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ZIZ246 Why I Am Still A Communist (07.12.2019)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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The Third Threat - The Commons of Internal Nature

The first step to be serious is to admit that there is no simple, clear way out. It's a very sad, confused, complex situation. The least we can do is set the priorities straight and admit the absurdity of our geopolitical war games. That's where we should begin. This brings me to the third threat, the commons of internal nature. We are nearly human natural resources. Our claims to self-determination have vanished from the maps of our own experience. What is more free than freely surfing on the web? Just by exerting this freedom of ours, we generate the surplus appropriated by the digital big other which collects data. However, and don't be afraid, I am coming

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