How Europe’s sheer stupidity combined with its ethical downfall to underwrite Israel’s genocide of Palestinians – 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.

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