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Published · transcript-backedSlavoj Žižek: evaluation
8 Jan 2020 Conversations with Tyler Slavoj Žižek on His Stubborn Attachment to Communism
“A very difficult question because — I hope Julian doesn’t have a TV, cannot watch it, no — because I’m more of a pessimist.”
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- Slavoj Žižek
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- 8 Jan 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Thirty-second answer. A very difficult question because — I hope Julian doesn’t have a TV, cannot watch it, no — because I’m more of a pessimist. We are trying to do what can be done, organize things here and there, but the entire establishment is against him, and so on, and so on. But nonetheless, there are good signs here and there. Even Kevin Rudd, the previous Australian prime minister, turned against extradition. So, if you ask me about his concrete fate, I will do . . . But what can I do? All possible. I’m a pessimist. I think we should just hope that at least the aftereffect will be. A Twitter question. Super-quick 30-second answer. Norway too suffers from the stigmatization of Communists. And even though the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer, with far-right parties in parliament, workers are reluctant to turn to the left. How can we best turn the proletariat towards our cause? Thirty seconds, please. [laughter]…
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