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. The theorist’s best idea—according to this well-known publication that is a virtual arm of the U.S. State Department—is that “the big revolution the left is waiting for will never come.”

I’ve only read a quarter of this so far. I knew Zizek was a crank at times but wasn’t aware of all his chauvinist views lol. Not to mention the antisemitic views of the USSR being worse than Germany

  • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    There might be a couple people in the world who actually try to take meaning from his "philosophy", but I think to most he's just worth marveling at. Like a Rod Dreher type.

    • Vampire [any]
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      2 years ago

      It's more a laughing-at than laughing-with