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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Of course intellectuals love dictators. Peter Saunders, "Why Capitalism Is Good for the Soul":pic.twitter.com/pdg6cOjDjc
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What does it matter? Zizek is just a narcissistic provocateur
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"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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They may love them, but without question this type of person among the very first Lenin would have had shot.
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Is there anybody, at least among philosophers, who takes Zizek serious? I know of no colleague who does.
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That's a classic - Thomas Sowell described it best, from what I've read. Intellectuals love sweeping revolution.
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Even when he says stupid shit, Zizek still manages to say interesting things. He's a must read.
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“Get you Che t-shirt! Oppose capitalism by posting about Che on your iPhone. Stick it to the Man!”
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Zizek is the Borat of academia.
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No real philosophers pay any attention to Zizek or consider him worth reading.
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I loved Chomsky's destruction of Zizek's nonsense years ago.
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I just want to know which socialist policy is good and which is bad. Always equating socialism with mass murder doesnt seem fair.
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Socialism developed from Platonism elevating collective above individual who is punished for dissent. Aristotle countered, hence liberalism.
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Are you saying it can be one or the other but not both? Is all socialism bad?
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All forms of platonist socialism are damaging as they are based on illusory metaphysics. Classical liberalism works with the grain of nature
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How is platonic socialism different than commonly understood socialism like social services.
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“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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How long do you think it would take the average person to digest a (roughly) 600 page book?
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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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