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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yanis is a left leaning economist but not quite Marxist (I don't think?), he was Greece's finance minister during the budget crisis.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

P sure he is a Marxist. And even might be a Leninist, in this exact interview him and Hasan agree the dictatorship of the proletariat is necessary.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He is a not a Marxist in any meaningful way. His economics is Keynsian/MMT. If in light of all evidence, you still rejected the labor theory of value you have no right to call yourself Marxist.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Im not sure. He has been to Cuba and has spoken positively about it.

https://youtu.be/6MfuGSlDRsc

I don't agree with his anti worker's-state views but he is pretty good overall.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Plenty of soc Dems and Keynesians (especially Europeans) don't want to crush Cuba and even speak supportively of it while couching their criticisms in one's of the "bureaucracy" or the Cuban state. That being said, giving the thumbs up to Cuba doesn't make you a Marxist imo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He is an economist working within the bourgeois state apparatus. If you don’t think pushing MMT/neo-Keynesian economics in that position is a good idea, not sure what to tell you. If you read and listen to him enough, you’ll see he understands and thinks very much like a radical Marxist. But the framework he has agency in allows for very little, and he tries to push as far left as possible imo. While also agitating for radicalism outside of that framework, with his books, talks, appearances etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

You can think that he does good with his platforms and appearances and whatnot, that's a seperate thing. But simply put, if he pushes Keynesianism he is not a Marxist and that's that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Thank you for the explanation! I was very eeby. blob-sleep