Yanis Varoufakis on why the idea that Southern Europe is more corrupt than Northern Europe is a myth

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DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis explains why the idea that Southern Europe is more corrupt than the richer, Northern part of the continent is a myth.
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@Mark-xd5up Жыл бұрын

As a Dutch man I agree. And it has to stop. Lobbying is just a fancy word for corruption. And your critique of the EU is spot on, you have a new fan !

@ap-hv9uh Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that, because the Dutch are among the worst in Europe. The Netherlands has been for ages one the world´s worst pro tax doding and pro money laundering centers.

@danielgermano3505 11 ай бұрын

Holand is a fiscal paradise, that jeopardises the rest of the EU, especially the south!!

@DeeDee-oi1xz 11 ай бұрын

There's always a loophole to exploit

@Bill-lx3cw 6 ай бұрын

So true - I agree with your view on lobbying -

@michaelavramidis179 4 ай бұрын

Ik ook!

@jonathano.7109 Жыл бұрын

As an Englishman living Spain, I notice that there is a quite a bit of cronyism/corruption at council level, but at national. level politicians are stamped on hard and being sent to prison for 10+ years for corruption. Meanwhile in England, the Govt. accidentally loses 3 billion pounds to their friends and donors during the pandemic but can't be bothered to get it back. But the UK doesn't do corruption, so we'll call it an oversight..

@petekdemircioglu Жыл бұрын

Relatively much Smaller still

@petekdemircioglu Жыл бұрын

Percentage matters: corruption is a part of free Markets but if exceeds a certain prctg it takes the market down.

@farhadchaudhry Жыл бұрын

Yes, as Zahawi said, that's carelessness.

@danielstoica3624 Жыл бұрын

@@petekdemircioglu Theft from the supermarket is a reality and is sustainable if it does not exceed a certain percentage. But the criminal act still remains. Ethics is not a percentage.

@RexIXXXX Жыл бұрын

Greek government lied to EU about statistics to implement Euro. Who from Greek government went to prison for fraud?

@tyn6211 Жыл бұрын

I try to explain this to my dad all the time about corruption in America, but he never gets it. All he sees is "street corruption". The cop that asks for $20; the building inspector that wants some cheddar. The corruption in America is much more advanced. It's the lobbying, the tax rates, the courts ruling that all contracts result from equal bargaining power, etc.

@jmmh1313 Жыл бұрын

How could there be corruption in america if the economical power *is* the only political power? Lobbying is not illegal. It's not corruption. It's just an open display about the way in which you live in an oligarchy where your president responds to companies and not to citizens.

@hughjass8430 Жыл бұрын

The most obvious corruption in the US is that Bernie Sanders can't win a presidential election. Its painted as some sop to centrism but in reality only a stuffed corporate friendly suit will ever be allowed to become president. Anyone who might upset the systemic corruption of snouts in the trough US politics is shut out.

@chicklets4ever51 Жыл бұрын

@@jmmh1313 The US is the most corrupt country on earth.

@jessez8503 Жыл бұрын

@@jmmh1313 it's corruption if a congress person can change their position on an issue based on who is donating do there campaign. Their decisions can be bought

@jmmh1313 Жыл бұрын

@@jessez8503 you are assuming that America is a democracy.

@truthseeker8273 Жыл бұрын

I've always understood the fact that corruption in the European Union is on a much more sophisticated level than corruption in the Balkans for example. But the term cheap corruption and industrial scale corruption brings it home . Great explanation.

@christopherstein2024 11 ай бұрын

I can agree that there is high level corruption in northern countries but I find it hard to believe that in the south the corruption just disappears when you move up the ranks. What people have to consider is that things like the corruption index only measure PERCEPTION of corruption where high level will have almost no impact, so that can be an explanation to why you may see maps that give of a distorted picture. Still I think there is more corruption in the south and ex Soviet countries.

@srb998 10 ай бұрын

@@christopherstein2024 Im from the Balkans, Serbia(corrupt country by mainstream studies). The way I see it is: For lower levels Enough money=no corruption Lack of money=corruption For example, an average cop in Serbia doesn't have enough money to send both of his kids to a school trip so he accepts small bribes to make up for it, while in Germany cops can cover it with their salaries so they don't feel the temptation. For the upper levels Varoufakis is spot on, they are all corrupted. Western Europeans do it on a much larger scale they just label it as lobbying. The same thing goes for wars and war crimes. Every month we over here hear lectures from EU or US about war crimes we did in the 90. while at the same time they killed 500k children in the middle-east. It's all about the narratives and who is powerful enough to build and maintain them.

@OlafFinkbeiner Жыл бұрын

in germany we just make corruption legal. so no more illegal corruption.

@brianwheeldon4643 Жыл бұрын

Yes I agree. Most every nation state is that way. It's exactly the same in New Zealand Olaf, we've been that way since we were a colony of Britain, and since 1984 and hard right economic-politics we're still a colony, but it's a privatised one owned by the banks, industrial ag, and the construction industry. Like europeans, we're like the unthinking herd with iron rings through our noses being led by the same sort of people that lead Europe. Yet we will own nothing and we will be happy! If people in the west ever wake up. there will be revolution.

@themsmloveswar3985 Жыл бұрын

In Ireland the media rarely ever report the corruption. Look....there is no corruption. None. Except the enemies of the Irish media.

@americanfacts6212 Жыл бұрын

Whats the deal with the Greens & liberals in germany Olaf? Why are they so pro-war? Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden.

@qjtvaddict Жыл бұрын

@@brianwheeldon4643 they will not be awake

@ernestkhalimov1007 Жыл бұрын

Hehe they call it lobbyism so it doesn't register as corruption

@liul 11 ай бұрын

In the southern countries we are aware of the corruption we have. The other countries are just in denial about the corruption they suffer, which allow them to feel superior

@jamescpalmer 11 ай бұрын

I think you're right about this,a nd it's that superior arrogance which could lead to a downfall. Look at the United States. Corruption is renamed to Lobbying. It is a country of misery because of this.

@hotdog9262 11 ай бұрын

they feel superior because they pay their collective bill.. on time. and rightly so

@logician3641 9 ай бұрын

@@jamescpalmer The US is superior. They call the shots in NATO. Even Yanis said the European oligarchs want to keep the EU in corruption so they can keep selling stuff to the US market. Yea the US is a rotten mess, but still a supirior mess to the Europe.

@MrD_2112 3 ай бұрын

@@hotdog9262 A true message from a born believer and slave to The State. #TaxationIsTheft

@georgekatsouras5507 3 күн бұрын

DENIAL means Don't Even kNow I Am Lying

@scathachmuirisc7149 Жыл бұрын

He's right about surveillance...if you are in public office your actions should be up for scrutiny. They want to watch us 24/7 walking down streets, monitoring our online activity while they lurk in the shadows doing as they wish.

@transforgoku Ай бұрын

Exactly what happened during the "fearsome illness" 4 years ago, few complained, most obeyed like sheep, those who imposed it were the first to make parties and waste taxpayer money on overpriced "health products"

@iam.damian Жыл бұрын

I am a dual Czech and Slovak citizen, living in Denmark, so I follow the politics of these 3 countries and I voted in every one of them (Czech and Slovak parliament / presidential elections), and in Denmark I voted in EU parliament elections due to being an EU citizen. I noticed a common pattern. The prime minister sits on the EU council meetings, votes for whatever EU law proposal, and then comes home and then starts hallucinating about the "Dictate from Brussels". It's a disgrace how the heads of government avoid responsibility for decisions they themselves are part of. I agree, let's livestream all EU council meetings. Afterall, it is the equivalent of the US senate, which also has public sessions. There is one problem though, all of the deals will be done in backrooms instead, and the council will be a show. But at least there will be a videotape of the prime ministers voting for a certain law, which the public will be able to criticize them for.

@hotdog9262 11 ай бұрын

some things are voted for ..others not. do you remember to ever have been voting for parking tickets? its the same at the high level. EU is full of bureaucrats that never were voted into office, who engage in creating rules and regulations

@uqs57bju 11 ай бұрын

@@hotdog9262 All the people you are talking about are employed as experts to try to form proposals for potential new laws, that are at some point voted on by the elected members of every single member country. I know exactly that line of argument that you are using and it has been debunked for several years. This is a very prevalent Brexit line that was proven completely wrong.

@thehoneybadgerusmc 11 ай бұрын

There’s no European equivalent of C-SPAN?

@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs. 11 ай бұрын

Sounds a lot like the UK, especially with the Conservative Party. Can remember them thundering against the EU Constitution/Lisbon Treaty insisting they would never sign it, and giving us a "cast-iron guarantee" we would get to vote on it if they get in. Well, Labour get booted and the Conservatives get in...and promptly sign it. No say given to us. Bit them in the arse, as had the British public been given a say on EU issues they may have felt listened to and less inclined to leave altogether. And Brexit infuriated the Conservatives' international donors, and is looking likely to kill off their party.

@admontblanc 11 ай бұрын

@@hotdog9262 he's still correct though, all the stuff that the EU decides os decided by the same people we have in our gocvernments, if the EU sucks, it's because our own politicans suck.

@davidkoh7097 Жыл бұрын

Varoufakis has been spot on for years about the ills of the EU architecture and the dangers the international/banking system pose to democracy everywhere.

@pajeetsingh Жыл бұрын

Democracy??

@pfanico Жыл бұрын

We live in oligarchies not democracies.

@PeleSahota 11 ай бұрын

@davidkoh7097 Jannis Bitteropolis uses EU and Germany interchangeably knowing full well people won't notice the sight of hand. Works on Brits all the time. The diesels scandal was a German affair not an EU affair. The EU is far less corrupt than the UK where people have even been groomed into accepting Divine Right of Kings. . .

@lethaface9883 11 ай бұрын

He certainly has touched upon good points. At the same time I feel he's at times also downplaying things, as here saying there is only 'low level' corruption in S. Europe. It's perhaps not always as sophisticated as in the North, but that's because they don't need to be sophisticated they can just take the money :D

@Cadavu2 Жыл бұрын

Having lived in the U.K. for quite a while before moving back to Hungary actually made me realise the same. Here corruption is crude and obvious, while the the Brits do it in a sophisticated way. We play with dimes while those countries play with the world.

@waleed8530 Жыл бұрын

They give it a fancy name such as lobbying and wearing suits, it's an exclusive club where they shake hands and be professional about it. its indeed sophisticated.

@noqueq9003 Жыл бұрын

@@waleed8530 A criminal on a costume is still a filthy criminal

@vinlondon8904 11 ай бұрын

The whole financial system is corrupted in UK. Let's not talk about the city of london. Lol I mean, London has been build with dirty money anyway.

@kristianhansen5057 11 ай бұрын

So you are saying that in UK they have sofisticated corruption and in Hungary you have primitive corruption. I think another big difference is that in Hungary the politicans are thinking about their own people first.

@davidfurnival176 Жыл бұрын

Yanis is brilliant, so sad to hear he has been attacked, get well soon Yanis

@dunichtich100 11 ай бұрын

I used to disrespect Varouvakis when I was in highshool back in 2014/2015 because I didn't understand what was realy going on. Now I view him as an absolute hero of a gerneration! ❤

@gilgamecha Жыл бұрын

You are right to be angry Yanis. We all should be angry.

@mariettestabel275 Жыл бұрын

That's what we are...😠 ✊

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@cheri238 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your intelligence as always, Yanis. Keep the world-wise❤️

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@echardtschloeder5178 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm southern European, from my immigrant father. The south suffers. My family left there to escape corruption, find food, find work, and find food again. The south has food now... the south gives and the north takes away. I went back to see where my father was from and found his country squandered. Ports were empty, fruit groves unattended, organised crime allowed to fester when a fascist dictator from the past managed to control it. And everyone leaves that place even now, to find work, decent healthcare. And the prejudice that follows a southerner never goes away. They carry it like a bloody cross for generations.

@duartesilva7907 Жыл бұрын

Are you from South Italy?

@pipo4158 Жыл бұрын

Where exactly you from? South europa mean notjing

@marcor5886 11 ай бұрын

@@pipo4158 I think it's Sicily; I am italian too and agree with all that he wrote

@karlscher5170 11 ай бұрын

You are the africans of europe. Sht genes and sht culture. Always whining and complaining, never doing anything.

@karlscher5170 11 ай бұрын

Your ancestors got impregnated by arab invaders.

@talkshop1628 Жыл бұрын

We should start demanding prison sentences for these people

@LiberalDictate Жыл бұрын

For whom

@nikolaosaggelopoulos8113 8 ай бұрын

For whom indeed ... We are talking about corruptions of corporations, of legal entities, not of persons. Do you send the Deutsche Bank into jail? Do you send the London Stock Exchange into jail? It is much more straightforward to punish a single bribed policeman or a single politician.

@mariettestabel275 Жыл бұрын

What a MESS this World is. This is a Very Brave Man. 🌎

@zaneenaz4962 Жыл бұрын

...when corporations and oligarchs are more important than nations. people reduced to slave status.

@johreh Жыл бұрын

Please elaborate. If you can.

@johreh Жыл бұрын

@@zaneenaz4962 where would that be? Russia, South Africa, Venezuela?

@zaneenaz4962 Жыл бұрын

@@johreh ....this is a problem across this planet. Whether its Foxconn exploiting people in China, or Apple in the US, the tax loop-holes and post-box corporations hollowing out europe, robbing resources in poland and romania, the end of sovereignty and the individual is a serious problem.

@johreh Жыл бұрын

@@zaneenaz4962 well, I am not saying that that is not a problem, but saying that Northern Europe is more corrupt that Southern Europe is just post modern BS. Exploitation of people should be dealt with, which is also the case.

@anonimus13ful Жыл бұрын

💯💯💯 Spot on!! But not only southern Europe, they portray Eastern Europe the same, it s their agenda.

@eliascommentonly4652 Жыл бұрын

@Trip4man Жыл бұрын

Actually... Yeah East Europe is BAD! Few people I met from East that studied, worked and had stable jobs. They RUN at the conversation of a desk job for example!!! This is not exactly a No Corruption vs Lots of Corruption discussion... There is an automatic benefit and privilege from being in those Central-North European countries! And I bet Yanis knows what I'm talking about... Because he has been in that EU parliament... Some political people in my country testified how some European countries are treated... They made a fool out of Yanis for example! Going on votes and putting him out of the room??!? How exactly is that Democracy and Sovereignty?!? He also talked about other stuff that were SHOCKING. I remember his talk about meeting some German minister... He bluntly said that "Democracy is worth jack-sh*t". And this war between Russia-Ukraine... Those NATO people go out there preaching Democracy, Freedom, Capitalism,.... It's ALL A BIG FAT LIE. There's no democracy!!! It's the power of the Big and the Rich that want more land, more resources, more $$$, more slaves, etcetcetc. Or something along those lines... When Putin called/mentioned "Neo-Nazis"... Yup, he's not mistaken. It kind of is a Nazi regime!!! This time it has some differences from WW2 but the same principles are there - all power to Germany (or central Europe), other countries are basically forced labour and cannon fodder hubs, if you're not White you get scraps, if you're not in their political preference you don't matter, etcetcetc. It's that Supremacy BS alllll over again. And btw, Americans and English are in the mix too but it's like... Their 'dirty secret'. They say they're against those things but secretly they help and support those dogmas/regimes. Europe is fuc*ed for sure!!! It's over! This stuff caused a lotttttt of damage... And actually, in my opinion, a lot of death and human suffering!!! It's not only in Ukraine, they're getting the WORST of it but... We already have a generation that is contemplating living on the streets or migrating to other countries. The development Indexes are receding to 1970-1980 levels. Europe is being attacked on multiple fronts... The Americans want to tear it down, the Russians want to tear it down, the Middle Easterns want to tear it down,.... Even europeans want to tear it down! Because we also are being sabotaged from the inside... Politicians made a disaster on the whole project. Can't run a Federation where some people get the end of the stick and others just sit on the couch

@anonimus13ful Жыл бұрын

@@Trip4man I m from eastern europe and all the people I know work hard. They even go abroad to western countries so they can win good money for their work. If you search how many hours/weak people in Europe work you ll see that westerners work waaayy less in comparison to eastern europeans. Yes, the job they do is not as valued as what westernes work, but that still doesn t make them lazy. The truth is that southern and eastern europe weren t blessed by the money from colonialism and US-money after the WW2, not to mention communism that was broght by Russia post WW2. All these factors are to blame for the disparities between West and East, not laziness or corruption. The west is far more corrupt, they did it for centuries before us, but now they ve reached a level that it makes it very hard for the ordinary people to feel it first hand, in comparison to eastern europe where the “small corruption” is easily percived.

@Trip4man Жыл бұрын

@@anonimus13ful Welllll by your logic then... Italy, Spain and Portugal should be filthy rich! Because Italy owned allll South Europe (Roman Empire). Spain has some part of South America as well as Portugal... Tell me... Which colonies do Germany, Norway, Denmark or Sweden have??? I actually heard one American saying that they got 1 week of vacation TOTAL... We have 1 month of vacations here! So yeah... Don't throw me those stereotypical stories man! They are rich because the system benefits and grants them privileges! There is some sort of Global Governance running in the background! They made sure that the populations from nice countries get Zero and the populations from nasty countries get Everything. And if you travel... Well you can see that people around the world face the SAME thing. Now you try to explain how a person on the other side of the world faces the same thing as you... Just by coincidence?!?? Because it can't be coincidence. You see... You're only deducing from what you see/perceive. There is something running in the background that we can't see or perceive! You can call it "Global Government", "Shadow Government" if you will because yeah... It sort of fits in that category

@anonimus13ful Жыл бұрын

@@Trip4man That was 2000 years ago not 50-150 years ago(Italy). And they still live better than all eastern and southern europe. All countries you named had colonies except sweden and norway. Norway has a lot of oil and sweden exploits wood from third world countries. Both this countries have more billionares/1000 people than the USA!!! And about germany, think how many money did the USA invest in them after WW2!! Did poland,romania or hungary get something after the great war? No, they didn t. The people raised themselves out of pobertry, without external help.

@madameblatvatsky Жыл бұрын

Hah, this is interesting. It reminds me of when I lived in Asia I had the same thought. There was a system of bakshish paying for so many things and foreigners like me would call the country corrupt but I realised the UK is also corrupt but in Asia the corruption was available to everyone fairly and in the UK it's only available to the rich. Hahaha

@scottishboer3126 Жыл бұрын

Very profound. So true in South Africa I can bargain with a cop over a drunk driving charge and come to a agreement. In UK no chance but the upper classes do it everyday In the third world at least I have a fair chance

@BTin416 Жыл бұрын

Yanis is terrific in that he's got real power and can say this. He knows how to explain this stuff in such simple terms for the public, it is amazing that he doesn't have a vast majority vote. The public has to be informed better and be willing to accept this real, incredible reality of information about the real world we live in. The general public is programmed to focus on low-level corruption so as to let the elite in society go free with their high level, advanced systems of globalized corruption.

@hotdog9262 11 ай бұрын

the guy namedrop a few bad apples and come to the conclusion the north is just as bad as the south. the guy is a bit ridiculous and without a doubt highly biased

@realzachfluke1 Жыл бұрын

Wow, that conclusion at the end, _coming from Yanis,_ is extremely significant. That's the first time I've heard him say anything like that, as another commenter alluded to. I hope he expands on that more soon.

@philip88154 Жыл бұрын

He suggests organised protest. But what is it's purpose if not to reform the EU?

@caspar_gomez Жыл бұрын

Im hoping for mass strikes and unionisation

@nambochimbanskeyold Жыл бұрын

@@philip88154 Direct resistance to policy and governance rather than reformism to combat it.

@zantecarroll4448 Жыл бұрын

@@philip88154 to lovingly dismantle it and build a system of care in its place...i would imagine! remember 'the only war the capitalists ever won was the war on the imagination'..David Graeber.. bless his beautiful heart!

@ChiIIOutMan Жыл бұрын

@@zantecarroll4448 non-participation is a way of peaceful rejection of the current system; like a quiet boycott against the system; there are non-violent ways of dismantling wrong human structures, but it starts with each one of us

@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos 11 ай бұрын

The south has corruption, the north has lobbies.😅

@anthonyomara1064 Жыл бұрын

He should make comments about the grand scale corruption here in the UK or in the United States because it is eye watering 😳

@joshuamarx8209 Жыл бұрын

You should look up his appearance/interview on the Chapo Trap House podcast. Exactly what you are looking for.

@pantheraleo1047 Жыл бұрын

Wherever you go, there is corruption. The richter the country the larger the scale, but the lesser obvious......🙄 It has always been like that and I have no Idea, what we can really do about it. But in the last 2.000 years mankond at least got rid of autocracy and absolutism and even slavery in some parts of the world at least. Maybe one day we will also be rid of corruption😂

@Skullsinthecrowd Жыл бұрын

Roberto Saviano reckoned the most corrupt place in the world was England, as the shenanigans in the financial city of London alone dwarfed the graft in countries on the corrupt lists.

@simontenkate9601 Жыл бұрын

I am also fed up by these anti-corruptian accusations directed at the so-called weaker countries. You are very right about everything you say. In higher places they preach to us plebs, that we should behave well. But in the higher places they lie and steal as if there is no tomorrow. Yannis, thank you for your honesty and for defending what should be defended.!

@karlscher5170 11 ай бұрын

Whine about your own weakness and blame everyone else is the moral core of corruption. It means that I can do what ever I want as long as I can point the finger to somewhere else. Turkish or arab genes in your ancestry?

@simontenkate9601 11 ай бұрын

@@karlscher5170 you turn everything upside down . As if I don't know what I am writing about, verdammt nochmal. Die Hölle hat platz genug für alle, including you.

@paratame105 11 ай бұрын

@@karlscher5170 A guy with a German name trying to explain someone's behavior using genetics? Where have I seen this before?

@karlscher5170 11 ай бұрын

@@paratame105 keep whining nazinazi, and then keep begging for our money, you half-turkish bum

@mickbrown8249 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks YANIS Wales UK here ♥️

@stephenmills7061 Жыл бұрын

Nothing changes inappropriate behaviour faster than the light of public scrutiny Our economic system must be completely transparent and visible. Visibility is another word for truth.

@jono2233 Жыл бұрын

I will not pay bribes I will not seek bribes I will work with others to campaign against corruption I will speak out against corruption and report on abuse I will only support candidates for public office who say no to corruption and demonstrate transparency, integrity and accountability -- Transparency International, The Declaration Against Corruption

@777athina Жыл бұрын

Yanis Varoufakis is so underestimated in Greece!!!! That's a shame really!!!! He speaks the truth 🔥

@noqueq9003 Жыл бұрын

All politicians are underestimated in Greece because they all serve the same destroying agenda. As for Yannis, he has many people who value his knowledge here.

@abosh1618 Жыл бұрын

@@noqueq9003 δεν το βλέπω. Αν μπεις στη σελίδα του στο facebook δεν έχω δει πιο χυδαία σχόλια, ούτε να τους πλήρωναν..

@noqueq9003 Жыл бұрын

@@abosh1618 Μα πληρωμενοι ειναι αυτοι που συνηθως κανουν τετοια σχολια. Τσιρακια των κομματων και τρολλακια πληρωμενα.

@paulheydarian1281 Жыл бұрын

underestimated -> undervalued or underrated

@dege6561 Жыл бұрын

@@abosh1618 ούτε..? Πάντως το μεγαλύτερο μερίδιο ευθύνης το έχει ο λαός. Δυστυχώς ένα 50% Ελλήνων για διάφορους λόγους είναι εθισμένο στην σαπιλα

@peterjones7303 Жыл бұрын

This guys a hero

@eliascommentonly4652 Жыл бұрын

@sbarros78 Жыл бұрын

He is a dumb narcissus. Soon he won't be anymore in the Greek parliament

@klappapa Жыл бұрын

@@carloandreaguilar5916 he just mentioned they had too much power and corruption it threatens a whole government 🤦

@madflaka4087 Жыл бұрын

@@carloandreaguilar5916 Your level of ignorance is insane. That’s because Nordic countries are not only the biggest oil sellers, but also fully industrialized something only they have the privilege of. Which allows them to pay their citizens off massively.

@japiro14 Жыл бұрын

@@carloandreaguilar5916 I live in Sweden and there's more and more corruption here. For the past 30 years the gov has been selling public services to the private sector to the obvious detriment of the population. A ton of politicians have ties to companies that run previous public services.

@rjung_ch Жыл бұрын

speaking truth to power, about the high tech corruption.

@allcatall3931 Жыл бұрын

'high tech' as a word, has a certain effect on the 'brain'..

@prikipriki30 Жыл бұрын

Its not corruption its capitalism.

@madflaka4087 Жыл бұрын

@@prikipriki30 The corruption that takes place in Greece, and the corruption that takes place in Brussels cannot be compared a cop asking for a cup of coffee to get rid of a speeding ticket, and then massive military contracts from tax money being usurped are not equitable.

@Ismaildadabhay Жыл бұрын

The public mostly has no idea what is going on within the European council or parliament, we are too busy trying to survive! There is no oversight to protect the people!

@julius43461 Жыл бұрын

I was always convinced this is the case, as I just cannot imagine that humans are somehow more moral in countries where there is MORE money in circulation. My guess was that western success was essentially having enough money so that people in power can grab some for themselves, while also having enough money for that bridge to be built. While in other places, the bridge will need to be of lesser quality, so that those with access to funds can still get their share.

@Monaleenian Жыл бұрын

Why can't you imagine that? In a very immoral country that was full of corruption, I wouldn't expect there to be much money at all. Who would be stupid enough to invest in such a country?! I would expect most foreign investment to occur in the most moral and least corrupt countries.

@carlosdantas4622 Жыл бұрын

@@Monaleenian Oh really? According to your point, countries who have looted most nations in the world and waged wars around the globe are to labled a heaven of morality while countries in areas such as LatAm and Eurasia are by far immoral and then much more corrupted?

@whatwhat3432523 11 ай бұрын

I am still convinced southern europe is more corrupt then the north. He spoke about germany for the majority of the video. Germany isnt northen europe, the nordic countries are northern europe.

@sizoduke 11 ай бұрын

@@whatwhat3432523 the northern countries play an even more covert role, that's why you cannot even see that

@cosmopolitanbay9508 Жыл бұрын

Yanis is a living European treasure!

@aaronhanlon772 Жыл бұрын

Despite coming from the right side of politics I have a huge amount of time for Yanis. He is a good man trying to improve the world for all.

@absyusuf4932 Жыл бұрын

This man is a fucking national treasure. No wonder you never see him on main stream media again. I've never seen him not speaking facts!

@pittassavvas7512 10 ай бұрын

Honestly, how many other politicians in Europe have you heard explain how corruption works in the EU? Thanks Gianni for your insights.

@davidkelly831 Жыл бұрын

He has nailed it

@Archie460 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Yanis for shining a torch on a totally corrupt European union in Brussels and the western democratic system as a whole. It's actually very disturbing and disheartening. And yes why aren't the European meetings in Brussels broadcast how interesting actually untill you raised this subject it never crossed my mind and of course it's so obviously corrupt. I agree we have to find a way to stick together and have the voices of everyday ordinary citizens of Europe and the world VALUED and RESPECTED

@eliascommentonly4652 Жыл бұрын

@christinanielsen1917 Жыл бұрын

Evhatisto for educating me on something I had never known----- XPISTINAKI

@johreh Жыл бұрын

I think the proper term for your comment is: "word salad".

@gordanagorgieva1247 Жыл бұрын

What is happening with the EU agenda? Mr. Varoufakis stood for the political platform of DIEM25's entry into the EU Parliament?

@cubrasa2 Жыл бұрын

I always say that. I work in the west in the same area where the vd's are and I see what they are doing, the system is made so that you cannot get into their narrow circle of people through work. you get there only by birth and if you attend private schools and universities.

@mcnallyaar Жыл бұрын

I find this man so energizing and instructive.

@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Жыл бұрын

My Dad always said "the lower the level of Government, the higher the level of corruption". He is of course *WRONG.* The higher the level of Government, the greater the conspiracies there are, the lesser the transparency, the greater the maldistribution of funds and the greater it is all accepted by polite society.

@bananaboyTS Жыл бұрын

as soon as people start talking about deutsche you know its gonna be a wild story

@dopo8333 Жыл бұрын

I fully agree. But then, low-level corruption is more arbitrary and unpredictable at the level of the citizen. And therefore generates the "corruption" feeling and reaction. What you describe with those German companies and banks is state-level immorality, which ceases to be "corruption" and becomes state policy. It's beyond corruption, it's German hubris at its best, now in the economic field (not military, yet).

@HelerifiKtion Жыл бұрын

It is essentially treason.

@dopo8333 Жыл бұрын

@@HelerifiKtion Depends. If you elect people, you can't really blame them for applying one policy or another.

@BastiPROTON Жыл бұрын

I think it would be "fraud" corruption would have to involve bribing politicians etc., which isn't the case with VW I think.

@spinnetti Жыл бұрын

@@BastiPROTON Agreed.. I posted my take on the specifics of that case - that's corruption at a company level rather than a political one.

@szymonbaranowski8184 Жыл бұрын

@@dopo8333 is your country with democracy or you vote for some parties not on actual people you know?

@greeceundiscovered9670 Жыл бұрын

Never agreed with this guy on anything especially regarding economics but he is correct about this.

@carlosortega7695 Жыл бұрын

This man is a genius and also good person..i am worried about him..EU IS SO CORRUPT.

@alex82ro Жыл бұрын

It's the first time I heard Yannis say the EU can not be reformed anymore. It's a right step but still no revolutionary idea and nowill to fight, just "resist"

@LillPoss Жыл бұрын

he said "organised resistance", not "just resist" and there is a difference, also in current reality, even that "just resist" would be a miracle, the majority of people are just placid passive consumers? well trained since kindy to be so and unless, like it was in Russian Empire in 1917, people have nothing to lose there be no fighting, no revolution and that's exactly why people in power have all the welfare and charities running so "the crumbs trickle down to peasants" they are not stupid

@cheri238 Жыл бұрын

@@LillPoss Well said!!❤️

@gerhard7323 Жыл бұрын

Strangely, I've long had a lot more respect for people who say they don't care what's going on than I do for those who consistently deny it.

@freefox2909 Жыл бұрын

At least they are demonstrating they have honest insight.

@ronachadwick7908 Жыл бұрын

I dont respect either. Just ignorant doormats

@kalonicamcquesten692 Жыл бұрын

I understand. My weird dad used to tell me, “that’s none of your business.” Of course, when I’m activated and sad, my protracted sense of injustice keeps me looking under the rock to see the wriggling worms eating the organism. But I now try to monitor my own well-being by trying to accept that maybe, like Sapolsky posits, there’s no such thing as free will, so maybe it’d be best to rest my consciousness on the head of a pin, and be grateful that I woke up this morning.

@ilmatanela1816 Жыл бұрын

Love and respect from Italy Yanıs 👍♥️

@tusharsingh4543 Жыл бұрын

This can apply to the global south and global north more generally.

@zantecarroll4448 Жыл бұрын

As usual Yanis clarifies reality! God he must be irritating the hell out of the pompous smug elite! I love him and am so grateful for the bitter joy of his insights! We must take our joy in this system of violence where we can get it! Carpe Diem

@LouisMaxBlank Жыл бұрын

They - the elite - don´t care. How could it be that this has been going on for decades? Now deadly asleep people seem to wake up a little but just turn in bed and keep sleeping...reality hurts too much.

@zantecarroll4448 Жыл бұрын

@@LouisMaxBlank yes i empathize with your despair! Their are good reasons for hope i believe. For one all life seeks freedom and seems to be in continual cycling flux. Their are moments of opportunity for change and this is one of them! but i think Yanis is right it is the Left that must change, it is us that must change. We must learn a greater level of humility and a deeper sense of agape and throw off our mantel of victimhood and its accompanying cynicism in order to collaborate more effectively with each other. There are some wonderful things coming to light... have you read Isomomia by Kojin Karatani

@sbarros78 Жыл бұрын

As usual he speaks nosence stupidities while pretending he is something

@roaringlaughter3812 11 ай бұрын

Totally agree just because the corrupt government calls it legal doesn’t make it any less corrupt.

@lindafukuyu5767 11 ай бұрын

Yanis Varoufakis is the most logical person I've ever met !

@metparker Жыл бұрын

Study the Congress of Vienna. No one in power or the oligarchs will allow another French Revolution.

@realitycheck4086 Жыл бұрын

I remember during the Brexit Referendum, Yanis was totally against the UK leaving the EU and said we can only reform the EU from within. Well this is certainly a significant turnaround on Yanis’ part. I guess the EU has gone past the stage of reform and I look forward to hearing more from Yanis.

@claudermiller Жыл бұрын

Like trying to reform the mafia from within. 😆

@miloradcovic2734 Жыл бұрын

You definitely didn't understand what he was saying that time and why. He was against this EU setup before Brexit. Check other his interviews to understand why he was supporting Britain to stay in the EU.

@francisjbrennan3358 Жыл бұрын

@@miloradcovic2734He has since said the UK was right to vote for Brexit.

@vinlondon8904 11 ай бұрын

Whether uk is part of eu or not , the country is equally fu.cked, but more so outside of EU.

@dchappy6985 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for eloquently explaining this obvious but seldom pointed out corruption differences in Europe and the West in general.

@renato1820 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, good honest man..

@theodoroskakoulidis5932 Жыл бұрын

Thank so much yanis this is an eye opener ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ

@mariaeliadis8804 Жыл бұрын

Well said! Please keep saying it🙏

@jamesedo8417 Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to listen to Yanis

@freeman37 11 ай бұрын

This man just exposed it all. 🎉🤯🤡🎪

@ChiIIOutMan Жыл бұрын

true true, need to listen to this more

@realitycheck4086 Жыл бұрын

Corruption is corruption is corruption - the scale does not justify the moral or ethical dimension.

@exkator Жыл бұрын

Of course it's not but it's (i guess) obvious that business-as-usual corruption and systemic corruption create high level problems that can't get rid quickly while other one only need a few police.

@eliascommentonly4652 Жыл бұрын

@mj897 Жыл бұрын

So someone bribing the local bar security is the same as bribing a minister that cheats the whole tax paying nation? Nonsense

@pedroroque8681 Жыл бұрын

Corruption is a global institution driven by greedy societies. It is indeed easier to spot In countries with lower levels of industrialisation, however, it is equally present in countries with high levels of industrialisation. Nations such as the UK are just better at hiding it due to longer periods of practice, deeper control systems and manipulated public perception.

@prikipriki30 Жыл бұрын

How on earth can corruption be institution? Society is greede bc of capitalism.

@snorttroll4379 Жыл бұрын

Greed is good. See gordon gekko speech. And capitalism is good. It allows money to flow to where it is put to the best use

@Louis13XIII Жыл бұрын

@@snorttroll4379 username checks out

@snorttroll4379 Жыл бұрын

@@Louis13XIII Because of your beliefs, you might think I am trolling, but it is just the objective truth.

@Louis13XIII Жыл бұрын

It sure is the objective truth, mr. @@snorttroll4379

@peterpeter8325 Жыл бұрын

True real Questions. It is always nice to hear you Yani.

@shmo1626 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for talking about this. Corruption has many forms, they all should be revealed and stopped. Part of the problem is that most of us humans, even those who think they understand mathematics, really don't react much differently regardless if we are talking one million vs one billion. Obviously, there is one thousand times difference, but most of us, most of times, act or react as if it was almost the same amount. Transparency is the best way forward. However, decency, courage and servitude, are not the characteristics of most politicians, add to that the tendency of self graduating of most political groups about insignificant or imaginary victories and you will have a barely useful and often a time wasting yet costly almost a parasitic entity. In regards to Qatari lobbyists: You just talked about big money corruption vs small money corporation. Think the same way regarding the big American influence vs small Qatari influence. The question is why the Qatari one upsets you most? The problem is that people chose the representatives often because they dislike the other side more. Unfortunately most of these candidates have always thought of betraying the people they represent, for the right amount of money, long before they became elected officials or politicians. The whole thing was/is nothing but an opportunity to satisfy their own selfish needs, serving the people and standing for this or that was/is not their main focus their goal was just to do a good dance/show for the galleries in order to have some authority and get richer.

@cheri238 Жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis 👏 ❤️

@zantecarroll4448 Жыл бұрын

yes! thank you!

@zantecarroll4448 Жыл бұрын

the funny thing is i think a lot of people sense this and yet have been conditioned to accept it ...they cant imagine anything else...i always come back to david graebers words.,,the only war the capitalists ever managed to win was the war against the imagination...which is why the oligarchs and corporations control the arts as much as they can .. the most insidious and fucking infuriating type of propaganda ...they fund the arts that tell the story that makes it appear as if no other system than the current system could be ...any other system ..or god forbid a free and caring system , would obviously immediately plunge us all into chaos and terror ..this is the subtext of so many films and television and books and ofcourse academia mirrors and feeds this ...only the maveriks tell another more hopeful story...which is why Yanis's book Another Now is so vital right now we all know the value of the artists who awakened us music such as Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and writers, Orwell, Huxley, Chomsky, artists like Van Gogh who had the impudence to love nature and farmers and askew the bourgeois aesthetics of the day ..who loved a sunflower more than a rose..i believe we need a revolution of our imagination and we need a carnival of brave artists...now i might be a little biased because i confess i'm a painter ❤️❤️

@zantecarroll4448 Жыл бұрын

Danae Stratou and Yanis obviously already know this!

@brago900 11 ай бұрын

Thousands maybe in English-speaking countries, in the rest of the world a billion is a million of millions.

@amuthi1 Жыл бұрын

On my travels to greece (rather long ago) many houses had unfinished to floors with some concrete pillars and iron bars on it. These "unfinished" buildings stayed in this conditions for years or ever because "unfinished" houses had to pay less taxes than finished ones.

@manufacturingdissent666 Жыл бұрын

was the same in spain

@florianbirnbaum6584 Жыл бұрын

We know that no country is perfect but the Greeks have learned too well, to play victim. They deceive themselves pretending they are the same of the Plato and Aristoteles time, when obviously they are not.

@mysterioanonymous3206 Жыл бұрын

Italy too

@tiusernamenabalw Жыл бұрын

This is not the reason; in small towns parents build this in order not to lose the building license, and leave it for their children to complete

@scatalin09 11 ай бұрын

And that's how myths are born...

@shahidmiah917 11 ай бұрын

Yes the corruption is on a larger scale in Northern Europe, and people want to criticise the smaller corruption in the South. It is part of decades of corrupt journalism.

@vladimirturcanu7473 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Varoufakis you are a true champion of the people! Thank you and please continue your crusade against inequality in Europe

@majdavojnikovic Жыл бұрын

I remember in eighties of last century, how egoism and greed were started being celebrated everywhere. Even there was a parfum named "egoist". So we have it now.- all the results. Any new ideas?

@LiberalDictate Жыл бұрын

What do you mean and is its relevance to the topic?

@jeffreyalanday7432 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping the prejudiced Northerners to perceive the world more clearly!

@romanjeremy5156 11 ай бұрын

Sherlock Varoufakis discovers that instituitions are imperfect human entities. What he forgets to mention is that private companies still have to follow european law and are fined billions when there are corruption scandals. The Greek people is I think happy to be part of the European Union, upping to the continental standards in matters of governance, taxes, currency etc... Alternative models like Russian-Serbian politics leaves a lot to be desired (talk about corruption).

@lani6647 11 ай бұрын

My dad has said this for years. In our Asian countries, this is the sort of corruption we know. Nickel and dime. But in America, it’s on a monstrous scale, and the public is kept quiet by making sure there’s little cheap corruption.

@odinip Жыл бұрын

Im from iceland but lived in a few countries cz, dk, usa, swed, germa, and i remember that after 2008 when i finished highschool i thoght the conditions set on the helenic republic was a joke, but in 2015 i moved to cyprus for 3 years when i got back to iceland and i was frequently asked about how it was to live in such a corrupt place and i would tell them i prefered the corruption there than the one in iceland since in cyprus its alot easyer and realy dosnt cost too much if you have to greese the wheels a bit to get things moving while here the only way is to be born right or know some one born right, then you can get what ever you want. And we clame to be one of the least corrupt, the only thing is that corruption here is reserved for a few who then take it to industrial level like you say They make fun of goverment workers in the south while here when i went to uni of iceland my maths prof did not want to teach me because i went to the wrong highschool, mr where the kids of elite tend to go, when i complaind to the counselor, the counselor asked me what i thoght he should do and i said i dont know i would fire him for not opholding his contract they laughed and stood up and indicated for me to go and said you will understand this when you are older. Years later a new possition was being formed in the uni and it was like talord for a man i know he just finished heading a large 10m eur reaserch project and is older and thoght to slow down and found this to be perfect, so he aplied, the uni responded that there were two candidate selections ahead of him 2 wimen one compleatly fresh from her doc the other relatively fresh with 7 citations to her work, he has more than 2000 after the other 2 backed out after their interviews instead of interviewing him they desided not to form the new possition, here you cant even get a possition you deserve if you are not born right, in this case the only reason to stop when it came to him is he had experience and was critically aclaimd but had a p and not a v. Its not the best example there are the fishing families and latest fishfarming scandals the gov putting s minister who owns the biggest property owning group with a few friends over solving the rent crisis, banks and gov and old money pretending to be honest but have a nice sirculation between them. Fx that icelandic bankers got punished is a fabrication, triels were announced but nothing happened exept the priminister got a parrol sentence

@nephelik Жыл бұрын

πες τα ρε Γιαννη. Ευχαριστω που τα λες ολα χωρις φοβο

@saltymonke3682 Жыл бұрын

that's so true, corruption is more accessible for everyone in the southern europe.

@perlaarrebatada9726 Жыл бұрын

"....Europe is defeat..." True

@Felicity15 Жыл бұрын

Wow indeed, this is also for me the first time I hear Yanis drawing the conclusion he draws at the end. I would also like to hear more about that. Why does he think that reform is not a viable option anymore?

@neilreynolds3858 Жыл бұрын

I don't know what he's say but it seems to me that reforms usually make things worse. They give very corrupt politicians an opportunity to add another layer of corruption to the system and the less corrupt politicians play let's make a deal so long as they get their cut. For reform to work, you have to have a substantial number of not corrupt politicians and nobody has that anywhere.

@perlaarrebatada9726 Жыл бұрын

Why ??? Because almost anybody care about it....

@richardplane2155 Жыл бұрын

Perfect. Everyone should read his book Adults in the Room.

@conteberengario7314 Жыл бұрын

By having worked for one of the aforementioned companies, I can only agree with the statements

@pakko7416 5 ай бұрын

You've made - and still make - great contibutions in revealing and explaining to ordinary people the workings of economies, banks, institutions like the EEU, etc, with your books, speeches, vlogs. And all this work is greatly appreciated! Keep it up Mr Varoufakis!

@foreverskeptical1 Жыл бұрын

thank you for talking about this

@hippocratemi1 Жыл бұрын

I agree with you Mr Varoufakis.We dont have démocratie.We have chaocratie.We are as Canada dry we have the appearance but not le "nous" aristotelien.

@alienkishorekumar Жыл бұрын

Or Kakocratie, you know like feces.

@andreaerling7614 Жыл бұрын

Corporations, the digital financial complex, the military complex, Big Pharma, technocrats rule us. A Corporatocracy. An unholy alliance of corporations and politics. De facto fascism without brown shirts and jackboots and a little man with a moustache at the helm. The oppressors of today present themselves as the good guys, those who want to save the planet.

@aniinnrchoque1861 Жыл бұрын

In frank honesty its almost like tipping culture. In the north u could say there are service charges added to your bill unless you qualify for a discount. In the south they expect a little extra under the table and no service charges. Ultimately money is social credit. If you are willing to socially credit someone more they will appreciate you more.

@nikolaosaggelopoulos8113 8 ай бұрын

Well ok, but in the south sometimes the tipping chain becomes so twisted that you go around a vicious circle of tipping that is more like a maze with far too many unknowns that sometimes gets you nowhere, whereas in the north you mostly know what you have to pay and what you are going to get.

@talhaozcan4999 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for all your just anaysis M Varoufakis , hope one Day Grèece will be really financial independent ❤️🇬🇷❤️🇹🇷greetings from your neighbore 💐

@shpellariking4943 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Yanis. 🙋‍♂️

@andrewgay7529 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you for posting this.

@hetcreations8931 11 ай бұрын

I love this man! I really do. My best regards from Turkiye.

@JGS2024 Жыл бұрын

I liked that chuckle at 02:15. Fine analysis, thx

@zantecarroll4448 Жыл бұрын

yes! it gave me joy!

@LouisMaxBlank Жыл бұрын

Cheers from Spain...where we live in a corrupt card house paradise

@usefulquidam Жыл бұрын

Very intersting, and so accurate. We deserve a medal for ethics...

@user-xv7eg Жыл бұрын

It's so true and also sad. Thank you sir!

@kulturfreund6631 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. Thanks a lot for your work.

@RavensCloudEmpath Жыл бұрын

I honour your great work dear Sir...

@MrBorceivanovski Жыл бұрын

Mr Yanis always says the absolute true! Very strange, he is real person 😳. He is not fictional character #

@blueyhis.zarsoff1147 Жыл бұрын

Great explanation, agree totally

@JanSanono Жыл бұрын

Council of the EU meetings should absolutely be televised! Brexit happened in large part because of a lack of transparency within the European Union. Reducing European Council power and improving legislative transparency (Council and EP together decide on legislation) will help reduce the risk of corruption and improve transparency. COREPER meetings should be broadcast as well.