The West Is Collapsing Under Its Own Lies
May 22, 2025
Source: Middle East Eye
“A mixture of stupidity and nastiness… The liberal establishment is primarily responsible for the genocide of the Palestinians.” In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, Yanis Varoufakis unleashes a fierce critique of Western liberalism, and tells us why he feels that the global system is in crisis. This episode explores the facade of Western moral superiority, the role of empire past and present, how liberal hypocrisy has given rise to fascism, the climate crisis, Gaza and why Varoufakis places his hope in the Global South.
“A mixture of stupidity and nastiness… The liberal establishment is primarily responsible for the genocide of the Palestinians.” In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, Yanis Varoufakis unleashes a fierce critique of Western liberalism, and tells us why he feels that the global system is in crisis. This episode explores the facade of Western moral superiority, the role of empire past and present, how liberal hypocrisy has given rise to fascism, the climate crisis, Gaza and why Varoufakis places his hope in the Global South.
UNAPOLOGETIC is Hosted by Ashfaaq Carim
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:01 Western civilisation and its hypocrisy
04:27 Gaza, genocide and colonial legacies
10:09 2008: The collapse of capitalism
15:28 Technofeudalism and the rise of cloud capital
17:06 Trump’s tariffs and the new Nixon shock
21:18 Liberal complicity in Gaza
26:55 Europe’s civil liberties crackdown
29:59 Palestine and the loss of moral resistance
33:19 Why protesters lack hope in the West
38:56 China vs. Russia: A critical distinction
41:02 China’s authoritarianism vs. local democracy 4
4:42 Climate collapse and cloud capital
48:46 Organising after collapse: What’s the alternative?
50:00 Varoufakis’ vision for change
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