Slavoj Zizek — The Difference between Communism and Fascism

[iwouldprefernotto]

If you want to get Zizek's 'I WOULD PREFER NOT TO' t-shirt you can do so here:

[nicolasdelatorre]

Zizek always gets me wondering how can you simultaneously have no charisma at all and still be so charismatic.

[daebak]

Stalin adopted the habit of joining the applause in order to control it. When he was introduced, Stalin got frenzied applause which lasted for minutes, and was constantly renewed by someone shouting "Long Live the Great Stalin" or some other slogan, which caused everyone to keep applauding, and applauding. The Soviet press characterized this as "stormy, prolonged applause.".

Stalin found this kind of thing annoying. He would make gestures indicating "That's enough already!:, or "Stop it!" but someone would yell another tribute and the "stormy prolonged applause" started again. Of course, it was not advisable to be the first one to stop applauding...

Finally the applause died down and Stalin made his speech and left the podium, returning to sit as one of the Politburo members behind and above the podium.

[aguspuig]

audience: *claps*

slavoj: *claps*

so i want to begin with a joke, as you have seen i have joined the aplause, thats because i hate totalitarianism

[thecasualfront]

Love him or hate him you can’t say he isn’t interesting.

[aworldtowin]

There are three types of comments:
- Ones related to his sniffing
- Ones related to his appearance
- Ones arguing about politics

[dayc]

So many comments about his appearance like it matters at all

[anonymousmisnomer]

Someone get Hegelian Mark Hamill some allergy medicine

[VinayMenon]

Title: Difference between Communism and Fascism.

Video: Difference between Stalinism and Fascism.

Comments: Haha funny man go sniff sniff!

[----xobm]

Man I love Zizek, and so on and so on...

[theohuioiesin]

I watched him interact with people tonite at a book signing. The man is as funny and lovely to the individual as he is to the crowd. I love listening to and I love beholding him in action.

[tdns]

What I gathered from this is that under a totalitarian state that has adopted a communist ideology, there is a complex facade that needs to be maintained, and there isn’t an equivalent for this in fascism. Fascism is more direct and in a way honest about its goals and the hierarchy that exists. Stalinist leaders had to put on a show and pretend like they weren’t above everyone else.

[redplanet]

This comment section is a goldmine of the edgy hot takes of people who think that they're geniuses for denouncing Nazis while simultaneously using Nazi propaganda to denounce the Soviet Union.

[grmpEqweer]

Sylvester the cat as a philosophy professor.

[dipanshmandaar]

The title of the video should've been stalinism vs Fascism, zizek would be disappointed if you think communism and stalinism are same😂

[oomenacka]

The title should probably be, "The Difference Between Stalinism and Nazism".

[Gufberg]

Seeing him clap at himself in the beginning (or rather to join in the applause of the common cause) was great. There is something charming about this 'narcissism for the cause' or what you might call it. If i'm ever in a similar situation i'd now be hard pressed not to clap myself lol.

[BalinChainly]

I like the way he say fascist, it makes me feel comfortable.

[arealhuman]

Tired of dumb people making fun of his tics instead of listening to his words and talking about those. Reminds me of an old saying, "When you point at the stars, the idiot stares at your finger"

[stephendevincenzi]

Thanks zizek. Cant wait to pull out that fine anecdote at the office christmas party.