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Or did he become reactionary only recently?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Zizek, like Chomsky, is popular precisely because he helps metabolize radical politics into a form that the bourgeois hegemon likes. They allow him to gain mainstream appeal because he is no threat.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

not a Chomsky fan, but Chomsky is way better than Zizek. Chomsky at least puts himself in real world struggles. Chomsky is a great source of US Imperialist crimes and the struggle of Palestine. Zizek was all about being an edgy academic. I disliked Zizek for a long time, and hated him when Fidel died. Zizek appeared on RT and said Fidel should be forgotten from history and Cuba accomplished nothing.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Zizek appeared on RT and said Fidel should be forgotten from history and Cuba accomplished nothing.

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