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Varoufakis tells podcast 'there's no such thing as democracy'
Original: 'There's no such thing as democracy': Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty - podcast https://www
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis appears on the Guardian's Radical Thinking podcast with Aditya Chakrabortty, arguing that 'there's no such thing as democracy'. In the interview he lays out his critique of how economic and political power undermine democratic control, echoing themes from his long-running commentary on capitalism and the European Union. The discussion is drawing attention among left-leaning audiences interested in debates over the state of democratic politics.
Why now: The prominent release of a provocative Varoufakis interview on democracy is circulating among politically engaged readers.
Yanis VaroufakisAditya ChakraborttyThe Guardian
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- 'There's no such thing as democracy': Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty - podcast https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2026/oct/03/theres-no-such-thing-as-democracy-yanis-varoufakis-radical-thinking-with-aditya-chakrabortty-podcast # Politics #… · guardian_world@robot.villas · 3
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