You are aware that the actual discussion in that thread really doesn't live up to the title, yes?Zizek? Oh please. Bless
Zizek: seems like a nob
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jun/10/slavoj-zizek-humanity-ok-people-boring it's a name i've heard brought up a fair few times on urban but i know almost nothing about him or his work. this article made me think he was an idiot, but it doesn't really touch on his actual, you know...www.urban75.net
zizek is shite but have you seen the video of him with two hot dogs on the go? i had to take my hat off to that.Zizek? Oh please. Bless
Zizek: seems like a nob
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jun/10/slavoj-zizek-humanity-ok-people-boring it's a name i've heard brought up a fair few times on urban but i know almost nothing about him or his work. this article made me think he was an idiot, but it doesn't really touch on his actual, you know...
Sure do . That’s why I posted the thread so those who aren’t as familiar with Zizek as you and sleaterkinney can read the full discussion rather than just the Twitter post .
What did he say wrong in the twitter post?
off topic. personal abuse.
I went to see zizek lecture in 2007 or thereabouts. He was incoherent although the various examples he gave were very interesting
It's wicked to mock the afflicted
he charms everyone for a bit.
He's very entertaining. But for me he is the best example of the provo injunction, whatever you say, say nothing
What did he say wrong in the clip?
Something that nobody one these boards has ever said about you.
Au contraire. I have a great deal of regard for discokermit even tho we've not always got on. His thread about his family history showed an impressive ability and tenacity with archival sources and is, for me, one of the most interesting and best threads on the boards. Discokermit's forthright frankness and honesty mean he's not perhaps as gentle in his dealings with others as he might be - maybe he's not charming but he is open and genuine and many other posters would benefit from being more like that
He's usually an entertaining ride, even when he's talking bollocks
If you think the issue is about whether what Zizek says is wrong or right in that interview with Piers Morgan you are going to miss the delicious irony of Gerashchenko, uncritically bigging up an author who once claimed that capitalism couldn't be reformed and that some form of post Soviet world communism was the way forward. Gerashchenko himself set up the notorious Myrotvorets site which blacklisted those who had 'separatist' views, alleged or otherwise, in Eastern Ukraine and published personal details . This led to the murder of at least two people, dismissal from work in others and assault and harassment by the right wing groups. Ironically something that Putin himself might have been proud of.
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Hard ro tell from that graph but the upswing looks to have started before 2022 and just looks to be continuing. I'd say the invasion and therefore sanctions happend about half way up the line.
It looks like there's only data on an annual basis. So 2021 wasn't much higher than the previous peak (though it was higher), but it absolutely skyrocketed after that in 2022.
That's the reason I posted it up.
He says that in terms of being religiously motivated, the Russians are no better than the Arabs.
There’s been loads of tables , graphs and articles which have explored this and other ways Russia has mediated the sanctions . I suppose that in itself isn’t surprising, what is and has been the posturing from western states about how they would tighten the screw ,and their apparant inability to come up with plan B .
Capitalism always finds a way.
