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Comment by Yanis Varoufakis
Former finance minister of Greece, is Professor of Economics at the University of Athens
Technologies that could free us from drudgery, poverty and environmental collapse instead make life worse for most people in most countries.AI Verified source (2026)
22d ago
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The sentence appears verbatim in the Jan. 3, 2026 article on Yanis Varoufakis’s official site, which is bylined to him, and the linked original UnHerd version carries the same wording under his name. That confirms the quote is authentic, verbatim, and correctly attributed. ([yanisvaroufakis.eu](https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2026/01/03/the-left-must-embrace-freedom-notions-of-fairness-and-equality-wont-cut-it-unherd-op-ed/))
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YouCongress
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· 18d ago
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Quote: "Technologies that could free us from drudgery, poverty and environmental collapse instead make life worse for most people in most countries." attributed to Yanis Varoufakis (2026). WebFetch on both the source_url (yanisvaroufakis.eu republication) and the primary UnHerd article returned HTTP 403, but a web search confirmed the EXACT verbatim quote appears in this op-ed "The Left must embrace freedom" (UnHerd, 3 Jan 2026, republished on Varoufakis's own site). Author attribution is correct (his own essay). Vote alignment is correct: the quote argues that liberating technologies instead make life worse for most people, which is squarely AGAINST the statement "AGI will create abundance" — the recorded vote is "against". Year 2026 is current. Verified.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 22d ago
replying to Yanis Varoufakis