{"id":7083,"date":"2017-12-09T19:42:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T03:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=7083"},"modified":"2017-12-09T19:42:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T03:42:47","slug":"capitalism-will-eat-democracy-unless-speak-yanis-varoufakis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/09\/capitalism-will-eat-democracy-unless-speak-yanis-varoufakis\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitalism will eat democracy &#8212; unless we speak up | Yanis Varoufakis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GB4s5b9NL3I\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/code><br \/>\nTED<br \/>\nPublished on Feb 15, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Have you wondered why politicians aren&#8217;t what they used to be, why governments seem unable to solve real problems? Economist Yanis Varoufakis, the former Minister of Finance for Greece, says that it&#8217;s because you can be in politics today but not be in power \u2014 because real power now belongs to those who control the economy. He believes that the mega-rich and corporations are cannibalizing the political sphere, causing financial crisis. In this talk, hear his dream for a world in which capital and labor no longer struggle against each other, &#8220;one that is simultaneously libertarian, Marxist and Keynesian.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world&#8217;s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design &#8212; plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.<br \/>\nFind closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http:\/\/www.ted.com\/translate<\/p>\n<p>Follow TED news on Twitter: http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tednews<br \/>\nLike TED on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TED Published on Feb 15, 2016 Have you wondered why politicians aren&#8217;t what they used to be, why governments seem unable to solve real problems? Economist Yanis Varoufakis, the former Minister of Finance for Greece, says that it&#8217;s because you can be in politics today but not be in power&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/09\/capitalism-will-eat-democracy-unless-speak-yanis-varoufakis\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7084,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083\/revisions\/7084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}