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ZIZ294 Why Do We Enjoy Feeling Ashamed (01.11.2022)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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The Paradox of Global Capitalism

A Russian attack on Ukraine and the alt-right revolt in the US are two aspects of the same global movement. The culture war raging in the developed west now is I think a false war, says Peter Peterson. He argues that western political correctness is a displacement of the good old class struggle. 'The liberal elite pretends to protect the threatened racial and sexual minorities,' he adds.

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