Ideology, the Pandemic and Capitalism
The pandemic revealed that the gap between the rich and the poor is not just economic - it's existential.
Slavoj Žižek
Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst and public intellectual known for his critique of ideology and politics
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- Soft Fascism in the Age of Shamelessness — Slavoj Žižek
The true enemy of freedom is not a tyrant, but indifference. When people stop caring about truth, totalitarianism becomes possible.
- Intellectual Decline in the Information Age — Slavoj Žižek
The problem is not that we lack information, but that we are drowning in it. We need meaning, not more data.
- AI as Subject, Not Object — Slavoj Žižek
The problem is not that AI will become conscious, but that we will become unconscious.
- Salvation Through Catastrophe — Slavoj Žižek
We need a radical change in how we think, not just how we act. The system itself is the problem.
- Philosophy in Crisis — Slavoj Žižek
We don't have a problem with meaning; we have a problem with too many meanings competing for our attention.
- Ideology in Everyday Life — Slavoj Žižek
The most effective ideology is not the one imposed from above, but the one that makes us believe we are free.
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