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ZIZ006 The Spectator’s Malevolent Neutrality (08.06.2004)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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The True Horrors of Today's United States

Torture is an acceptable topic of public debate in the U.S., he says. This would have been unthinkable ten years ago, but now it's OK. The rules are changing imperceptibly as neo-fascism becomes more accepted across Western Europe. "There are taboos which are part of the system, and the system needs them as taboos"

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