Stupid ex-Prime Minster of Greece
Yanis Varoufakis yesterday called Western society a form a feudalism instead of glorious capitalism where the weakest grovel at the feet of the strongest, as it should be.
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‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’
It might look like a market, but Varoufakis says it’s anything but. Jeff [Bezos, the owner of Amazon] doesn’t produce capital, he argues. He charges rent. Which isn’t capitalism, it’s feudalism. And us? We’re the serfs.
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Lecture circuits all over the Seychelles and exotic European capitals will be humming at the prospect of Yanis, who lives on a Greek island, giving a keynote speech on the upcoming failure of Western civilization. In support of his contention, the ambiguously entitled Doomsday Clock has predicted imminent demise since it was established in 1947, only trailing the Prophet Fowl of Leeds in commitment to its cause, which in the latter's case involved inserting eggs inscribed with the prediction "Christ is Coming" into its ...? What do chickens have?
Yanis will be taking questions in the tanning lounge between 3-4pm.