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ZIZ231 Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism (with Jordan Peterson) (19.04.2019)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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Is There a Relationship Between Income and Happiness?

There is a relationship between absolute level of income and self reported lack of misery or happiness. And so it's clear that past a certain minimal point, additional material provision is not sufficient to redeem us individually or socially. It's certainly the case that the radical wealth production that characterizes capitalism might produce a fatal threat to the structure of our social systems - but who knows?

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