Philosopher Slavoj Zizeck on Democracy Now- 2/6

"Everybody in the World Except US Citizens Should Be Allowed to Vote and Elect the American Government" - Leading Intellectual Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek, the renowned philosopher, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist, joins us in our firehouse studio for a wide-ranging discussion. Žižek has been called "the Elvis of cultural theory" and is widely considered to be one of Europe's leading intellectuals. He has written more than fifty books and speaks to sold-out audiences around the world. [includes rush transcript]

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[brendanmcooney]

Oh man. I was going to post this. You beat me to it! Anyway... as far as I know Amy Goodman never broadcast the rest of this interview as she promised. That's a real tragedy as far as I'm concerned as Zizek's challenge to Amy and to the Left is a really crucial one: are you just going to criticize the right and play the victim and never posit an alternative other than liberal pluralism? Or are you going to stand for something? Something truly radical?

[Taksisti]

Žižek was so right about Obama's possibility to make real change. Now, after a year in office it really shows that he is actually a conservative president. He is not there to shake thing up, but to correct the excesses of the Bush administration.

[huwrj]

Two words you never ever say to Zizek: "Five seconds". That is nothing short of a crime.

[kRudAres]

Goodman is burned out and needs to go. Have you read her article urging everyone to place faith in and support Obama in 2012? "All we need to do is show him support in the streets". Her and the stations overall sycophantic ranting in support of Democrats and criticism of Republicans is absurd and highlights one of the major problems of the 21'st century so called socialist movement. It's not a new problem though. Reformism.

[forugh3]

I think Obama has done more than 'correcting' the previous president, no?

[forugh3]

Are you sure? Zizek said, as far as I know, that this mantra CHANGE should be translated as follows: let's change so everything can continue as we know it.

[1337Tempest]

What about now? lol

[sniperquasi]

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[Cole Helsell]

@KafkaCrow

Fukuyama was an idiot. But it was more idiotic of us to not take him seriously- and take steps to avoid it. Capitalism almost died in 2008, and yet all the believers stayed believers. Listen: this shit happens because capitalism is EVIL. Not flawed. EVIL.

[LodovicoAriosto1]

true - you either play with global capitalism or mess with it. It becomes more and more impossible to juggle between as capitalism becomes more and more exploitative after the period of "temporary withdrawal" or "social consensus" when it was forced to face socialist countries between 1917 and 1991.

Those leadears who really try to form counter system are immediately called dictators, fanatics etc. and get into real trouble including a high chance of foreign invasion. Sad but true.

[Signtoygal]

look around...