Leftist SHREDS Right-Wing Moron On His Own Podcast

Yanis Varoufakis straight up cooks the UnHerd podcast during a debate about immigration.
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[@Ellieempress]

That’s how leftists here need to respond to our right wing scourge .

[@nosuchthing8]

Good word, scourge

[@osonhouston]

​@nosuchthing8 our left leaning politicians are "fairly new," but those we have are pretty good at getting those points across.

[@jewelplate]

Operating under the assumption you are talking about the continental US. Problem is that this is how Europe swings when it comes to left and right. Over here the left (not the progressive caucus) compared to europe would be Centrist/center right at most with the progressives being center left.

[@nataliaofthenightlords]

@@jewelplate thats why we need to end the Republican Party, so the US can rebalance itself

[@warmac88]

True

[@outermarker5801]

When it's about colonialism, they tell you 'that's just how the world works'. Then when you ask them why they catastrophize about 'being replaced', 'iT's dIfFeReNt' 🤥

[@annjepsen1621]

😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️

[@matt4887]

Thanks for be truthful in saying that it is flat out replacement

[@outermarker5801]

@@matt4887 Thanks for making my point about catastrophizing. And the general low information mindset of those who do so.

[@TheHuxleyAgnostic]

​@@matt4887 Someone moving in next door to you isn't replacing you. Someone who lands on your shores and either kicks you off your land, or kills you, is replacing you.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

​@@matt4887just by admitting you believed "great replacement" was a thing you're telling on yourself that you have a little bitty conservative brain, like a dinosaur

[@helenlewis5409]

Wow, so refreshing to hear the truth being spoken, much respect for Mr Varoufakis!

[@Ellieempress]

❤❤❤

[@SimonePhoenix]

[standing ovation]👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@sprig5173]

Be very ashamed of her.❤

[@pete_lind]

Yeah border treaty in Europe was made after the bloodies war in Europe, 30 year war 1618 - 1648, So in 1648 first written treaty where borders are was made to end the war. International Passport standard came 1920 with Legion of nations treaty , now UN, travel papers existed before that, in US to control slaves.

[@jelef001]

🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@MrSouthside1316]

"Let me go where the wealth that was taken from my country is." Very well said Emma.

[@frankdayton731]

Human capital is a form of a country's wealth.

[@MrSouthside1316]

@@frankdayton731 True. Now if we could only get rid of those pesky corrupt politicians that are in power that only serve to appease foreign interests (e.g., pathetic wages to increase profits) and focus on generating a highly skilled workforce that is actually motivated to stay home by offering them a chance to make a decent living and grow professionally, then yeah, those people would stay home and contribute to that wealth you've mentioned.

[@td2222]

​@@aliamjon2550that's actually exactly what's happening since centuries 🎉🎉

[@saggitaril4044]

Varoufakis is such a good speaker. Definetely one of the formative thinkers for my politicization.

[@Mikidy]

He also worked for Valve and created the Steam Marketplace, so there's that too

[@stevenkies802]

​@@MikidySteam is an interesting story. It's a monopoly that happened by accident. It's original intent was to digitally distribute Valve games and was actually criticized by gamers at the time.

[@soulknife20]

​@stevenkies802 Yeah. Mainly why it isn't really ragged on by gamers anymore. It kind of organically developed into a monopoly. But a Monopoly that is actually fine

[@stevenkies802]

@@soulknife20 It's actually amazing that they don't try to bully the industry Apple and Microsoft style. They treat small developers very well and give them far more exposure than they would otherwise get.

[@MSCCA]

We need this guy in the US

[@Cabochon1360]

It's so depressing to see the U.K. dealing with the same right-wing shit we are here in the States. Privatizing a successful public program never, ever, ever does anything except diminish whatever service is supposed to be provided, while making wealth inequality worse by siphoning more of the economy into fewer hands.

[@greenman6141]

It's because of Rupert Murdoch. Really the UK were dealing with it first, when Thatcher ripped up media ownership laws in order to let Murdoch take far too large shares, controlling shares, of the media. Then Reagan did the same thing...and gave Murdoch US citizenship, as his Australian citizenship would have precluded him from his media holdings in the US. Every other person wanting US citizenship had to wait till their lucky number came up...but not Murdoch. Gee, wonder why that was. Murdoch has totally undermined US democracy.

[@MrDesmondPot]

It’s even more depressing living here. Nothing but brigands in our politics.

[@HammerStudioGames]

They're WAY worse off than us in America, and they don't seem very motivated to protest and demand change.

[@WobblyBits_X]

It's virtually global at this point. We have much the same problems with right wing politicians becoming more extreme and unhinged in Aotearoa too.

[@billyouka448]

Unfortunately the Heritage Foundation has poisoned UK politics too

[@antenna_prolly]

Right-wingers be like "We can't let the government get too much control over our lives! That's why we want as few people as possible to have the right to vote or even live here."

[@WilliamTaylorIII]

Republicans really want to control every aspect of the average person's private lives.

[@jimmyvau]

They just don't want the government controlling THEIR lives. As long as the government is controlling other people, it's fine.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

Which is funny because they fight so hard to keep government small that when things go wrong they wonder where is the regulations to protect them… like housing in the US is explicitly due to a lack of regulations of property owners who hold empty properties and units for years because they make more money to wait for someone to afford their price than lower it so someone can afford that house or unit. There is a time and place for regulations yet we often don’t have it where it counts because of them. The privatization of social resources like healthcare and housing should be legal.

[@nataliaofthenightlords]

to them, freedom means "everyone does their own thing and they owe nothing to society at large...oh except please fund cops for property rights and "protection"".

[@anderseckstrand7033]

What? I can understand libertarians saying this, but certainly not all right-wingers lol.

[@Gary-And-His-Demons]

"My job is not to pander to anxieties of false consciousness examples." OMG that's a monster comeback. This man is a wordsmith. He's basically saying I'm not going to help you feel any better about being a bigot. Your hate is irrational and wrong.

[@ribbrascal]

On the contrary, my bigotry is rational and moral. /exDemocrat

[@olliebluemama]

Those were bars!!!!

[@patera124]

The idea of "false consciousness" is arrogant and condescending - it represents the left-wing person, usually upper-middle class or wealthy, essentially telling working class people that they aren't capable of understanding their own thoughts and ideas - that they need the upper-class Marxist intellectual to tell them what they really think and believe, behind the delusions of their "false consciousness."

[@TheGord]

Nice username

[@patera124]

@@JBuch-zb2pd There's nothing word salady about what I said. I said that to tell somebody that they do not have access to authentic consciousness, whereas you do, is arrogant. You can agree or disagree with that, but there is nothing vague or unclear about it.

[@gtziavelis]

I love Varoufakis. He's got the humanistic humanity we aspire to.

[@gtziavelis]

Γεια σου, Γιάννη. Γεια σου, Βαρουφάκη. He's low-key saintly and doesn't want the glory.

[@annjepsen1621]

​@@gtziavelis Not wanting the glory is what makes him worthy of sainthood.

[@chrisbfreelance]

He's illogical on the subject of immigration.

[@doofyler]

Yeah but he is kind of pro russian finding excuses for russian invasion

[@anderseckstrand7033]

@doofyler......Anytime anyone starts to accurately show how US foreign policy in Ukraine definitely provoked Russia into a military response you MR fans assume it’s in defense of Putin. 😂

[@Stoic_grimace]

He nailed it, especially about Braverman. She's vile and should be expelled.

[@john.premose]

She is the one who thinks all immigrants should be deported to Rwanda, and apparently that is not even a joke the UK tories have actually made that a policy. At least that is my understanding.

[@norton750commando]

She is a prime example of pulling up the ladder after one has achieved a position of influence.

[@Naptosis]

​@@john.premoseThey are trying. In both meanings of the word,

[@InsightfulUndercurrents]

@@john.premoseit’s even worse, we are doing it to asylum seekers… it’s such a bad policy that the UK Supreme Court has to look into it now…

[@Martin-cl8ky]

Yes, she's an extremely dangerous person for sure and unfortunately she really is managing to poison the minds of large portions of the population. Even my Polish partner who came here nearly 10yrs ago and has a 14yr old son is scared despite her having a job as a carer and often has to work alone when there should be 2 people on the job due to it being potentially dangerous for both client and her. Instead of letting in migrants to work this government is attempting to coerce disabled people into work, it's insane

[@charlesandrews2360]

Probably why conservatives are hesitant to debate grown ups who are leftists. Like pulling out a nerf sword in a gunfight.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

I’ve always found fully grown right wingers challenging kids coming into their own political identity to be cowards. Like a heavy weight constantly challenging light weights to a round in the ring…

[@CarlosRamirez-wb7zu]

That's why Charlie Kirk only debates teenagers.

[@gattaca5911]

no concept of a stand up fight....built into the name "bully".

[@CheshireSB]

You know he said hordes. I think the subject was diverted to confusion about how bad liberals are when it cones to understanding.

[@CheshireSB]

Did you notice they mistook "hordes" for "herds" and chimed in? Sounded like a Tim Poole noobs.

[@brewtron]

I really like how he doesn't mince words and isn't afraid to offend the ultra-fragile egos of right wing authoritarian wannabees by calling out that they are pathetic, shameless, malignant tumors on our society and not worth the air that they breath. We need more of that on the left in the U.S.

[@charlesandrews2360]

I love Emma but she's much too nice of a person to debate conservatives.

[@bitchywoman]

@@charlesandrews2360women can’t get away with being mean like men can.. the misogyny of many in the audience will turn them right off and they will just see it as her bing a bitch.. it’s one of those things people just don’t like seeing women do.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

@@bitchywoman Yup, too true. And let's note that you're speaking of how people on the LEFT would react if Emma said what she was really thinking about authoritarians.

[@kurisu7885]

@@charlesandrews2360 Eh, depends guess, she did debate TIm Pool at least.

[@nataliaofthenightlords]

@@charlesandrews2360 Vaush always does a pretty good job, plus hes not a dipshit Marxist leninist so he doesn't defend dumb shit like Stalin's Reign or China, which always makes us on the Left look dumb, Like how Benny recently debated Charlie Kirk, I was yelling "nooooo" the whole time to myself

[@dmwalker24]

Yanis is an extremely impressive intellectual, and a fantastic leftist. This is exactly how we should respond to right-wind idiocy in all cases. Call it what it is, and put them in the position of defending it. Instead all we hear is appeasement, and attempts to compromise with villains.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

He's delusional. The UK has a population of nearly 70 million people in a nation the size of Colorado. We will accept 1.2 million immigrants in 2022. We have a welfare state, universal healthcare and a desperate housing and cost of living crises. If we opened our borders there would be ten million people arriving in the first few weeks. It's an absurd suggesting. I'm on the left myself but I'm not deluded. You cannot fit 100 people on an 8-person life raft and wishful thinking won't change that. The woman in charge of immigration in the UK is the child of Indian immigrants and is the UK's leader. so it isn't like immigration isn't happening and they are not getting ahead. The Home Secretary and Prime Minister, the two top jobs are first gen Indian immigrants as is the Mayor of London. He has lost his mind if he really thinks we could just open up and hope for the best. He ignores all practical implications of million of humans arriving in a nation with a housing crisis.

[@tgriffin3059]

Appeasement? Christ, you people...this current climate is what you refer to as a state of us being 'appeased'? We're called Nazi's on a daily basis...the term no longer even carries any particular weight, it's been so heavily abused...And now, look at our president...actually ADDING to the border wall....And I ask, for the umpteenth time....is HE a Nazi, too? Because if you go back 15 years, a lot of you would be surprised at just how PREVALENT Nazism was!!! Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, BOTH Clintons, hell, even the Great Uniter, Himself, Obama...they ALL saw the border the same way that WE see it today...Obama threw people out as fast as Trump did... If calling us Nazi's for believing things that, until a decade ago, almost EVERYBODY believed, is a matter of us being appeased, all I can say is, yet again, you have managed to rewrite another portion of the dictionary...

[@andreimustata5922]

This attitude that there should be no debate around this problem is one of the reasons why extreme right is on the rise in Europe. Having an open discussion and thinking all measures carefully and openly is much necessary in order to avoid this trend. The fact that a lot of people are dying trying to cross the Mediterranean doesn't mean that unchecked emigration can not become a problem, especially if there are no adequate programmes designed to integrate the emigrants. Yes, the humane thing is to accept emigrants as much as the need requires--but one has to understand that this puts pressure on the population accepting emigrants, and if these people will not be accepted by the local population or if the emigrants will not integrate in the new life there can be a lot of difficult problems along the line.

[@andreimustata5922]

@@aliamjon2550 So for example Marine Le Pen is not far right? I am not sure about your definition of far right but this would be an example of what people in Europe call far right.

[@dmwalker24]

@@andreimustata5922 Despite all the arm-waving to the contrary, the US has been very successful with the integration of immigrants. Additionally, they would not put pressure on our economy, or systems at all. If Europe feels they do not have the resources to handle the influx of people, then they should be sent here. Imo even if they would just prefer to be here, they should be sent here. Arbitrary lines drawn to separate humans from humans are simply counter-productive. All the arguments for careful consideration are providing cover for nationalism, and eco-fascism. The needs of people in crisis come before economic concerns.

[@kimmcdonagh6756]

Yanis Varoufakis frequently has interesting, thought-provoking stances. Enjoy him thoroughly.

[@rhalfik]

The kind of speaker that we need in large numbers now.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

@@aliamjon2550 Humanity worked the way he was talking about for tens of thousands of years. It's been what, 150 years that borders have worked the way they do now? It's an aberration and not how people have worked. You need to actually read up on history, son.

[@ivoted-5489]

I’ve lived in Tx my whole life and until Dump got into the White House, I NEVER EVER had to explain to folks (from out of state) that it’s ALWAYS been this way. We get waves of immigrants depending on what GEOPOLITICAL issues are happening at whatever said time. They are NOT all Mexicans or even Central or South Americans. They are from all over the world and it was NEVER an issue before Dump.

[@Maya_Ruinz]

Exactly, I have family I visit often in Eagle Pass, a town right along the border and they never cared about border crossings until Trump came into office. People would be crossing back and forth all the time, you could go to the downtown area and there would be tons of migrants that we would hire to help with apartment moves and basic labor work. Same here in San Antonio, there have always been migrants standing around outside hardware stores looking for work and it was never an issue.

[@TheJosephPrice]

Ronald Reagan was talking about the border 40 years ago. Trump just wasn’t nice about it and was openly xenophobic.

[@soulknife20]

I live in New Mexico. It's always been this way. It just depends on what's happening in South America. Seems it never fails when someone new comes into power, massive migration occurs

[@Zeropointill]

Sorry but this has been Republican shtick for a LONG time. The Simpsons episode Much Apu About Nothing that aired in 1996 satired the idea perfectly. That was over 25 years ago. Trump was just more extreme about it.

[@ivoted-5489]

@@TheJosephPrice “Dump just wasn’t nice….” Good point, but my GOP pals still hated Reagan here bc “Hollywood”….so there’s that.

[@naturalview494]

"Borders are a sign of failure of the human species." Yanis Varoufakis ----- Love it

[@politiqueen420]

I will put that up on my wall.

[@naturalview494]

I was thinking that too @@politiqueen420 maybe bumper stickers

[@chrisbfreelance]

It's a meaningless statement, there is no utopia to hold a candle to. He has no solutions.

[@mofishin2648]

Sounds like some bs though. Canadian border agents stop felons from the US and around the world from entering the country daily, seems like a good idea to me.

[@anderseckstrand7033]

Sounds like Klaus Schwab‘s wet dream! 😂

[@claverton]

Yanis worked as a teaching Professor at an Australian University for some time before he worked in the Greek govt ... he's a really good bloke and very bright

[@johnmilhem5660]

You're joking, which uni?

[@annjepsen1621]

I would love to go to a lecture by him!

[@Tessmage_Tessera]

@@johnmilhem5660 University of Sydney

[@Apjooz]

So he took advantage of a extremely isolated country. Why not somewhere with less borders.

[@hypatia4754]

​@@Apjoozwtf?

[@rachelgates509]

I feel so dumb that I never put it together that there are tons of white folks who exported themselves to all these far flung places on Earth, why is it then so offensive that those native peoples should wanna come here? It’s especially wrong that we object to that when we are STILL standing in the way of their home countries prosperity TO THIS DAY!!

[@cautiouslycynical9786]

Global politics are volatile. As if current events aren't enough to prove that... Conflicts arise and the need for border security is not only understandable but highly recommended! But putting up an iron curtain with a revolving door for US citizens to get in and out is hypocritical. Especially when on the other side there's jagged metal and border patrols pushing immigrants back into the water. Don't let them in, let them in rarara. But don't let them die either! Instead have ICE do it's job, which is detain actual threats. As a non American I found it hilarious when Trump instated the travel ban for the most random benign countries...

[@sprig5173]

Nobody really wants to have to leave their homeland to make a new life elsewhere.

[@Apjooz]

@sprig5173 Right, isn't this just an excuse to destroy their home?

[@sonngannguyen9966]

​@Apjooz I take it, that you have never been in a situation where your family is in danger, because of what religion, political or social standing is, then you will never understand what it's like to pack up everything you have and leave the place you called home, family, friends and the life you led, to start over with nothing but what you can carry, which is more than likely, your children! Go to another country, where you don't understand the language, get ridiculed, cause you don't look the same, get told to f off out of my country! Would you pack up everything you had now, walk hundreds of kilometres, maybe take a journey by boat, which more than likely that you might get your family drowned from unworthy boats for another country thousands of kilometres away? What you say, male it out that these people chose to destroy their country to get to another, what kind of stupid mentality is that! F*!%ing clueless is exactly what your statement says about you! The audacity to say that people are willing to destroy their own homes/ country is absolutely one of the most dumbest things to come from someone's mouth! Would you risk your wife and children on making a journey, that you have a 50/50 chance of not making it, not even getting a chance of getting refugee status, or just blatantly refused entry, cause of the country's government stance on immigrants! Ask yourself that question honestly and you might just understand what people must be going through, or crazy enough to risk their lives to get to a safe haven!

[@lewislee9201]

If you are happy to flagellate yourself and your descendants for something your forebears may have done feel free, but leave the rest of us out of it.

[@user-od3ii6bd7d]

I thought “shreds” was a clickbait exaggeration. No, he actually shredded them to pieces. I’m in awe

[@lewislee9201]

It was not a conversation, the Greek guy just kept on talking loudly and interrupting the Unherd man.

[@user-od3ii6bd7d]

@@lewislee9201 I don’t care, bro got bodied

[@Bonaboo]

@@lewislee9201good. Fascists should be spoken over.

[@lewislee9201]

@@Bonaboo I doubt you even know what a fascist is.

[@thefunpolice]

@@lewislee9201 So yeah, that clip was edited.

[@seanosull2884]

I'm Irish, my girlfriend of 3 years is from Mexico. We looked at all the possibilities to get her residency, we spoke to couples who had gone through the same thing, and we spoke to three different lawyers. The only ways were either she paid an insane amount of money on a university course so she could get a student visa (she already has a masters degree from her home country) or we get married. And we wouldn't even be allowed to get married in Ireland. She can't stay here for more than 3 months at a time, and you need to prove that you have been living together for 2 years before getting married here (when marrying someone from Mexico anyway). We would have to marry in Denmark, that's what other Irish-Mexican couples have done here. We can not get domestic partnership, she can not get a work visa, there is nothing we can do but marry (which is something neither of us wants) and in a country neither of us have been to.... We, Irish, have emigrated more than any other nation. We are a nation of 5 million people but there are 40 millions Irish Americans, and there are many more in Canada, Australia, Argentina, UK, New Zealand, etc. Yet, they make it impossible for people from the developing world to come here. The way the system is set up, you have to break the law (by overstaying your visa) in order to stand any chance of getting residency. Because of all of this, we are discussing the possibility of breaking up as it is not sustainable travelling back and forth for 3 months at a time. So I completely agree, a world without borders is a better place. My story is just one example of how a happy relationship has been ruined by ridiculously strict emigration laws.

[@erikheymann9390]

My wife is originally Mexican. We looked at the options of either her moving to the US or me moving to Mexico. Turns out her moving to the US was legally and bureaucratically far easier. She got her green card in about 3 months and her citizenship within 6 months after filing. Granted, not everyone has that experience. Part of the reason is that, as our lawyer explained, the immigration officers at the office where we filed are very pro-immigrant. We still want to retire in Mexico but it's not all that easy for me to emigrate there. On the other side of the equation, my brother was offered a great job in Canada but elected not to go because of the difficulties of getting a work visa for his wife. Borders are a weird thing, I agree. I sometimes feel like the flight from Houston to Mexico City is less like crossing a border than flying from Houston to New York. The fact that capital can (almost) freely cross borders but people cannot is one of those things where you expect Chomsky to say "You might think about why that is."

[@lewislee9201]

@seanosull2884 Why don't you move to Mexico? The weather's better than Ireland's anyway.

[@seanosull2884]

@erikheymann9390 Thanks for your reply... We have actually discussed the idea of spending a year or two in the U.S, as I have some family there, and it does seem like it's easier for us to be together in America. On the other hand, it's a country where we know almost no one, I have a house here in Ireland, and a decent job. I wish it were that easy, but it's definitely something we're contemplating

[@seanosull2884]

@lewislee9201 Sounds great in theory but even my girlfriend is against that idea. Although she is a proud Mexican, she knows that it's a dangerous country, and we would have a much higher standard of living in Ireland, or in another European country. Another option we have looked at is Spain. But as I mentioned, I have bought a house here, I have a decent job. I would have to start completely from the beginning if we were to move... but I agree, the weather in Ireland is awful and depressing. Then again, I don't know how well I would survive a 45 degree summers (celcius)

[@tammyd.970]

To contrast, my friend is Australian, but moved to the UK and gave up his citizenship, then moved to Germany. After Brexit, he was in a fix for his visa. He then successfully applied for Irish citizenship because his grandmother was Irish. Hilarious, right? It's amazing how little people know about residency and citizenship and just how f*cked it is.

[@chrisball3778]

Some context that usually gets left out of discussion of immigration in the UK: the areas in the UK that are most 'concerned' about immigration, are mostly not the large cities where most immigrants settle- it's disproportionately small towns and rural areas with much lower levels of immigration. The demographic that is most 'concerned' about immigration isn't people who are competing with immigrants for jobs- it's retired people. Popular 'concern' about immigration isn't primarily a result of economic competition, but myths propagated by right-wing politicians and media outlets. Varoufakis is 100% right to call out this clown for pandering to prejudice.

[@warriorwaitress7690]

Plus, this guy looks like he won't go down on someone unless the crusts are first cut off.

[@chrisbfreelance]

This is nonsense, if you are actually from the UK you know you are lying.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

@@chrisbfreelance We get it, you're racist.

[@chrisbfreelance]

@matthewgagnon9426 Imagine being proud of being weak, what a time to be alive.

[@joyceguilfoyle5366]

Excellent point

[@Beepbeepoutoftheway]

Matt lech spitting fire, that was great! And great point by binder too, conservative media whip up anti-immigrant sentiment and then say it's 'the people's' concern, been going on for over a hundred years

[@chrisbfreelance]

It is people's concern dummy.

[@gbru]

Matt Lech- great point about enforcing immigration law as way to purportedly protect native workers: put a CEO in jail the next time ICE, Homeland Security, or even local police enter a factory or job site and find folks without documents. If our government were serious about protecting workers we would have seen at least 5 CEOs frogged marched after a raid.

[@gbru]

@@aliamjon2550 Do you think the United States is NOT deporting people?

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

@@aliamjon2550 The USA deports more people than ANY country on earth. Why are ALL right wingers so low IQ? It's actually exasperating. Use Google dude. We are deporting INSANE amounts of people. Right wing media STRAW MANS these issues to the point the LOW IQ right are chasing the apparitions of the Other. Free trade agreements have done more damage than anything else.

[@anderseckstrand7033]

Actually......I’d be all for putting several CEO’s in prison. 👍

[@lewislee9201]

You can throw CEOs in jail for breaking employment law AND reduce immigration. They are not mutually exclusive and would both have a beneficial effect on the employment opportunities of the local workers.

[@alexcaloca6566]

Yanis has ALWAYS been correct and accurate in his economic predictions. He warned Greece, Europe and the United States years before the 2008 economic collapse, suggested what to do with the Banks, how to run the "system," from that point on to ensure history not repeat itself. But, ... it fell on deaf ears. Like clockwork his predictions folded out, just like he said. American is a bubble all over again.😂😂 How long are we going to keep kidding ourselves folks?🤔

[@meric2363]

The people running things aren't kidding themselves, the cyclical bubble/crashes are a feature not a bug.

[@sugoruyo]

@@meric2363disaster capitalism at its finest. Can’t dominate in an asset economy if the prices of assets don’t crash every once in a while so you can consolidate towards the top.

[@sarawelling5271]

He didn't let the guy talk over him. He took command of the conversation. He didn't try to rationalize with someone operating in bad faith. He drove through the conversation like a bulldozer and it was obvious that his points were correct.

[@magsj6474]

He's got a "Jordon Peterson" vibe going on that I don't like. Speaks well but he took command of the conversation to the exclusion of the other guy. Not much of a conversation. It's exhausting to talk to people like him even if they are interesting. Maybe he should just lecture.

[@kennycube5126]

Maybe you should meet more people & gain some confidence in the real world instead of making superficial and plain silly assessments 😵

[@charlie7mason]

@@magsj6474 LMFAO. It stings when you're on the receiving end, eh? Bigots should never have a right to defense when all they do is advocate for harming others.

[@epunk4402]

Fuck the other guy. He would never tell you anything you haven't heard a thousand times already. His side of the "debate" is not a position to be respected, it is a position to be publicly derided and mocked. @@magsj6474

[@user-roninwolf1981]

Now if only he could do the same to some of our insufferable Fox News and Newsmax pundits. Too bad they're too cowardly to engage with someone like Yanis Varoufakis.

[@nathanphillips4027]

Man I love that you shined a light on my man Varoufakis. Back a decade ago I was spending like eight hours a day reading French newspapers and watching KZbin videos about the Greek economic crises and became a huge fan of the former finance minister. He's compelling as all heck.

[@MA-yh2ko]

First time seeing and hearing this man. Wow, talk about being like a scalpel with the language. He's BRILLIANT!

[@nosuchthing8]

Amen

[@waldograde]

Really good discussion. Varoufakis totally dominates the conversation in a practical, historically context. Thanks folks.

[@lewislee9201]

Varoufakis has not the slightest clue about history. See my other comment, unless it got deleted.

[@Bonaboo]

@@lewislee9201keep crying fashy ❤

[@ribbrascal]

He is a deranged malevolent Marxist.

[@pa5768]

The guy off camera always talks more than the people on camera. Why not put the man on camera? lol

[@billyconnelly3568]

I've made the same comment. It's almost comical how much Matt L talks given he's always off camera.

[@mattschroeder5037]

Yeah. Not sure why he’s off camera. It’s somehow distracting.

[@dinozaccagna8730]

I love Varoufakis.

[@satiricgames2129]

Hahaha I just said the same thing lol he's an amazing speaker very good at smacking the right down

[@brewstergallery]

FLAME ON !!!! Yanis is an amazing, erudite, truth telling, humanist who took apart that smarmy little bootlicker calmly and completely while still keeping the focus on the truth of migrants, helping those who are victimized and exposing the liars, users and abusers.

[@andymcpandy2128]

Cruella Braverman is a sinister troll. It genuinely worries me the path we're being dragged down by her and her cohorts.

[@byrnemeister2008]

Funded from the US. Funny enough. Trying to bring US politics to the UK. Not likely to work but they are giving it a try.

[@nebufabu]

If only libertarians weren't so eager to sell out all their supposed inviolable principles the moment there is a buyer, they may have been at least not a complete joke...

[@tedbyron1499]

Varofaukis on debt and austerity: "Capitalism without debt is like Christianity without Hell; It does not work."

[@LoLo1k2k3k]

Fuck it’s really refreshing to hear someone be so confidently assertive in the FACT that borders are ridiculous.

[@sspbrazil]

Finally, you’ve discovered Yanis, you should have had him on the show years ago.

[@louistracy6964]

True that. Very Amero-centric.

[@martin2289]

Doesn't mince words. That's a refreshing change.

[@christophersnyder1532]

They left the right, in the dust.

[@Ellieempress]

The leftists here need to respond to our right wing scourge in the same way .

[@john.premose]

Let's all say it together: "libertarians" are just right wingers. I don't care how they protest. They are right wingers and extreme ones at that.

[@john.premose]

I mean look at who Rand Paul the supposed libertarian votes with and for (and against).

[@TheBadger74]

I'm British and I agree with everything Yanis said, especially what he said about Suella Braverman.

[@edwardkantowicz4707]

Cruella Braverman

[@hamlet1018]

Every media outlet anywhere on Earth should have these words above their doorway. "My job is not to pander to anxieties." Every news outlet on earth should fire anyone in management that thinks differently. Polls pander to anxieties and can manipulated to make them say anything you want them to. News organizations should be vendors of information, not speculation. Bravo Yanis.

[@karennielsen9248]

Yanis is brilliant and fearless. Always worth listening to or reading his work.

[@loyisog4795]

Yanis is a breath of fresh air. He is a Greek god of logic and compassion

[@stewartdavies929]

Proud to claim him as an Australian (Greek/Australian). His stance again imposing austerity measures on the Greek people against the bullying of European governments was outstanding.

[@sugoruyo]

As a compatriot of Mr. Varoufakis and having migrated to the UK just before the Brexit vote, I’m glad someone’s finally telling it like it is. The Brexit vote took place while I was working for the government in an academic/science and all my British colleagues were saying exactly what Yanis is saying. Yet I haven’t seen any major British political figure say in the last near-decade that I’ve been here.

[@lewa3910]

he's got the same energy speaking as Michael Brookes feels like talking (rest in peace legend), truly excellent teardown of rightwing perspective on borders

[@sadekrahman9598]

He is a very good speaker, professor and Greek foreign minister.

[@someusername4129]

I think this is one of the few recent interviews with a conservative interviewer where I have seen someone so easily demand that they see the humanity of their brothers and sisters and the conservative was immediately cowed into silence. He was very effective.

[@annettekalimuddin6963]

The gentleman who spoke was fantastic. I fully agree no walls

[@nordseeistmordsee]

Yanis Varoufakis is well known for blowing off all the lids that cover the dirty secrets of shark capitalism. He is the EU Whistleblower. Everytime after I have listened to what he's got to say I need the rest of the day to recover from it because it really stirrs me up mentally and emotionally. It's too much to take and I want to cover myself with a cosy blanket and repeat the words: "please, it can't be that bad" just to comfort myself...😮😢

[@teresathomley3703]

Yanis V crushing it. "I don't pander to anxieties."👏👏👏👏

[@dkf119]

Good stuff, thanks for showing views across the world. Also gives a perspective of the fact that people in the U.S. think border is solely our situation bc of the egocentric perception of the people living in U.S.

[@sugoruyo]

Here in the UK the right speak of an invasion from the continent and it’s a bloody island. They’re literally riling up people against a few thousand folks crossing the sea in dinghies. And to show just how vile the Tories are, half the last 5 years’ Home Secretaries have been migrants themselves.

[@mishmash3927]

Love it when Matt gets passionate

[@jamesmcmillan2656]

Same things happening here in Australia. People complain to me about immigration all the time. If the immigrants were coming from white European countries I’d hear nothing. Our population here is aging and the local population is having less children so without immigrants we would be stuffed.

[@lewislee9201]

And why do you think that is? Because they are all waycists? Or because they know that white immigrants will soon assimilate and become indistinguishable from other Australians within a generation or so?

[@jeandrepeach]

Australia is an excellent example of what Yanis is saying - the treatment of white South African migrants to Australia vs the treatment of brown migrants from the north.

[@HybridChoky]

No,I can understand why they are complaining. People will accept immigrants that will positively contribute to their society,they however will not accept boatload upon boatload of unskilled human trash looking for handouts that refuse to assimilate to local culture. If your plan is to come to a country and slowly try to change it into the sh*thole you left behind then get back on the damn boat,you are not wanted and rightly so. This is what the vast majority of migrants are,just a drain on the host country resources,sadly at the expense of the taxpayer.

[@alenkraunmempan4786]

Maybe because white europeans don't have a backwards culture that promotes criminal activities, like these "other migrants" have. Look at the France riots few months ago and see what I mean. European culture is not compatible with Islam, for example. You cannot expect people that see you as filthy infidels who should be killed to integrate in modern society. That does not happen. What happens is guettos are created and crime rises exponentially (look at the official numbers relating to crimes in Sweden, for example). Before the acceptance of massive waves of immigrants Sweden had a minuscule crime rate, in comparison to now. The situation is so bad that the army is trying to defeat the gangs that ravage the country. Do you understand why we, the conservatives, are opposed to open borders and uncontrolled migration? It is not because "we are heartless, cold, etc..." It is because that is cultural and national suicide, and we don't want that.

[@tommiest3769]

Varoufakix *OWNED* this guy!

[@JackDespero]

I aspire to be as articulated as this man. In the same amount of time that other politicians say nothing, he is just a torrent of information, arguments and solid logic. He is amazing.

[@magnusbooth4719]

You would have had to show a passport from the UK to another European country 10 years ago, because the UK never signed the Schengen agreement.

[@crunchfootjim4936]

I saw the Iron Curtain that separated West Germany and Czechoslovakia in 1975 &'76. It was ugly,evil and was a inhuman barrier designed mainly to keep people imprisoned behind it but also to keep free people from influencing those who were imprisoned. I do not know what is the best solution to control immigration across our border but a giant wall with guard towers stretching beyond the horizon is evil.

[@lewislee9201]

There's nothing wrong with a wall if it is to keep the wrong people out. Those inside are free to leave at any time. The Poles have built a wall after seeing what a cesspit a country can become with excessive immigration. Take Sweden, for example.

[@crunchfootjim4936]

Nowhere in human history has a wall been a useful strategy for controlling human population movements.They are monuments to the stupidity of man.@@lewislee9201

[@mattroberts86]

The great generations have made it clear.... "we divided the land up for ourselves, there is nothing left for your generation besides giving us half your income to be allowed to rent a place to sleep."

[@gw8112]

Yanis doesn't gaf 😅 smart as hell

[@Lildoc911]

During the discussions of the United Nations when Russia was starting its invasion of Ukraine Africa spoke about the audacity of colonizers throwing shade in the presence of nations they are ACTIVELY oppressing. How dare they say they can't take any migrants. The absolute caucascity of the situation.

[@George-zj9rr]

No joke, there was a twelve year old kid working in the grocery store in my state. Hyvee is a big donor to Kim Reynolds, and she got rid of child labor laws this year.

[@Mynestrone]

he shouldn't have apologized for saying she should be kicked out for being such an awful person.

[@moodycxnt]

well it does sort of go against his entire message of no borders, no exclusion etc lol. that's why he took it back, not because he felt he was too mean to her.

[@satiricgames2129]

He's amazing i have always really liked his style of conversation.

[@misinformationwars]

When we stop seeing people as human beings, we stop treating them humanly. Unfortunately it's the whole crux of the issue.

[@sc00b4s7eve]

I am so glad there are people like you passionately talking about saving lives of people we haven’t ever met. Too many people bury their head in the sand at the hateful and intolerant rhetoric and practices left over from colonial imperialistic attitude. ❤

[@keithwilson1554]

"Our own Interests" is what Corporate/Fascist Companies and Politicians Want.

[@O..BLASFEMO]

Drug war capitalism is a great book on this point that Emma raised about how the drug war affects migration moviment of South and Central Americans to the USA .... Good read👍👍👍

[@atlsk847]

Heck yeah love to see the passion in this discussion regarding the conservative fear-mongering surrounding immigration.

[@t.a.ackerman4098]

I like the off camera guy! There is no need for him to apologize for taking the 'mik'.

[@TedThomasTT]

He has his own channel Left Reckoning

[@rudeboyjohn3483]

"I'm not racist....Im ANXIOUS about the BROWN PEOPLE!!!!"

[@Apjooz]

The brown devils as I call them. Exactly.

[@Toubabou]

Never heard of that Yanis guy before. Finally someone that express and articulate my thoughts exactly. Never liked the concept of passport, it is just ridiculous

[@Ellieempress]

My sentiments exactly ❤❤. We the left need to respond to our right wing scourge in the same way .

[@dmwalker24]

He has some fantastic talks/lectures up on KZbin, and has written several excellent books. He has a particularly forward looking kind of Marxism that I find very refreshing. Definitely worth a listen if you're interested.

[@Toubabou]

@@dmwalker24 I am on it Down the hole , I have gone 😎

[@mislavpesut6498]

I recommend his book Global Minotaur.

[@lewislee9201]

You surely do not seriously believe that Turkey let every Tom, Dick, Byron or Elgin into Greece without a permit, do you?

[@Tavera12]

Bravermann is indeed a vile monster, poor excuse of a human.

[@no_Ray_bang]

Love when Super-producer Matt Lech gets riled up

[@d.h.4778]

I really really like the guy who doesn’t show his face. He’s so well spoken.

[@advisorywarning]

matt was on fire in this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@mo3k]

I don't know why it hasn't happened yet, but Matt (Lech) is already mic'ed up, actively participates often, and always has GREAT freaking takes. I CAN FEEL his soul sometimes lol (and his frustrations lol + dedication to fixing this world). It's time to update the studio format, and get a camera on him or have him join the front hosts with w/e controls needed at his reach.

[@LooseGooseBoose22]

Thank you for this one guys

[@satiricgames2129]

Disarms you and you dont wven realise it. He's so fkn good.

[@americo7965]

Yanis is very very smart

[@jash7468]

"There are people you don't want to tolerate- "You mean the politicians" 🔥🔥

[@christopherpickett6989]

I think I may look into this dude some more. He's 💯 correct.

[@Gregorypeckory]

Fantastic job of putting things in a humanitarian perspective!

[@ernestoisjust1048]

!Bravo!

[@Almitrab]

Thank you so much for speaking the truth and speaking out against racism.

[@reneq5014]

FINALLY AN INTELLECTUAL CONVERSATION AMONGST WELL INFORMED INDIVIDUALS!

[@annjepsen1621]

I freaking love this guy!😊

[@wecx2375]

It's Emma ❤❤❤

[@kathleenbren1523]

As Beau says when you are having problems and you are being told to kick down, you need to look up - that's where your problem is coming from.

[@JonathanB138]

Almost like an avalanche

[@victorialeif9266]

Don’t mess with Yanis! He’s an authentic human being and brilliant to boot. He doesn’t truck with the anti-logic pseudo-intellectualism of the misanthrope. He quickly drives them into a corner, where they rightfully belong.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

I like how he pointed out that they have no problem (US, Europe, Canada, Etc) going to Asia, Middle East, Africa South/Central America often armed or ready to instigate civil unrest in other countries but how dare one of those people from Asia, Africa, etc etc come to their country. Almost as if they fear the karma of past actions.

[@Apjooz]

So it is about revenge. Good to know.

[@Junebug89]

@@Apjooz That's not what you should take from that at all. The point is it is hypocritical. The claims of vengeance might make sense if people were hostile forces that were invading, rather than just trying to immigrate to live a normal life.

[@Apjooz]

@@Junebug89 But people who want immigrants want them to fuck me over. They said it.

[@hypatia4754]

​@@Apjoozno, you are all paranoid that it's about revenge because you KNOW what we did to them. Stop projecting 😊

[@eggwaffle]

Who is “they”? Governments rarely, if ever, follow the will of the actual people. Those who don’t want to be displaced in their own country are likely not the same people who write foreign policy.

[@ciwa8286]

Loved "money can go across borders but not people". Classic classism and most people don't know it. The rich get money differently than people who work for a living and they legalized that but criminalized the way working people make money (moving to where work is).

[@ifihadalifeiduseitwisely7589]

Y'all ever hear Zizek say Yanis Varoufakis? It's a simple pleasure of mine. Love a fidgety philosopher.

[@robertelliott2026]

As a Brit, can I borrow an American term and use it here? He tore Suella Braverman a new one!!

[@jermisinferno]

You guys should bring him in to speak about Biden’s renewed expansion of the border wall in the face of even establishment democratic resistance

[@vladtepes97]

better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world than the pride that divides when a colourful rag is unfurled.

[@elizabethwilson3577]

Bravo to him! His is the Only comment I've heard in this entire debate that references...."the United Nations 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocols relating to the Status of Refugees, which the United States became a party to in 1968. Following the Vietnam War and the U.S. experience resettling Indochinese refugees, Congress passed the Refugee Act of 1980, which incorporated the Convention’s definition into U.S. law and provides the legal basis for today’s U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP)." Not a single Democrat has used this protocol to leverage the debate. Not one!

[@JessieEdlen]

I wonder if Matt knows he's as inspiring as Varoufakis when he speaks that way. If I wasn't an understanding eternal intorvert I'd be begging him to run for office.

[@tonybarden9187]

how about showing some James O’Brien from the UK, on their tv show called LBC leading British conversation, who does a fantastic job of breaking down the conservatives & their racist & xenophobia takes.

[@kevinskiles2033]

He doesn't suffer fools.

[@diamon999]

But JOB ain't no leftist. In fact, he is very much anti-left. He is also all the things you say he is, but he has some very serious blindspots. I do wonder what type of person he will be after Kier Starmer wins election as PM.

[@WilkinsMichael]

Freddie is always great at smirking and pointing out problems or bringing up questions about how things are not quite right and how stupid others are but not so good with any idea for a way forward.

[@kevley26]

Yanis is great, I recommend his book Another Now. Gives a great picture of what kind of post capitalist society we should strive for.

[@tlhamp0]

as long as there are people there will be migration it is human instinct if you want to fix migration from south America you can't do it at the U.S. border you have to fix it in their countries

[@JonathanB138]

And I hope you dont mean supporting a coup like we have done in S America and others.