as (.srt)

[@MrBobopoe]

and so on and so on

[@KramerSLO]

gotta love slavoj

[@johnwiiu7005]

Slavoj has a highly interesting way to argument for being on twenty pots of coffee.

[@bobdobbs7957]

Zizek could infect the whole audience if he had covid.

[@ThePurpleTone]

I wish this debate would at least double its viewing audience

[@Flarm2vids]

1:45:20 and especially "There is no evidence that this hope is justified but there is plenty of evidence to suggest that without this hope we succumb to the fear of fear and the terrorists in whatever form they take will triumph against humanism" is such a powerful point.

[@gushutchinson8758]

I feel guilty watching Julian....we've not done enough to save him from the dark forces within our government...and the USA of course . He's a sensitive. thoughtful man. He's a hero too. why cant we all step in to protect this beautiful geezer ?

[@gushutchinson8758]

Yanis is a total slime mould...

[@iloveass2289]

I didn’t know this existed fuck I’m so happy

[@l.w.paradis2108]

Slavoj at 11:50 reminds me of the film Dogville. "If we discover that they are not people like us . . . then it's all right, let them drown . . . , " etc.

[@hancarv4705]

fast forward to 2020

[@telsutton]

Six years on, and the closing remarks of this debate hang over us like a sordid premonition: 'The Matrix as a documentary' - the majority of the UK are eating the steak right now - and 'if it takes ten years'.... sorry, Julian, it may be thirty. My view is that the pessimists are never pessimistic enough to convince the optimists to get off their arses.

[@rui4659]

I am tempted to translate this to portuguese. How would i do that? is there a platform within youtube to do that?

[@bettyjones2614]

Do it!

[@peterchristo196]

Enough to turn me green with laughter 🤣

[@anjakyiadraeger6764]

what a wonderful, witty, enlightened and intellectually brilliant panel! a complete delight in the current darkness of grunting, clubwielding troglodytes.

[@Schnupfndrache7]

i have a dream freedom of press, transparant politics, no more financing of political parties by big corporations

[@shinybaldboy4384]

I have a dream no racism and no jokes that offend other people everyone gets educated properly and has the opportunity to learn about a different culture atheists and religious people can get along.

[@dn8601]

Zizek is fucking fire on this one damn 🔥🔥🔥

[@pimwiersinga8822]

Audio being what it is, Zizek's statement is eloquent, to the point, memorable and as urgent as ever!

[@pimwiersinga8822]

And passionate. I responded to Zizek's remarks on the 'cupola' that is (the official, not the real) Europe.

[@juanmadero7941]

This conversation left me super scared.

[@shoeby9273]

Chomsky's voice puts me to sleep, Žižek's voice keeps me wide awake.

[@tmwalrus]

Wow. What if we'd have the chance in our average lives to speak EVERYDAY about these issues with other people. In bars, cafes, suks, wherever... Just by speaking, we would change the world.

[@zehrajafri9252]

Great, compassionate, very intelligent human beings that inspire generations. Free Assange. Truth is the greatest force.

[@bazu76]

please, if possible, subtitle it (at least in english).

[@AntonioBrandao]

Why should I be to blame for Europe's actions if I never even voted for any of the leaders of my European country? I have hated all these leaders and their actions since I can remember. I also hated other European leaders who meddle in the Middle East. Everyone I know is also against the meddling in the Middle East, it would appear rather inappropriate to see these people blamed too.

[@dragonno6587]

+Antonio Brandao yes and we did not elect NATO or USA warmongers who created all the mess in the first place..

[@Velvet0Starship2013]

+Belze Buddha Yes, but they just LOVE fooling the Serfs into swallowing that bullshit about getting the government we "deserve". Are the passengers on a bus "responsible" when the driver smashes into a wall? And even the hypothetical passengers of that hypothetical bus have more control over their fate than we do. No, all we can do is watch entertaining distractions like these Fancy Explainers (in the video above), who are adept at not pissing off their masters, share their recycled half-truths. Julian, isn't it an amazing coincidence that after all these years of Wikileaks, not a single person with Real Power has been fired or even disgraced via your trove of top-secrets? Why, it's almost as though the whole thing is being carefully stage-managed....!

[@Velvet0Starship2013]

+youngfool3000 Sorry, kid. That's (forgiveable) bullshit. You don't know how the game runs. NO decision of any importance to the Corporate Masters is allowed in the hands of Duh Masses. *Ever*. The problem is, most of what the average person thinks they "know" about The System... was fed to them by (drum roll)... The System... (via various proxies of The System, including school, media and your parents). If you were raised in a wealthy Mafia family, for example, what, as a child, could you expect to know or believe about "The Mafia"? Either nothing about the Mafia or good things about The Mafia. Your understanding of the Empire you were born in (either near its center or on the outskirts of it) is analogous to that.

[@kiddmeizter]

+Antonio Brandao If you don't vote, you don't get to say that you oppose the powers that be. The vote which you did not cast is mathematically a plus for them. As you did not vote, the total number of votes cast is smaller, and thus the result of the election is less representative, and the powers that be thus need fewer votes in order to win the election. Therefore, you should always vote, even if you would be the only one voting for the party that you voted for. If you don't like any party, you should start your own party, you have every legal right to do so and it has never been easier, and more feasible in human history to start a grassroots movement that actually wins an election, with the advent of the internet, and the resulting decentralization of the spread of information, and the media. The greatest blessing for the powers that be is people that don't vote. Being lulled into apathy by the media telling you that X party that you hate that always wins is definitely going to win and that there is no hope for anything else, is exactly what they want you to think and do. This is why Bernie Sanders in the US and other similar possible reformers of the plutocratic system are always displayed as "fringe candidates that will never win" or silenced into oblivion. When it comes to politics, you should never believe what you are told. Public relations experts (formerly called propagandists) prepare every political statement and narrative you see all around you, and you not voting is a result of this media's formation of your political ideas, the media says: rebels don't vote, it's lame to vote, because x happened people are definitely going to vote for x, it's pointless to vote. So you don't vote. And the house always wins.

[@Celrador]

+Antonio Brandao You are as much guilty of it, as many of my fellow countrymen under Hitlers regime were, when they looked the other way instead of revolting in the streets.

[@vardendela]

1:56:10 is pretty morbid nearly 10 years later considering Assange is now being mentally tortured in an underground dungeon

[@jnhbgvfc1986]

I completely agree with Zizek!

[@kiwicfruit]

1:30:45 bruh I laughed so hard at this