the ideological views on differences in epistemology aside, this fundamental truth remains: zizek will not actually teach you anything, because he does not have anything to say. search through his videos - and writings, if you insist - and you will see that. it is all speculation, leaps of logic, half-formed opinions and, more than anything else, unsubstantial rant. say what you will, but he does not teach.
it is absolute sophistry.
i don't agree with all of her positions, but if you want a new chomsky, i might suggest ignoring zizek and looking more towards naomi klein. in doing so, you have to understand chomsky as an activist and teacher in the public discourse, that is a creator of important texts and a leader of political movements, rather than an ivory tower academic. but, who gives a fuck about ivory tower academics?
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
and, for the zillionth time, i'm not a marxist, either, i'm an anarchist.
i've never done anything but criticize marx. i think he was a tyrant; i hold to the view that he is one of the greatest villains in history, that his system is the single greatest threat to individual liberty in the history of the world. and, the anarchists predicted that, and broke with marx, and criticized him and fought against him.
the reality is that anarchists have fought marxists more often than they have fought capitalists.
worse, his ideas are not even well thought out. scientific socialism? historical materialism? give me a fucking break, with your contrived, teleological nonsense.
there is no end of history.
it drives me nuts. like, i don't even see common cause. there's a few obscure strains of marxism that i can tolerate, but the main ones - maoists, stalinists, lenninists and even trotskyists - are just as bad as capitalists, in my perspective.
so, don't call me a marxist, please.
frankly, i'd rather talk about thomas paine.
i've never done anything but criticize marx. i think he was a tyrant; i hold to the view that he is one of the greatest villains in history, that his system is the single greatest threat to individual liberty in the history of the world. and, the anarchists predicted that, and broke with marx, and criticized him and fought against him.
the reality is that anarchists have fought marxists more often than they have fought capitalists.
worse, his ideas are not even well thought out. scientific socialism? historical materialism? give me a fucking break, with your contrived, teleological nonsense.
there is no end of history.
it drives me nuts. like, i don't even see common cause. there's a few obscure strains of marxism that i can tolerate, but the main ones - maoists, stalinists, lenninists and even trotskyists - are just as bad as capitalists, in my perspective.
so, don't call me a marxist, please.
frankly, i'd rather talk about thomas paine.
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21:52
if i was filling out an online dating app - and i have actually never done this, and probably never will - i would be likely to type 30-50 into the 'age' category.
certainly, under 30 would feel very strange and unnatural to me.
i'm just saying.
certainly, under 30 would feel very strange and unnatural to me.
i'm just saying.
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02:02
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