Thursday, February 02, 2023

Will the real Zizek stand up

 This is long but well worth reading. Anyone on the left admiring Zizek will realize what an anti-socialist clown he really is. He calls himself a "Leninist" yet supported Trump for president as well as lauding Obama, the leader of world imperialist repression and international supporter of pro-imperialist fascist regimes and movements. No one with any understanding of Lenin would put up with such nonsense.

“I am a Leninist. […] This is why I supported Obama.” "This is one of his best jokes of all time. The deadpan delivery is killer because he actually means it. He literally equates Leninism with supporting the neoliberal Deporter-in-Chief whose diversity cred provided thin cover for revving the engine of the U.S. imperial machine around the world, leading to Obama’s infamous statement about his assassination program, namely that he was “really good at killing people.”

Capitalism’s Court Jester: Slavoj Žižek

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Capitalism’s Court Jester: Slavoj Žižek

One of the most prominent intellectuals in the contemporary world was named to the list of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012. He shares this distinction with the likes of Dick Cheney, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Mossad director Meir Dagan....

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