Yanis Varoufakis's Techno-Feudalism is a bold and incisive critique of the current economic system. He argues that the rise of Big Tech has fundamentally transformed our society.
I do ask myself when that phase of "pristine capitalism" was - free of feudalism, exploitation, dehumanization. Maybe right at the start - where at least in Germany industry-pioneers like Daimler, Bosch or Thyssen were truly driven by their innovatve spirit - and by their wish to uplift their employees as well as their customers. That spirit has been exorcised long ago ...
We all have varying perspectives where some will mesh others derived from misunderstood axis. I find myself conflicted with Owen Jones, Gaza yes, but he is a russiaphobe! His writings like yannis great, one of the most disappointing was Paul mason, great post capitalist book but 5 years later politically right wing! Go figure! Only a few who totally mesh with my current perspectives, Jeffrey Sachs, Michael Hudson, Steve Keen.damien Willey., afshin rattansi.
How about we both write that social contract?
I do ask myself when that phase of "pristine capitalism" was - free of feudalism, exploitation, dehumanization. Maybe right at the start - where at least in Germany industry-pioneers like Daimler, Bosch or Thyssen were truly driven by their innovatve spirit - and by their wish to uplift their employees as well as their customers. That spirit has been exorcised long ago ...
I used to admire Varoufakis and quoted him in my book, How to Dismantle an Empire, in the chapter Greece Lightning: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/greece-lightning. But since Ukraine, I've had to rethink his economic and political astuteness: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/yanis-varoufakis-is-naive-on-ukraine.
We all have varying perspectives where some will mesh others derived from misunderstood axis. I find myself conflicted with Owen Jones, Gaza yes, but he is a russiaphobe! His writings like yannis great, one of the most disappointing was Paul mason, great post capitalist book but 5 years later politically right wing! Go figure! Only a few who totally mesh with my current perspectives, Jeffrey Sachs, Michael Hudson, Steve Keen.damien Willey., afshin rattansi.
But techno- feudalism is pretty accurate.
Nice to chat, thanks, Neil editor
What was the title of your book, I will read.
Hello, Neil! Thanks for asking, my book is here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607.
I've been reading chapters into my Substack, with the text. So far, in order, I have:
https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/01-a-democracy-of-slaveowners
https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/02-making-a-market-for-plunder
https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/03-white-slavery
And a few others I've put in out of order, like the one on Greece and:
https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/libya-swept-away-by-the-currency
https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/what-if-money-was-no-object