‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech::In his new book, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home, he argues it’s now the ‘fiefdoms’ of tech firms that shape us

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He’s not wrong. We’re only a few years away from the big five in the US owning all of our land in one way or another. It’s like a corporate showdown at this point. The government did nothing to stop this conglomeration of assets and wealth.

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      1 year ago

      The government did nothing to stop this conglomeration of assets and wealth.

      Being owned by those megacorps is a prerequisite for holding office. Why would they do anything to stop their benefactors?