Slavoj Žižek: "Pacifism is the wrong response to the war in Ukraine"

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Only the last sentence applied for Dugin. I said "leftist Dugin" because that's the main difference, Dugin is for traditionalist society and Žižek is for social libertinism. I only meant to say they're both astroturfed by the media ("the most dangerous philosopher in the world" versus "the communist superstar") and media always gives them some aura of mystery when writing articles about them (people always experience the moment of hyperreality there when they decide to watch their videos on YouTube and realize they're nothing special).

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I thought Zizek was an organic phenomenon, but now that you mention it, perhaps he is being promoted deliberately. If for all his talk of socialism he is basically a pro-NATO left liberal, it makes perfect sense why he gets so much attention, just like Jordan Peterson - it's a type of system approved dissent. Dugin also gets a disproportional amount of media attention, since Western and especially American media seems to use him for "red baiting" without any of the "red", so to speak.

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Yeah, although what's odd about Žižek is always presented as old-school style communist, true Marxist, etc. even though he has more in common with Marcuse and Adorno.

Media has abandoned his love for Žižek when he came out against mass immigration into Europe, but yknow, times change, they love him again now that he's fully pro-NATO.