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Yanis Varoufakis actually described Gabe/Valve as like unknowingly anarchist or something. It's in an interview on YouTube and I think he's wrong. He does this rhetorical thing where he describes capitalist enemies as way smarter than they are to end up with SuccDem conclusions.
Somewhat thoughtful people having critiques of actual existing capitalism is incredibly common no matter how aligned they are to capitalism and no matter how much they benefit from the current conditions. If Gaben has something interesting to say on the matter, even through Varoufakis I'm happy to read, I don't think that his position makes it impossible just unlikely.
Maybe we need to hand it to him that he is contend with his 1 new yacht per year lifestyle rather than pushing for becoming a trillionaire like most of the other well known American billionaires. Surprisingly well adjusted given his position.
As far as I'm concerned, if he's not out there funding Nazis and other right wing consent manufacturing mechanisms, then he's towards the bottom of the list of billionaires I want lined up for the guillotines. His name never comes up in this Epstein shit or anything otherwise political besides antitrust stuff. He sounds like he's just enjoying being a nerd with money. He can sit out in the ocean doing his video games, scuba diving, and other hobbies while we deal with the more pressing issues.
Though Steam Library's handling of sharing and licensing is an absolute pet peeve of mine.
He did it with Trump and the tariffs, for instance.