Slavoj Zizek — My Problem with Populism

[iwouldprefernotto]

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

[novkorova]

He said that Bernie Sanders is quite far from being a populist, yet he is in the thumbnail.

[mattalley]

So he is saying that populism is inherently adversarial? That there is always a "them" that "we" the good guys must oppose? Sounds about right. I would also point out that populism is so tribal and those outside our group are so distrusted that any criticism, even of the plainly constructive variety, is dismissed offhand. "We" are good and rational and "they" are always irrational and evil so anything that doesnt completely toe our line *must* be false. Thus, there is an inherent rejection of nuance within populism (left and right) that I find disturbing. I cant tell you how often I have offered constructive criticism and/or tried to offer a nuanced argument to, say, fellow liberals (left-leaning independent here) only to be accused of being a Republican or alt-right or fascist.

[ThePangeaArchivesInstitute]

I want a debate between Slavoj Zizek and Aleksandr Dugin.

[Yefen]

new game: one shot of vodka everytime Zizek touches his nose.

[NS-pjdr]

You put Bernie and Trump together in the thumbnail as if they are both populists, but Zizek explicitly states in the video he does not consider Bernie a populist. Trump obviously is a populist. Why did you decide to include them both? I find that quite misleading.

[Helhest]

What’s your opinion on James Connolly?

Many regards

[dilbogabbins]

Is this where Chris Chan got his polo shirt from? ;)

[somatichsa]

where are these clips from i wanna see the whole thing

[mpterencesamuel]

Probably, Zizek is wrong about Left Populism if we go by what Chantal Mouffe has to say. It's about the coalition built on transverse mode of multiple marginalities, based on the principle of social justice, and not about constructing a personified enemy.

[ulisirius]

Part A) Populism means taking care for the people. We need national sovereignty. It is based on peoples sovereignty. Based on a cultural and ethnical tradition.
Communism we don' t need. We need national sovereignty, nation state who controls the transnationals or crash them.
Precondition for communism part 4 and 7 in Part B):

[anthonyallen]

So all yr saying is that . . . I take cocaine & I think & speak better?

[ninjagodeeds]

what the hell is wrong with this dude lol, what is wrong with his nose

[ewan]

Why does he keep touching he noise and fidgeting? Some tie his hands down😠😠😠

[mpterencesamuel]

Probably, Zizek is wrong about Left Populism if we go by what Chantal Mouffe has to say. It's about the coalition built on transverse mode of multiple marginalities, based on the principle of social justice, and not about constructing a personified enemy.