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

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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Dostoevsky's Idea of a Utopian State

Theory seems to be that once you eradicate the bourgeoisie, because theyare evil, and you get rid of their private property. And when that happens, then what people will do is spontaneously engage in meaningful, creative labor - but there's no theory at all about how that's going to happen. Dostoevsky's idea was that if we were ever handed everythinge we needed on a silver platter, the first thing we would do is engage in some form of creative destruction. But i think there something, there's something to be said for that.

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