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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 21 Oct 2017

    Zizek defends Lenin (latest tyrannophile: intellectuals who love dictators). All 20thC tyrants had intellectual fanshttps://nyti.ms/2zpe8c7 

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      2. Jordan B Peterson‏Verified account @jordanbpeterson 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        There is no defending Lenin. No more than Pol Pot or Kim Jong Un. He was an ideologue & mass murderer who paved the way for Stalin.

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      1. RAMSpacek‏ @ramspacek 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @JamesDelingpole

        Of course intellectuals love dictators. Peter Saunders, "Why Capitalism Is Good for the Soul":pic.twitter.com/pdg6cOjDjc

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      2. Winston Wokesworth‏ @konztrukt 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        What does it matter? Zizek is just a narcissistic provocateur

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      3. You can buy a fraction of your excuses  ✍️ 📔‏ @cryptaltd 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @konztrukt @sapinker

        "Try to find ... some principles from which you can deduce conclusions, empirically testable propositions..."https://genius.com/Noam-chomsky-chomsky-zizek-debate-annotated …

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      1. freshgeorgieGmo‏ @Gmor56 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @willcollier

        They may love them, but without question this type of person among the very first Lenin would have had shot.

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      2. Dierk Haasis‏ @Evo2Me 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is there anybody, at least among philosophers, who takes Zizek serious? I know of no colleague who does.

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      1. Benjamin Stephenson‏ @Pathdom 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        That's a classic - Thomas Sowell described it best, from what I've read. Intellectuals love sweeping revolution.

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      1. Sebastian Paul‏ @_sebastianpaul 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Even when he says stupid shit, Zizek still manages to say interesting things. He's a must read.

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      1. (((Mar Rosenkranz)))‏ @Mar_Rosenkranz 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        “Get you Che t-shirt! Oppose capitalism by posting about Che on your iPhone. Stick it to the Man!”

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      1. Euphonius Bugnuts‏ @EuphoniusNuts 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @JonahNRO

        Zizek is the Borat of academia.

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      2. GiggsBoson‏ @giggs_boson 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        No real philosophers pay any attention to Zizek or consider him worth reading.

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      1. Brandon Wilson‏ @brandonwilson 21 Oct 2017
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        Brandon Wilson Retweeted Brandon Wilson

        https://twitter.com/brandonwilson/status/921731545244696576 …

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        Brandon Wilson @brandonwilson
        Though it shouldn't be taboo to explore the full character of villains and the circumstances that may have influenced what happened. https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/921725245043523585 …
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      1. Diego 🌹‏ @FutureBuckNasty 21 Oct 2017
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        I loved Chomsky's destruction of Zizek's nonsense years ago.

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      2. Brian Hodgert‏ @LifeformBri 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I just want to know which socialist policy is good and which is bad. Always equating socialism with mass murder doesnt seem fair.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Anthony Vander Elst‏ @A_VanderElst 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @LifeformBri @sapinker

        Socialism developed from Platonism elevating collective above individual who is punished for dissent. Aristotle countered, hence liberalism.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Brian Hodgert‏ @LifeformBri 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @A_VanderElst @sapinker

        Are you saying it can be one or the other but not both? Is all socialism bad?

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      5. Anthony Vander Elst‏ @A_VanderElst 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @LifeformBri @sapinker

        All forms of platonist socialism are damaging as they are based on illusory metaphysics. Classical liberalism works with the grain of nature

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Brian Hodgert‏ @LifeformBri 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @A_VanderElst @sapinker

        How is platonic socialism different than commonly understood socialism like social services.

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      7. Anthony Vander Elst‏ @A_VanderElst 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @LifeformBri @sapinker

        “Social service = socialism” is crude fallacy peddled by socialists. Read famous analysis of S (incl Nazi/Fascism): https://mises.org/sites/default/files/Socialism%20An%20Economic%20and%20Sociological%20Analysis_3.pdf …

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      8. Brian Hodgert‏ @LifeformBri 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @A_VanderElst @sapinker

        How long do you think it would take the average person to digest a (roughly) 600 page book?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Anthony Vander Elst‏ @A_VanderElst 22 Oct 2017
        Replying to @LifeformBri @sapinker

        Brilliant reply! Let’s never read an informative book “because it takes too long”! And they give you a vote... Sheesh!

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