He may or may not be spitting facts, but he is undoubtedly spitting.
@michellegoins32
3 жыл бұрын
10/10
@user-ep8xo1od9o
3 жыл бұрын
Best comment
@sykocode8530
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah this joke has got pretty repetitive at this point...
@drmodestoesq
3 жыл бұрын
@@sykocode8530 So has the spitting.
@drez8888
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@gradualdecay
4 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, my favourite Shakespeare quote: "What's in that name, am I that name, and so on and so on."
@toobalkain
4 жыл бұрын
you probably shouldn't misquote the guy, this being your favorite Shakespeare quote,
@fatcontroller7931
4 жыл бұрын
Jason Unruhe, Dankey Kang, Jesse Grant and the Pink Triangle kzitem.info/news/bejne/lI-atmh-hpteinY
@Letmegetthatforyou
4 жыл бұрын
Mine is "Now… something, something, something"
@buildings_and_food
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a live retelling of Shakespeare as recalled off-hand by by Zizek
@theonoi2908
4 жыл бұрын
@@Letmegetthatforyou hahaha
@mattd2371
3 жыл бұрын
When you spend decades making unique contributions to psychoanalysis and philosophy and all anyone can focus on is your facial ticks.
@mobspeak
3 жыл бұрын
"unique contributions" sure buddy..
@parkerlong2658
3 жыл бұрын
@@mobspeak the Peterson debate was enough for him to earn that.
@Ryan-Petre
3 жыл бұрын
People keep making comments on his nose touching because it's gross and funny. And it's never not going to be gross and funny. I love hearing this man speak and have listened to him for hours, but I still pick up on it and it's distracting. I'm willing to ignore it because of the quality of his words, but it's annoying. And don't try to pretend it's not annoying because then you're just lying to yourself.
@glowingdawn9179
3 жыл бұрын
@@mobspeak this video is a perfect example of his unique contributions
@Ryan-Petre
3 жыл бұрын
@@thebeatcreeper Zizek is a """"""leftist"""""" as well yet he can and will shit talk mercilessly (in a loving way). Grow up bro.
@zachschubert6423
Жыл бұрын
Zizek referring to Tim Cook as “the other apple guy” is so unbelievably relatable.
@TheNotthediver
Жыл бұрын
It's good but not as good as Tim Apple
@onesyphorus
5 ай бұрын
LMFAO
@SantiagoGonzalez-qc2ns
3 жыл бұрын
The problem with Zizek is that when he's finally reaching the point, he tells a joke, turns and then gets into another subject.
@bomber9912
3 жыл бұрын
I kinda like it in a way. It is a comedic relief to pretty hard topics and themes, but he will not think them to the end, which forces you to think further. He has written books and articles about all of it, where he elaborates all of his ideas, but a speach or presentation in this intellectual topic should be exactly like this.
@danarsarkawt2694
3 жыл бұрын
bomber9912 well I disagree, he should elaborate them more so we can understand what he's saying without any reinforcements. Imagine if teachers didn't explain things well and then saying don't worry it's in the book.
@ivangallardo5301
3 жыл бұрын
"The problem"
@NRSKristensen
3 жыл бұрын
@@bomber9912 i like to cook a good diner and right before eat it. I throw it all in the trash...
@romainroch1686
3 жыл бұрын
bro we just know that when there’s a video entitled a certain subject done by Zizek it’s gonna be 80% other points
@pernauldthevisch5907
3 жыл бұрын
Seems people in this comment section have never heard of neurological tics before...
@mrbrown1159
3 жыл бұрын
Cocaine or tics?
@thephantomoftheparadise5666
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard of it but have never witnessed it.
@erob9446
3 жыл бұрын
sweet anita
@HandleMyBallsYouTube
3 жыл бұрын
No we've heard of them, I have them but it's still funny.
@jojojo88ptcena85
3 жыл бұрын
@@mrbrown1159 found someone who never heard of a neurological tic
@yasin1amir
3 жыл бұрын
90% of people who watch Zizek just make the same unfunny joke about him touching his nose
@timolsen3494
3 жыл бұрын
It’s better to point out he’s just a gross person in general.
@asklouie
3 жыл бұрын
I made the funny joke about him wearing the Freddy Krueger shirt. Imagine if he had the glove too. OUCH!!!!
@b0leg23
3 жыл бұрын
@@timolsen3494 stfu
@thePyiott
3 жыл бұрын
*sniff*
@kurrukk878
3 жыл бұрын
The jokes may be unfunny but his behaviour is fucking hilarious.
@Rummelb0xer
3 жыл бұрын
The most annoying thing about Zizek is that mainstream reception reduces him to his ticks.
@mauriciokrebs2913
3 жыл бұрын
people see what they can understand
@mxrijx
3 жыл бұрын
Not just him, Eastern Europeans in general and I fucking hate it
@spracketskooch
3 жыл бұрын
His voice makes my eyes water uncontrollably. I don't know why, it's weird, and I don't like it. It got so bad it was like I was weeping, streams of tears running down my face. I had to stop listening, which is unfortunate because I would have liked to hear what he had to say.
@rangetpc
3 жыл бұрын
He should make a tictoc 😉 Oh wait, he's already there :)
@joe78man
3 жыл бұрын
It takes time to filter that. As mamals we are wired to repel and reject signs of sickness, and his ticks, to our unconsciousness, which does not care about medicine books or psychology literature, his ticks indicate he's sick or has some problem. The further he is, the less chance we got to catch whatever he has. Unconsciousness, something Marx didn't seem to know about, our behavior is driven by our instincts, feelings and genes, with some luck we can put some reazon into some of our actions. Capítalism is nothing but an observation of how we work and tells you the optimus way to maximize profit and growth in the material world, but it doesn't say you have to exploit your employees. Actually, today it is well known that less hours of work and happier employees contribute more, which ultimately increase profit. A bad practice of capitalism is not of capitalism. Socialism, on the other hand, simply doesn't work, it's based on untrue facts such as human behavior
@johnnystander3142
3 жыл бұрын
''The problem with Marx is that precisely where he was right, he was right to such an extent, he couldn't even imagine how right he is'' -Slavoj Zizek
@mobspeak
3 жыл бұрын
The problem with Zizek is he is fucked in the head. - Me.
@bazkervillerouge750
3 жыл бұрын
@@mobspeak 3 edgy 5 you m9
@mobspeak
3 жыл бұрын
@@bazkervillerouge750 His retarded followers speak worse gibberish than he does, it's not a surprise.
@bazkervillerouge750
3 жыл бұрын
@@mobspeak Riveting.
@mobspeak
3 жыл бұрын
@igor šajinović And the fact that you follow people like this tells me that you belong in a mental institution.
@CLaw-tb5gg
Жыл бұрын
With respect to Zizek, a much pithier way of putting it was in the form of a joke I saw once: Socialist: "Eight men own as much wealth as half the population of Earth." Liberal: "I agree, that is disgusting! Four of them should be black women!" Clearly, racism and sexism (and transphobia, and any number of different things) are bad things, and we should fight against them. But speaking out against them is fundamentally not threatening for the structures of power, in the way that speaking out against class inequality and worker exploitation would be. Sticking up a few Pride flags in the office costs a company pennies; restructing the entire company and society so that workers are no longer exploited is catastrophic for the owner class. So we are presented with the illusion of companies caring about inequality in all the ways that are non-threatening to them.
@noor5x9
Жыл бұрын
I disagree. I think that is to fail to understand how patriarchal and colonial structures actually reinforce capitalism. When you complain at work about long hours, and you are called a "sissy" or something like this, that is the power of patriarchal norms stifling dissent against capitalism. If people - and men especially - were to suddenly be able to express their feelings and needs openly, I believe we would have a socialist revolution before the end of the month. The masculine ban on communicating about your feelings means that workers cannot know what others are struggling with, meaning that they cannot see that they are all struggling in the same way, meaning that they can't reach class consciousness. Of course the progressive liberal appropriation that goes something like the quote you have given is horrible, but I don't think we should dismiss the movements on the left that are challenging these structures of power.
@allweknowisfalling7322
Жыл бұрын
@@noor5x9 If your reasoning as to why a socialist revolution doesn't (and can't) happen is correct, then how do you explain previous socialist revolutions all over the world, dating back to the 18th century? In environments and societies where masculinity and patriarchy were far more pronounced, in fact not even challenged in the slightest? Not to mention that 'feelings' seem to be secondary concerns when you're struggling to meet your basic needs as a result of exploitation and inexcusably low wages.
@noor5x9
Жыл бұрын
@@allweknowisfalling7322 That's a fair point about earlier revolutions, and I'd love to learn how people were able to find connection with each other and build a movement in that patriarchal context. We did see feminism appear also in many other socialists revolutionary movements though. For example, abortion was decriminalised in the early soviet Union, along with homosexuality. That said, we have also seen a re-emergence of strong hierarchical orders after socialist revolutions. I suspect that it is precisely because we change the economic order without challenging the cultural pressupositions that both give rise to such an order and reinforce it
@ickster23
Жыл бұрын
What about a company owned by the workers? Are the workers them working class or owner class?
@michaelqiu9722
Жыл бұрын
There is no actual logical argument for legitimizing transgender.
@-sunrise-parabellum-
4 жыл бұрын
Identity is never revolutionary in general
@sammylong3704
4 жыл бұрын
It depends how you're identified and where you are living when you're being identified.
@kojak8403
4 жыл бұрын
Destroying identities is a way to destroy society, i.e. push forward the creeping revolution through the superstructure
@alicepractice9473
4 жыл бұрын
Making identity the main point of your doctrine is a poor move. Many are probably too narcissistic to admit it or incapable of grasping that identity is inherently anti-emancipatory
@kojak8403
4 жыл бұрын
@@alicepractice9473 - making identity the main point of a doctrine is evil and effective. Identities are vehicles of group interest and if you break their creation process by interferring at an early age - like modern marxism does - you can then easily indoctrinate a malleable mass of pathologized young - as seen all around.
@kojak8403
4 жыл бұрын
@Frederick Röders - who are those?
@vophie
3 жыл бұрын
“Enlightened western Buddhism” “spiritual hedonism” those are great terms for this white influence yoga craze
@zomberkay
3 жыл бұрын
xdddddddddddddddd
@deanmccrorie3461
3 жыл бұрын
Westerners are a disgrace to yoga. They strip away it’s necessary Hinduism and make it secular There is no secular yoga. That’s just called doing uncomfortable poses Lol
@BrObstreperous
3 жыл бұрын
@@deanmccrorie3461 Yoga is lame. Mobility training is more effective.
@deanmccrorie3461
3 жыл бұрын
@@BrObstreperous lololol. I guess but effective at what?
@MrCurbinator
3 жыл бұрын
@@deanmccrorie3461 wait so I cant practice this stuff thats been immeasurably helpful because I don’t practice hinduism? Tf?
@TRENKROM
2 жыл бұрын
As a trans person its a little silly that this point even needs to made - of course my transition is not revolutionary, its an individual action with little impact on other people and done for only my own sake. Thus, it becomes a consumer group for markets to target, despite mine or anyone elses chagrin. Zizek is correct as usual. I hope as few as my trans brothers and sisters as possible fall under the pretention it is revolutionary.
@courceta
2 жыл бұрын
based
@killdracula526
2 жыл бұрын
worded very eloquently!
@dqnigator
2 жыл бұрын
@@killdracula526 But still shit!
@gonootropics2.065
Жыл бұрын
The problem isn't transgenderism, it's the total infiltration of transgenderism into the mainstream and the militant approach the movement has taken to get everyone to recognize a lifestyle choice that objectively only a small percentage of the population engages in
@SuperFranzs
Жыл бұрын
Would you be the trans brother or sister then?
@BarackObamaJedi
4 жыл бұрын
"Schniff" - Slavoj Zizek
@agustinortega5688
4 жыл бұрын
Underrated
@onesyphorus
3 жыл бұрын
snorted a booger at this 😂
@Zergall
3 жыл бұрын
Šniff
@redegyptiancopt
3 жыл бұрын
yo the man has nervous tics, don't be mean
@IlGrandeMagazzi
3 жыл бұрын
and so on and so on
@makekikkeli2699
3 жыл бұрын
I find it insulting that the comments are mainly about his appearances, and not about the subject itself.
@user-dz8pg5sw6s
3 жыл бұрын
Who cares?
@GordonSeal
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-dz8pg5sw6s Not the likes of you, who can't grasp what he is talking about, obviously.
@DaDaDo661
3 жыл бұрын
You're dealing with the majority of the population that's low IQ but has access to the internet
@robergarcia11
3 жыл бұрын
And you made it worse pointing it out so shut up
@boxnow8774
3 жыл бұрын
@@robergarcia11 He didn’t make it worse. It is insulting.
@KoiandDragon
3 жыл бұрын
Final Boss of Google's caption machine learning.
@tortugatech
3 жыл бұрын
It works perfectly for me
@aragustin
3 жыл бұрын
JAJAJAJAA
@LiliS319
3 жыл бұрын
It do work. Except when it comes to questioning "pressure positions"
@tortugatech
3 жыл бұрын
@@LiliS319 Lol
@hassanabdaladl
3 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahaha omg this comment wins the comment section
@jungiantrip
4 жыл бұрын
I always get the sense that Zizek understands more than he can convey. And he conveys quite a bit.
@hayleyberry3437
Жыл бұрын
is like a sidewalk stone he conveys... or a potato
@tnatstrat7495
Жыл бұрын
@@hayleyberry3437 The man writes so many books but KZitem people don't read so this is all they get.
@onisuryaman408
Жыл бұрын
The speed of his mind exceeds the speed of his speech
@nondescripthandle212
Жыл бұрын
@@onisuryaman408that's exactly how ADHD feels
@baintreachas
Жыл бұрын
not his mother language
@mechasartre3694
3 жыл бұрын
The picture you've chosen seems deliberately curated in order to make additional implications to what Zizek claims. C'mon man.
@DisemboweII
3 жыл бұрын
Got to pull in people somehow.
@sup3rghandi
3 жыл бұрын
It’s to get the clicks, because capitalism hahaha
@adammchugh5456
3 жыл бұрын
the right wing hate machine can spin a dove into hitler if it means someone gets paid.
@lomouche
3 жыл бұрын
@@adammchugh5456 Right wing?
@adammchugh5456
3 жыл бұрын
@@lomouche Not me, mate. And....?
@philoz08
4 жыл бұрын
In the Age of COVID, how the f*ck do you keep Zizek from touching his face 2000000 times per min?
@annieinwonderland
4 жыл бұрын
We simply get him to do what we are all being asked to do, wash hands, or sanitiser and good personal hygiene. I think that he does all that.
@philoz08
4 жыл бұрын
@spiro futue te ipsum. If you're not braindead, you should know what it means.
@rodingrajo998
4 жыл бұрын
cover his hands in chili powder
@2ndCthulhu
4 жыл бұрын
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
@benjapizarro981
4 жыл бұрын
@@philoz08 you murdered him
@hyghorpaesl.azevedo9089
4 жыл бұрын
00:00 We live in a society
@TeaParty1776
4 жыл бұрын
Society is in reality.
@TeaParty1776
4 жыл бұрын
@E A Youre rationalizing the hatred of independent judgment and the fear of social disapproval. Consciousness is derivative, merely the consciousness OF reality. Look out at reality, not inward. Focus your mind. Its mans basic method of survival.
@Nina-cd2eh
4 жыл бұрын
We live in an economy. -The Marxer
@mjolninja9358
3 жыл бұрын
@@Nina-cd2eh marxer..
@11123fsd
3 жыл бұрын
We live in crazee taims
@sophiew.1499
3 жыл бұрын
I think I dislike the framing (the title) in this video more than I dislike or disagree with Zizek. He doesn‘t say a lot about trans identities anyway. That identities get incorporated into the capitalist framework is nothing new (rainbow capitalism) and this is a legit criticism by Zizek and by many other LGBTQ+ activists. There can‘t be real liberation without economic liberation and a lot of minorities have this topic as a major cause for their fight. Trans people especially suffer under the consequences of capitalism where access to healthcare and unemployment are one of the worst things that trans people are affected by. Many trans people are socialists, many trans intellectuals are socialists but of course not everybody is a socialist or even understands this. The identity in itself is not revolutionary (although breaking the binary is in itself a gender revolution but not a marxian one).
@sophiew.1499
3 жыл бұрын
I have to add that people who focus on his ticks annoy me too. It‘s just part of his person and shouldn’t really distract you from what he says although he is hard to follow sometimes and jumps a lot in his thoughts but that‘s just his style of presentation.
@ozge8262
2 жыл бұрын
you put it into great terms!! thank you!!
@SirCommoner
2 жыл бұрын
Well said! The difficulties that trans people face within capitalism, much like racism, can be understood as a product of the system, and as such, can shine more light on the severe shortcomings of the system. Black and LGBT movements sometimes walk hand in hand in Western countries because they are so marginalized, and I have seen groups of these movements that have become armed revolutionaries. Patriarchal relations are generally very beneficial to traditional capitalism, and to this day are responsible for a lot of oppression, so even in a neoliberal utopia I don't think these oppressions will vanish just because capitalism sees identity as a market of sorts. But idk, this is a confusing topic because theorizing endlessly tends to be more confusing than observing what really happens
@ScoobyBoteco-nl8qq
Жыл бұрын
“Liberation” is an Utopia. We may get less cohertion compared to past - that’s all. People can’t stand life in its total nihilistic meaningless way. Myths are always needed (being Revolutions, Liberations, Hollywood, etc)
@radimirthered2343
4 жыл бұрын
I'm trans and I think the identity politics-bread cancel culture in our community has gotten out of hand. But I mostly want to know where he gets his amphetamine.
@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207
4 жыл бұрын
I think the so called "left" is just a sibsitute for real, socialist leftists. They make up problems that don't exist and if a problem really does exist, it's even worse, because it cannot be addressed because terms like "racist", "homophobe", "transphobe", "imperialist" etc have been used so inflationary that noone takes real discrimination serious. And that's why Bezos, Gates, Cook etc fully support it, they want people to keep the masses confused so that we don't mind that they're controlling us. Divide et impera. Century old concept, works all the time. That's also why Gates and Buffet support social democracy, they absolutely like to pay a little bit more taxes if it means that the whole system can go on without uprisings. All they do is control us, and all this political correctnes cancel culture thing is just a cheap trick to establish a "new left" which is rather center-left because it ultimately supports the status quo, but claims that it doesn't. Just like what we call the "right" is in favor of traditional values and religion and focuses on national issues but at the end of the day they all support a globalized, unregulated market system in which the big banks and big businesses are free to treat the globe however they please. I mean, I'm bisexual myself and I do support the full emancipation of people with whatever sexuality, but I don't think it's in any way relevant for politics. The schools and restaurants and enterprises have to decide how many bath rooms they want, and you will never turn any intolerant person into a tolerant one by insulting them or forcing them, all we can do is do business as usual and show people that life goes on. The US needs to have a serious discussion about global warming, poverty, violence etc. You guys got a huge legal opioid problem and the US has the most imprisoned per capita in the world.
@aberfork6031
4 жыл бұрын
spiritual eco-syndicalist hero of the working class you bring up some interesting points but I don’t think I agree when you say identity has no place in politics. Like the civil rights movement and feminism were inarguably political, and also focused on identity. I agree completely that America desperately needs a real politically relevant socialist movement, and that corporations and the liberal state will try to, as Malcolm X said, give gestures to emancipation of marginalized groups to try to distract from real progress. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t also push for anti-discrimination laws and cultural acceptance. Basically we need economic leftism and social progressivism.
@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207
4 жыл бұрын
@@aberfork6031 Absolutely agree. My point was that one's sexuality (just like one's religion, nationality etc) is a very personal thing and that we must not have a debate about what counts as sexuality, what's normal and what's not, how we should treat them etc. That's completely irrelevant. What we must do is realize that all of this doesn't matter once we accept that people are different not because they're made that way but because they are that way. I don't need people telling me how proud I am for coming out, and I don't want people hating me for that. Vice versa, I don't think women who like to stay at home, do the housework, raise the children etc instead of working are outdated and old-fashioned. If that's what they like, then let them. I don't think it's progressive when women choose to go to work and have a career instead. It's just what they prefer to do. It's the other way around, in the past women have been raised to be housewives, that's not progressive. In that sense, an individual cannot be progressive. But the way the individual is treated, that's progressivism for me. And of course it all comes back to individual behavior, since society is nothing but a collective of individuals. For me, a single individual cannot be truly progressive, and that's non-political for me. We shouldn't walk up to someone and tell him how to behave.
@marshmelows
4 жыл бұрын
@@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207 Well spoken!
@VividFilmProductions
4 жыл бұрын
@@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207 regardless socialism doesn’t work it doesn’t matter if you are against the modern left you’re still a socialist. It’s stupid.
@jackkraken3888
4 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch this guys videos I think I know what's going on but by the end I have no clue what he's about.
@thescottishmob
3 жыл бұрын
Right there with you man... 🤷🏼♂️
@santosturmio8189
3 жыл бұрын
My condolences 🌸 How do I put this in a nice way? Maybe it's just not for you
@kreuner11
Жыл бұрын
I understand you just gotta also understand Marx
@JarthenGreenmeadow
3 жыл бұрын
He has a good point here. He just goes about stating it poorly. Late stage capitalism is inherently fluid and subjective. Which is to say transgenderism fits perfectly within the system instead of being a revolutionary aspect. Transgenderism being almost wholly subjective and fluid is about as revolutionary to the system as fixed interest loans...
@DarkAngelEU
3 жыл бұрын
Same. This will probably get alot of backlash, but I believe not all transgenders are in fact transgender. In Thailand, alot of men have sex surgery so they can prostitute themselves as women, because there are no other jobs on the market. In Europe, there have already been cases of children who had sex change surgery and regret it, so now they are working on an underage sex change ban. We must admit that transgender identity is a real thing, but we also have to admit that people might use the tolerance towards transgender identity to escape their own reality and simply exploit their bodies for a better economic position or, like superheroes, they saw something on television and want to live out their fantasies.
@darkcoeficient
3 жыл бұрын
Warms my heart to see level-headed people on my opposite end of the aisle.
@rockpunk52
3 жыл бұрын
obvious example being that large corporations and fortune 500 promoting the transgender narrative
@alexgear959
3 жыл бұрын
Transgenderism is more active in highly capitalistic societies so he may be onto something.
@darkcoeficient
3 жыл бұрын
@@rockpunk52 I see it this way: 1-bread and circuses, helps as a distraction having people fighting over it 2-helps rich and powerful wrap themselves in a shroud of fake virtue, fucking over real people with legitimate grievances
@beatrizkarwai6763
3 жыл бұрын
i was a it aprehensive because of the title of the video, but in the end i completely agree with zizek. i'm trans, and there are some people that put's 'transgenderism' as part of the 'transhumanist' ideology. some people think transgender people will bring the end of gender, and that's ridiculous. what happens is that gender roles and expectations modify and adapt according to the changing in social values. and the transgender umbrella includes so many different groups of people that it becomes hard to pinpoint which ones are the revolutionaries. i don't think we are. having surgery to change your body to make yourself more comfortable with your body isn't revolutionary, people have done it for a long time. men wearing skirts may appear to confront gender stereotypes, but the concepts of gender are evolving parallel to that, so in some years, the gender categories will just be a bit different than they're now, but they probably won't disappear or anything. transgender people adapt themselves to society, but there are many ways this can be done, but the power structures will probably continue to exist, they'll just hide themselves in a different manner.
@unCivilizedInfanta
2 жыл бұрын
You're right. We should abolish gender, but trans identities just enforce it. Nothing revolutionary there.
@ghoulswinnfield4692
2 жыл бұрын
@@unCivilizedInfanta "Abolish gender" or abolish the structures in society which cause gender to matter more than it should (which is nil)? We can't just wish away gender. That in and of itself isn't revolutionary at all but rather idealism in its most basic form. Working towards class [and gender] equality will effectively dissolve all ideas of gender and its perceived roles and place in society -- rendering them meaningless beyond reproduction. As it should be. Edit: This will cause a paradigm shift, not back to the status quo, but rather towards a place where a man or woman can be comfortable as man or woman without any preconceived notions about what it means to be one. Thus, no need for a gender spectrum.
@ghoulswinnfield4692
2 жыл бұрын
This obviously does not deal with transgenderism (man to woman and vice versa) because to me that is still binary. My comment deals with the debate around gender as a whole, and the massive gray area in the middle that seems to be the bulk of the pseudo-revolution.
@beatrizkarwai6763
2 жыл бұрын
@@ghoulswinnfield4692 humm, some people who transition, or partially transition, still may feel conflicted emotions about their gender, so they may feel that they belong somewhere in the middle, instead of falling in the binary. i respect that, i just let it be. but yeah, binary transgender people are somewhat easier to understand
@ghoulswinnfield4692
2 жыл бұрын
@@beatrizkarwai6763 I guess my main point is that I agree that gender, and all of the ideas and debates surrounding it, as an overemphasized thing, should be done away with, but I vary in my conclusion on how. We can decide that gender doesn't exist in a metaphysical way and impose that idea on society, or we can actually create a world where its existence is irrelevant. The former being idealist and the latter obviously being materialist. I understand people have more immediate needs and mine is a long-game strategy. As far as societal impact, I just believe that the issue of gender as a concept is most often a matter of the inherent perceptions, prejudices and the discrimination and oppression that comes with it (man vs woman historically for example) and less about outward expression of the inner self. I don't personally care about how people express themselves, that's a part of the organic evolution of culture etc, I'm more concerned with the impact that expression has on the individual and society as a whole. This particulat debate creates a new contradiction in itself between trans women and cis women which is very much worth discussion.. and I'm not sure people are ready for it on either side. My wife being one of them. Btw, I have two teens, one of which is trans and the other leans nonbinary. And I'm still learning a lot about it; what I want to find is a principled Marxist analysis on the matter that enhances the strategy. Not at all easy
@Lemwell7
4 жыл бұрын
Ima be honest I enjoyed that but I couldn’t tell you his main point at all
@turtlegaming8458
4 жыл бұрын
Lemwell7 My main point is this one. *sniffs philosophically*
@ildesu789
4 жыл бұрын
The point is we should support trans people and defend them, but their struggle is not revolutionary in the Marxist meaning of revolution.
@LeonWagg
4 жыл бұрын
His point is pretty straightforward. We should fully support transgender people, but there's nothing revolutionary about it, which means that it doesn't threaten the existing global capitalism.
@NO-LIVAS
4 жыл бұрын
Hey man welcome to zizek!
@jaroslavzalesak1447
4 жыл бұрын
The fluidity of ideas and stances is in the postmodern age of late capitalism at its peak, so it shouldn’t surprise you that even so solid natural things as gender or environment are not given anymore, according to Zizek’s reading of the Marx’s critique of capitalism. Clear?
@Lucitaur
3 жыл бұрын
Kinda creeps me out that my father has the exact same shirt and I've NEVER seen it on anyone else but on him.
@aymericst-louis-gabriel8314
3 жыл бұрын
Have you ever seen your Dad and Zizek in the same room ?
The capitalistic development of our society is so fast nowadays that you can't even stop to blow your nose.
@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP
3 жыл бұрын
or touch it for that matter
@gabea3107
3 жыл бұрын
The nose is no longer solid it’s liquid
@eekyoucarlos
3 жыл бұрын
its difficult to be distracted by his ticks because what he says actually makes my brain think
@santosturmio8189
3 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@janeweightman9863
3 жыл бұрын
Why does transness have to be revolutionary? it's not about that. Ofc it's not inherently revolutionary it's about addressing gender dysphoria it's not a political statement.
@celinec3467
3 жыл бұрын
missing the point!!!!
@Meladjusted
3 жыл бұрын
Uh...
@vahyalakwaga5428
3 жыл бұрын
"Forms of hysteria are almost always specified". This isn't a trivial observation by Zizek because he's basically saying that every epoch has its prevailing taboos/aspirations. He captures that with his example of how marital infidelity used to be perceived (at least half a century ago) and how its now literally the reverse. I find that interesting because it may tie into the "peaks and troughs" theory of group ethos. There will be some centuries that lean heavily towards conservatism and others to liberalism. Maybe that's the greater message. I may be wrong though.
@peoplearedting-et1wz
Жыл бұрын
It's fascinating how in universities in Europe there's many mamy graffities about end the cistem, kill cis scum... I can't imagine MOST of the people doing graffiti doing it about this. They gotta be paid
@JoshuaDb_The_Witness
4 жыл бұрын
The titel is a bit click baity
@scipioafricanus3324
3 жыл бұрын
Reading these comments about his idiosyncratic behavior is disappointing. This focus on what he does physically and with his sniffing that is abnormal of course is a symptom of a materialistic culture where individuals have their value measured on how normal their appearance and mannerisms are rather than on the content of their ideas.
@curtisyue182
Жыл бұрын
You're on youtube, you really shouldnt be expecting a bunch of philosophy students in the comments
@420oclocktea
Жыл бұрын
yea
@juliahello6673
2 ай бұрын
All cultures shunned people who were physically unusual, if they weren’t outright killed at birth. It has nothing to do with materialism. It’s a human trait. (More than human - even animals do this)
@jonatanwestholm
3 жыл бұрын
Zizek speaks the same way, whether he is addressing a single person or a full room.
@slimjimbaby
4 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine this guy just doing lines and reading history books
@FreakTechnics
4 жыл бұрын
Continental philosophy books*
@twanfan1058
4 жыл бұрын
I am watched it right now for 10 minutes and 3 seconds straight.
@honeytlbadger4365
3 жыл бұрын
hahahaha I'd fucking pay for that.
@alexhurt7919
3 жыл бұрын
What do you think gave him the runny nose and post nasal drip? He's clearly done a fuck ton of drugs up the nose.
@slimjimbaby
3 жыл бұрын
@@FreakTechnics u right my b
@DanScram946
Жыл бұрын
Zizek is a great thinker, but to speak on behalf of myself and my friends; I don't think most LGBTQ people want their gender or sexual identities to be politicized or viewed as a radical statement- they simply want to exist. The emergence of more people in the west openly identifying as such, is the result of lots of of contributing factors- a big one of course being social media and online communities; we have more resources than ever to understand ourselves and seek validation and support from others. So yes economic growth has facilitated the emergence of more active, informed LGBTQ communities, and allowed the discourse around gender and sexuality to develop. And of course big tech giants want to capitalize off this. But our identities are not inherently political, and regardless of political context, Gender and sexual fluidity has existed for thousands of years (take a look at Ancient Greece, and Native American culture), we are not new or radical, we just have more visibility now.
@poopgun
Жыл бұрын
they do simply exist. they politicize them selves by interacting with this pathetic thing. its fun to participate for these people, they are literally boring people who have spent their entire lives either on the fringe of fitting in or just never being a part of anything whatsoever. this is their chance for attention. not one of them knows what its like to be cool or popular, and this is an avenue for that. literally. the same thing for 45 year old women who are just getting blue hair for the first time, or finding an identity on twitter surrounding some rage filled idea of teenager politics. its a hollow attempt at finding a surrogate personality using contemporary identity politics. its easy to scream and fight for things when you have an army of mainstream news outlets arguing for you. if these people found a skill that wasnt drawing furry cartoons or making childish art they would know what its like to have something to offer society and be rewarded for, and wouldnt feel so desperate to reach out and compromise their dignity for attention. its really not complicated, were seeing this pattern over and over literally millions of times. basically ugly and or boring people just looking for the limelight and pretending like the world is attacking them. its extremely cliche and probably the most cringe thing you can find in this decade
@nkznkz3800
Жыл бұрын
Bullshit. Most "LGB" Folks don't want their sexuality (Not their 'identities, their literal 'sexualities') not to be politicized anymore because those have been politicized, and the majority of things that where to be achieved had been achieved. Discrimination was made illegal, marriage was permitted, equal access to the workforce, and equal access to legislative rights including medical support. the 'TQ+' Fraction of that (which just "Bandwagoned" on the political platform having inherently zero to do with them), are the ones that basically poisoned the entire fucking progress with their retarded ideology and strictly reality-denying, anti-scientific, biology-antagonizing horseshit, by trying to 'normalize' lifestyles that would be largely impossible without severe, violent modification and altering of the human body through absolutely unnecessary, often times life-threatening surgeries and hormonal experimentation that does more harm then it does good. And the consistent presence and uncovering of fucking child molesters amongst their ranks and pedophiles trying to introduce highly pornographical/kink based material into school curriculums and trying to disguise it as 'Sex-Ed' is only the tip of that Iceberg. Or the Presence of "MAP" acceptance advocates in the 'TQ+' fraction. Homosexual, Bisexuality, Lesbianism can all be considered natural. Nature has enough of examples of it occuring, and we've had enough of historical precedents proving that people 'did' lead those lifestyles in one way or another. the 'TQ+' Nonsense is absolutely invented out of thin air on shoddy pseudo-science from liberal arts degrees, rooted in sociology and philosophy far more then any hard science out there.
@DanScram946
Жыл бұрын
Conflating queerness and pedophilia (regardless of era) is a dangerous game, and we see this narrative a lot from far-right christian conservatives (not to suggest that you fit this category). It's very important to acknowledge and address issues of pedophilia and child abuse abuse- both historic and current, but remember to exercise nuance and be aware of potentially damming and accusatory associations. @@markbranham7355
@paulwheeler6609
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. The whole problem is that, instead of prescribing the simple extension of feminine and masculine rather than male and female, we implant sexuality as the root argument. There are both men and women who carry both feminine and masculine traits. THAT is the primary issue. Some carry those tendencies to include sexuality. Those that do are now mired in a conversation that has no purpose and is utterly missing the point. It is the Native American idea of "two spirits." We all carry both.
@Monarchy1425
11 ай бұрын
Finally, a lgbt person talking about this subject using facts and logic without sounding like an edgy teenage girl with autism. Respects for you.
@everydaycliche1529
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best minds of our time and every comment is about his neurological ticks, mankind is doomed...
@thepigeon9869
3 жыл бұрын
YES!!
@nevermind1742
3 жыл бұрын
i mean those are some very noticeable and distracting ticks
@hogarthhughesgaming6756
3 жыл бұрын
when it (along with his horrifically slobbery vocals) makes it extremely difficult to discern what the man is even saying, I'd say the comments are warranted.
@lancecereal3673
4 жыл бұрын
A room full of people and no one hands this man a tissue smh
@drmodestoesq
3 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking hand him the whole box.
@MyrmidonsProductions
3 жыл бұрын
pretty sure he wants whatever is causing him to sniff to stay where it is
@songbird7450
3 жыл бұрын
I feel like his nose is just an absolute hard-right capitalist trying to shut his host down.
@MrAdrienmartinez
4 жыл бұрын
It's been challenging for me to get through one of his concepts because of his animated nature. I decided not to watch him speak but to open a second window and listen to ambient sound design while listening to him speak, this helped isolate his information.
@KismetLizard
3 жыл бұрын
I do the same.
@robertaguilar919
3 жыл бұрын
I figure it’s a philosophical style: Make yourself more difficult to understand in order to get the listener to work towards it
@gregorygoings8726
3 жыл бұрын
You can read his books. They are much better than his extemporaneous talks.
@arcachata4137
3 жыл бұрын
His gestures are definitely distracting. And funny. In a good way. Well funny is always good, right?
@mascotwithadinosaur9353
2 жыл бұрын
@@arcachata4137 I don't find his gestures to be distracting. Just the sound of his nose is louder than his speech.
@Threshroge
4 жыл бұрын
Trying to explain my law degree to policemen after a coke binge
@Sakhil.e
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@iwouldprefernotto49
Жыл бұрын
If you want to get Zizek's 'I WOULD PREFER NOT TO' t-shirt you can do so here: i-would-prefer-not-to.com
@miltongopa
Жыл бұрын
I agree, but I also think that there's nothing remotely revolutionary in Žižek.
@tc8611
11 ай бұрын
The Chris Chan shirt
@justjulia1720
3 жыл бұрын
My dad is Japanese, but given that Idk Japanese, we speak in English. I always thought his way of speaking English was somewhat funny. Here I am listening to someone from a completely different country speaking English in the EXACT. SAME. WAY. I've grown to find this speech pattern (can you call it a speech pattern?) very charming tbh and maybe I prefer it over regular English.
@FM-dm8xj
Жыл бұрын
japanese english is quite different from his english.
@telequacker-9529
4 жыл бұрын
"Do you have Oedipal problems, bla bla." Classic Zieezy
@telequacker-9529
4 жыл бұрын
You Know? MY Gott!
@TheJuissiman
3 жыл бұрын
Zizek suffers from nasal problems, and nervous ticks while lecturing or presenting, and on the other corner we have the high-school comedians here being witty about it who would probably gladly imitate an disabled person if asked
@TaarLps
3 жыл бұрын
When its funny, its funny. Stop being a bitch.
@Coldsteak
3 жыл бұрын
not based and blue pilled
@TheJuissiman
3 жыл бұрын
@@TaarLpsSorry your presidential candidate didn't make it for their second term
@CSUnger
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry yours likes little girls.
@TheJuissiman
3 жыл бұрын
This is why your country is fucked, cause you think automatically two sided politics. Hey good luck for the next 4 years
@maxprofane
11 ай бұрын
Half of the comments are about his tics. The other half of them are about why those comments are disappointing and we should instead talk about the subject matter. They don't talk about it either. And I'm just a stupid guy critisizing the comment section. I mainly agree with him about most of the things he pointed out btw.
@heathen0001
3 жыл бұрын
Zizek is a historical phenomenon, deep respect for his great contributions to philosophy and psychoanalysis as a whole.
@Cyborg_Lenin
2 жыл бұрын
@I'm not getting banned again Mixing dirty jokes with communism
@altazmikael8343
2 жыл бұрын
@I can't swim Unlike us he’s at least trying to do something by talking about serious actual problems of society publicly.
@JoseEchoes378
Жыл бұрын
Isn't psychoanalysis a pseudoscience?
@Ieueseuei
Жыл бұрын
@@JoseEchoes378yes
@jamham888
Жыл бұрын
Historical phenomenon, along with the like of? Please name more historical phenomenons as examples
@twraia
4 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to get Zizek to focus and develop his main points for longer than 3 minutes? He’s always dishing out interesting points (or at least interestingly labelled points), but I rarely get to hear them beyond the initial labels
@aphextemper44
4 жыл бұрын
read his books, they are big and dense :o
@kojak8403
4 жыл бұрын
I have exactly the same observation. He never does, because he's just an ADHD Marxist standup performer. He obviously does rarely have such longer trains of thought - maybe it's drugs or just lack of mental capabilities. He only deals in episodic observations and jokes.
@MrClockw3rk
4 жыл бұрын
Zizek never says anything. It’s not a timescale issue.
@TeaParty1776
4 жыл бұрын
Leonard Peikoff, in _DIM Hypothesis_, says modern culture is conceptually disintegrated as a result of Kantian nihilism.
@kojak8403
4 жыл бұрын
@@TeaParty1776 - it's the effect of Marxist anti-cultural critical theory implemented in academia and top-down since decades
@srga1029
3 жыл бұрын
zizek: touches nose internet: and I took that personally
@darkcoeficient
3 жыл бұрын
Not a fan of Zizec but it pains me to see people make fun of his tics.
@MrAlRats
3 жыл бұрын
Why? Don't you like fun?
@darkcoeficient
3 жыл бұрын
@@MrAlRats fun didn't hurt anyone, but I have seen some comments that are mean spirited or dismissive of what he says simply because of his ticks. That is what pains me. But nothing that a line of coke with the man cannot fix.
@darkcoeficient
3 жыл бұрын
@Good Goy hahahahaha "now that we have discussed all this Hegelian stuff why don't we go powder our noses".
@steelstarfitness6290
4 жыл бұрын
Mirin that Chris Chan outfit
@Johnny.Picklez
4 жыл бұрын
LMAO DIDNT THINK ABOUT IT
@ALovelyLad
3 жыл бұрын
Even more ironic considering the topic he’s discussing
@pinkfloydguy7781
3 жыл бұрын
Chris Chan.... Sam Hyde... Slavoj Zizek.. they all wear the polo
@purpleblah2
3 жыл бұрын
I am *schniff* looking for a *schniff* boyfriend-free girl, and so on and so forth.
@duckaduck3608
2 жыл бұрын
Agree or disagree with him this man is never afraid to speak his mind and listen with his ears. Two things he is extremely competent in using.
@eclecticism1019
4 жыл бұрын
“It is not a joke, unfortunately” 😂
@miminoesta
4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who think his clothes are cute?
@Locke3OOO
3 жыл бұрын
Chris Chan
@SuicidalSummerSnowWoman
3 жыл бұрын
this is his fav shirt
@sravasaksitam
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@savannaha5038
Жыл бұрын
I mean yeah, I'm trans because of dysphoria making my life hell without transitioning! It's not a statement, not a revolution, and it is absolutely not political. It's just for my own wellbeing. The only "political" aspect of it is forced on me because of some parties who put a desire to at best stop me from having that wellbeing or at worst have me dead at the forefront of their politics. If they went away, nothing about me being transgender would be any more political than any other medical issue.
@princeargon6508
Жыл бұрын
So? We all have struggles, what should I do? Cry my eyes out because you function differently? Guess what, so do I, nothing special about that. Those individual push things onto you and you push things onto them - you don't want them, they don't want yours, yet you both keep on doing it.
@savannaha5038
Жыл бұрын
@@princeargon6508 I uh, don't think you understood the point, I was saying it's not revolutionary it's just how I am. Not lookin for pity or whatever you may have thought? And your second paragraph makes no sense whatsoever lol
@dueldab2117
4 жыл бұрын
i keep waiting for him to slap himself.
@fuzzydunlop4513
4 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha
@gregprymicz9947
4 жыл бұрын
Lmfaos!
@ReginaRms
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@haydenggallen
3 жыл бұрын
Hahahahha
@linusfotograf
3 жыл бұрын
lol
@rescuerofdreams
4 жыл бұрын
5:32 people just can't resist the laugh.
@morgan.m3066
3 жыл бұрын
Damn I almost feel bad for laughing
@Lambda_Ovine
2 жыл бұрын
Trans people's existence is not revolutionary, but it's not supposed to be nor do I think we should want it to be. I still don't know if Zizek thinks that so called "transgenderims" (honestly I don't even know exactly what he means by that term) is a product of capitalism... if he thinks that then I disagree with him. I think that the fluidity and subjective experience of gender identities just so happen to fit within capitalism, but is not a product of it, and that's why it's being 'allowed' to be expressed within capitalism but it would exist either way. My worry is that a lot of people here in the comment section seem to have arrived to a fairly transphobic conclusion with this whole "the subjective fluidity of gender identity is not revolutionary" thing. I've seen some people here argue stuff like "transgenderism" as an ideology is making people _believe_ that they can just decide to switch gender but otherwise they wouldn't (basically suggesting that being trans is just make-believe), or that "transgenderism" has negative connotations because is not revolutionary or is pro-capitalist... stuff that Zizek never said. There's just no data to suggest that there's this ideology that makes people just _believe_ that they are the other gender, all evidence points out to something initiated internally, and then expressed by imitating gender as a social construct (that's the subjectivity), but you're not going to become trans by being exposed to trans acceptance in general. So yeah, trans people expression and existence fit withing capitalism and they alone won't bring the end of it... to that I say, whatever.
@Lambda_Ovine
2 жыл бұрын
By the way, before anyone points out supposed evidence of many or some trans people regretting transition, know that studies have shown that most, the overwhelming majority, of detransition cases happen because of lack of access to healthcare needed to transition or because of social stigma for being trans, and we are already talking about a insignificant minority that detransition cases represent in the overall cases of transitioning, almost all trans people do not decide to detransition.
@bbqseitan7106
4 жыл бұрын
Sure It’s actually pretty normal when you think about it Marx isn’t the end all be all for every aspect of reality, BUT I hate when people say things like “progressive politic is Marxism applies to everything “ as of those people know anything of Marx or ever read a line of his books
@TheTrueCoca
4 жыл бұрын
While I agree with him, I still cought a cold listening ...
@wildzwaan
4 жыл бұрын
*coughed
@ghostfjdgcsusvsgsj
4 жыл бұрын
@@wildzwaan caught
@wildzwaan
4 жыл бұрын
@@ghostfjdgcsusvsgsj It was a pun...
@wildzwaan
4 жыл бұрын
@@ghostfjdgcsusvsgsj You didn't catch it.
@slo-poke1044
2 жыл бұрын
Some people are stuck on his facial tics, which are off putting, but seem uncontrollable. Does anyone know where he stands politically or ideologically?
@mrqz3146
3 жыл бұрын
One thing that I can agree with the marxista is that the revolution needs to be made on a class basis. Not on the way that they propose it of course. But I also think that every kind of ways the human can liberate himself from social hierarchies such as political, sexual, or even collective hierarchies should at least be considered as necessary for the revolution.
Zizek forgets that hermaphrodites have always existed in Nature, and the Greeks enshrined the concept in the god Hermaphrodites. There's nothing necessarily "modern late Capitalism" about it.
@thethatthisguy1110
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think that he was saying it’s a product of late capitalism, I think he was just saying there’s nothing threatening to capitalism about it. And in this age of late capitalism we have these kinda of pseudo-revolutionary ideas that don’t really “stick it to the man” if ya know what I mean.
@albertmorris6162
3 жыл бұрын
@@thethatthisguy1110 Thank you for clarifying this point for me. I do see what you mean and I agree, Evan.
@eugeniarodriguez9700
Жыл бұрын
Maybe Marx and Slajov ignores that in many not western cultures, third sex identity has been existed before capitalism
@Drewsel
3 жыл бұрын
Wearing his best Chris-chan shirt, I see.
@frustusCroKi
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@johnrogove
Жыл бұрын
where is the rest of the talk? It cuts off just when it was getting interesting.
@urielnascimento3567
3 жыл бұрын
The quote is act 2 scene 2, aka Balcony scene, Romeo and Juliet. He quoted my favourite Shakespearean line in the exact opposite sense I quote it in part of my thesis as she is asking why (wherefore) is he Romeo not why is she herself Juliet. So it's not a question about her own identity, not even in the lacanian sense, it's more a question of her own love and the possibilities of naming something
@austinchen2986
3 жыл бұрын
There's nothing inherently revolutionary about any political ideology or social identity. How revolutionary an ideology or way of existing is depends completely on the context of it's creation. In the context of the existing Dominant paradigm of Binary Gender, Transgender or Non-binary identities can be radical, so long as the continue to attempt to dismantle the dominant paradigm. In the context of Marxist analysis, no its not necessarily radical, unless it also takes up the mantle of class struggle, which a number of gender fluid people do. But yes the politics of identity do run the risk of (and are currently) being co-opted and commodified; Especially by the existing Capitalist telecommunication industries (Mass Media networks). But also, a Marxism isn't the end all be all of theories of oppression; Racial, Gendered, Ethnic, and Dynastic/State/Imperial oppression has existed for centuries before global capitalism, and they can continue to exist after its inevitable collapse.
@yansideabacoa6257
3 жыл бұрын
exactly! but capitalism has done that with everything, that’s what it’s designed to do. Coopting is in the capitalist nature, it excels in this. Syndicalism, ecology, feminism, gender theory, decolonization, black liberation, even communism itself - all taken, capitalized, commodified and commercialized. That doesn’t automatically remove the revolutionary potential in all of these.
@joe78man
3 жыл бұрын
I find Marx knew very little about human behavior, only his judgement of it, he saw racism but never understood why it exists. At that time humans were perceived as something totally different from animals, out of the animal kingdome, as if we were rational beings with feelings. Today it is proven and concluded that we are driven by feelings and instinct and some times some are smart enough to look back and think about, reazonable, what we did and with some luck, undertand the actual reasons. No wonder he proposed the "new man" as if our mind was only shaped by culture and learning and there wasn't a subconsciousness evolved thousand of years to keep us alive and reproduce, injecting chemicals into our body to make us walk away from things it perceives dangerous or harmful and make us prone to repeat things it perceives as good with endorphines and dopamine
@TheAmbasador99
3 жыл бұрын
why is he wearing the chris chan shirt
@dorusie5
4 жыл бұрын
If I ever meet a gnome, I expect it to look like Zizek but with a pointy hat and smaller.
@blakesatyr4027
4 жыл бұрын
I think my life would be much more enjoyable and fulfilling if I was thoroughly able to embody his absolutely immeasurable level of indifference when it comes to how much he actually cares about how others perceive him and his wonderfully belligerent antics... It's almost comedy, and I say that with respect and admiration. I wish I had the balls to get up and speak my mind while shamelessly choking back ungodly amounts of that gackity gack, drippity drip drool, not giving a damn if they think me a fool.
@westondeloney8306
4 жыл бұрын
I've heard my father say the exact same thing about Donald Trump
@crimsonmask3819
3 жыл бұрын
@@westondeloney8306 You got a chuckle, but really, no. You know Donald Trump takes himself -- particularly his appearance and identity -- very seriously. He is proud of his hair, fingers, speech-patterns, etc. and usually offended at critical comments about them rather than self-deprecating or even apologetic like Zizek.
@2FadeMusic
3 жыл бұрын
@@crimsonmask3819 Agreed, Trump seems the exact opposite. Deeply, deeply insecure.
@BibleStorm
3 жыл бұрын
@@westondeloney8306 Haha don't let trump hear about what your dad said, he would implode
@Violet-jk1rr
8 ай бұрын
LMAo
@rosecoloredglass1917
6 ай бұрын
my transness means that the status quo wants me dead, to be trans in an anti-trans is revolutionary
@studio1988.
5 ай бұрын
Stupid logic from stupid liberals thinking they are marxists
@gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw
4 ай бұрын
@@studio1988. If you think that you are so intellectually superior to someone, then it's better to prove that through argumentation rather than playground insults. The latter only proves the opposite.
@jennmorrison4070
3 жыл бұрын
do women and trans people have to be revolutionary or can we just fucking exist.
@pinkfloydguy7781
3 жыл бұрын
This is a question better directed at the trans people who are trying to make it revolutionary, since that is probably the community which provoked him into the subject.
@ignaciob5203
3 жыл бұрын
I think he was trying to make a point regarding how our society exploits identities for profit
@paullindsay9451
Жыл бұрын
Is the uprooting of traditional, patriarchal and social norms a bad thing?
@ludlowaloysius
Жыл бұрын
I don’t know, but I do know the answer is that it’s not a bad thing. Living in the past is not good (uncle rico) and wanting to make the present like the past is a sign of a will turned toward death.
@frediemane7312
Жыл бұрын
@@ludlowaloysius but fighting against humanity,s basic instinct never turns out good ,were either going towards a full reset our the extinction of our race and it cant be blamed on one thing only
@CrimeEnjoyer
Жыл бұрын
@@frediemane7312 "humanity,s basic instinct" lmao mein gott pure ideology
@ludlowaloysius
Жыл бұрын
@@frediemane7312 yes, fighting against humanity worst impulses does work. It has been working for hundreds of years now. We live better lives than people in the past. Period.
@frediemane7312
Жыл бұрын
@@ludlowaloysius then why do we feel the need to change social norms ,why are we now in a constant state of fearmongering all the while the rest of the world watches western countries such as the us loose control over its own people falling back onto tribalism over gender constructs and guns .
@spectator8285
3 жыл бұрын
the students look a little uncomfortable when he starts questioning transgender politics lol
@zomberkay
3 жыл бұрын
yes
@adammchugh5456
3 жыл бұрын
I find it uncomfortable when people slap bass.
@dorukbaglan3923
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, because they watch a lot of mainstream media and netflix
@Mysticist
4 жыл бұрын
So Revolutionary only applies to economic systems? Seems kind of a narrow definition. By that logic there is absolutely nothing revolutionary about Revolutionary Girl Utena even though it questions some of the basic modes of human existence.
@MassimoConnolli
4 жыл бұрын
@E A Corporate America’s embrace of wokeness is merely of the surface level affectations, not of the actual ideologies that underpin those revolutionary actions. If corporate co-option is the rubric for assessing the “genuine” nature of a revolutionary act, then socialism and communism were co-opted into the machine a long time ago with “I’d like to teach the world to sing”. Thus, they are not truly revolutionary any more. Which is bs logic. This purely economic/property/labour-based context for revolution is too narrow to be fully useful any more. That’s not to say it doesn’t have its uses, of course it does, but while we have to look beyond capitalism we also have to look beyond patriarchy. I’m not particularly interested in substituting one economic model for another while leaving the underlying power structure (that has brought us to disaster over and over again) intact.
@sarahfernandes3140
4 жыл бұрын
I think it’s the idea that you can’t really take down patriarchy, racism, etc without also taking down the main structure that holds and creates them. So it’s all a deviation of the real issue. At least it’s how my average brain manages to understand this, but I could be really wrong.
@MassimoConnolli
4 жыл бұрын
@@sarahfernandes3140 Patriarchy, and arguably racism, existed before capitalism
@douchopotamus3755
3 жыл бұрын
But I think the beauty of the communist revolution is that it WILL remove the old vestiges of power, once we remove private ownership of business it will be a huge step to removing the rich and powerful from their positions. We can remove the patriarchy by roving their ownership of the current systems
@daslick6085
3 жыл бұрын
My man speaks like an aphex twin song
@barelyyugioh
3 жыл бұрын
*laughs in windowlicker*
@duskrider8817
3 жыл бұрын
Y’all saying any identity is anti revolution…but is it so? Aren’t there identities that force one to at least lean revolutionary, like belonging to oppressed class, or religion? Identifying “out” if being oppressed isn’t that simple, despite having freedom to call yourself anyway you wish. Correct me if I’m wrong
@Fotoschiki
3 жыл бұрын
This might be the first video ever where I wished written text was read by google translator instead. I just can't listen to him propperly. I'm interested in what he has to say, but I just can't overlook the sideshow. It's sad.
@Edboy599
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t really agree with communism but this man atleast makes you listen to what he has to say
@ManOutaBricks1
4 жыл бұрын
What makes you think he's an actual communist? (I mean he's left obviously)
@DiasOtoño
4 жыл бұрын
what does that even mean??
@pank3245
4 жыл бұрын
Zizek is Hegelian, He picks all the good aspects of all ideologies but also criticizes the bad of those ideologies.
@Wisstihrwas
3 жыл бұрын
1. Zizek is no communist (he even says it repeatingly). He's more of a hegelian- lacanian (french psychoanalyst). 2. Everybody can learn from his work
@lazar2949
3 жыл бұрын
@@Wisstihrwas Marx was also supposedly hegelian, yet he wasn't. Zizek is a wasted talent because he is either focusing on wrong things or the good things with the extremly bad perception. Here and there he knows to be correct, but most of the times im surprised that there is so much people agreeing with him.
@PNovak87
2 жыл бұрын
this thumbnail is some click bait if i’ve ever seen it
@libationsofaphrodite3529
3 жыл бұрын
The ones who are making jokes about him are actually making those jokes to insult and mock him because they don’t agree with his views. Sad.
@santosturmio8189
3 жыл бұрын
Seems to be that way. Sad indeed. But it is what is expected.
@libationsofaphrodite3529
3 жыл бұрын
@@santosturmio8189 yes exactly.
@mitchboland9591
3 жыл бұрын
In every one of these videos it feels like he’s building up to a point until he randomly switches to a different topic without addressing the first. It’s a shame.
@episdosas9949
3 жыл бұрын
yeah. its like hes just talking and doesnt really have a point. thou he challenges all leftist points.
@MrNickopotomus
Жыл бұрын
Sorry but there are tons of societies throughout time which were not capitalist and still had broader gender definitions than modern capitalist societies. Additionally these same modern capitalist societies have equally powerful groups attempting to enforce binary gender roles…so his argument that transgender is inevitable in late stage capitalism doesn’t hold water
@porassrivastava8242
3 жыл бұрын
Revolution is suppressed, not printed on a mug, tee and stockings.
@Annnto
3 жыл бұрын
morons think the people backed by every corporation and political establishment are the resistance L M A O
@ungetabe
3 жыл бұрын
@@Annnto how the hell can you miss the point so hard...?
@PaulVRo
4 жыл бұрын
i love how the crowd is so confused and challenged :)))
@PCEWM
4 жыл бұрын
i can barely hear what hes saying with all the sniffing and his accent
@Supersized45
5 ай бұрын
Transgender people are some of the most committed socialists and revolutionaries. It's revolutionary because being transgender or fighting for less and less static gender categories helps in removing gender as a political class. That is, the more that people think about how gender affects social relations and strive to see beyond just man and woman, the more free one is in their daily life. Believing in gender liberation and the abolition of capitalism don't have to be opposed. It's ridiculous to think Marx can account for transness besides transness being a class and a part of the working class.
@koalabear1984
Ай бұрын
The whole point of feminism is just missed when you give the rights of women to men
@AdaptiveApeHybrid
3 жыл бұрын
This deserves a better title tbh
@belldandygemini
3 жыл бұрын
Fuck bro, I wish someone would subtitle what he says, it's really hard to understand him at times.
@brentchisko924
Жыл бұрын
The biggest problem with his argument is the assumption that everyone in those movements do not question the economic systems they in, especially post covid.
@daddy8518
Жыл бұрын
Yep. I really wish people would just shut it about our issues. Because we face inequality your average trans person is probably far more likely to understand the nuances of capitalism than any random cis person you could pluck off the street anyway he needs to just stay in his lane.
@missc2742
Жыл бұрын
I did not hear that claim. I don't think his argument was about people, but Ideology. It seemed to me that he is saying that trans ideologies themselves do not challenge the status quo/capitalist society. A person can be both communist and trans, but that doesn't somehow make transexualism anti-capitalist or vice versa. There are certainly arguments to be made here but I really don't see how this is one of them. I might be misinformed, but the kind of materialism Marxism is built on seems characteristically mismatched or even opposed to popular trans discourse (not to say that they are incompatible in general, but the focus on personal identity building, hyper-relativism, etc. that gets thrown around seems pretty un-Marxist to me in terms of concern and approach).
@brentchisko924
Жыл бұрын
@@missc2742 Meanwhile it does based on the context given by said trans marxists, yet he is more than comfortable with making it a dichotomy and not a place where others can find their way to marxism and connect it to the broader problesm of socity. Hyper relativism is again, broad assumptions of what these pov's are, of which his selectivism cherrypicks.
@brentchisko924
Жыл бұрын
@@missc2742 Should class issue be CIRCUMVENTED by that? Nah, but that was never what anyone was looking for either. To deny that is him not looking to patch that problem but not even have a honest engagement over matter. You're not challenging power punching down or avoiding it entirely, Cuba alone proved that.
@brentchisko924
Жыл бұрын
@@missc2742 That's alot of interpretations that he and his lot havent applied to themselves. Meanwhile unmarxist throwing the issue entirely under bus and actively seeking to paint the narrative of their existence as being an ideology. Being ignorant about how this "discourse" been framed by their detractors only adds on to circumventing those "concerns", which is unproductive no bringing in anyone from anywhere
@ethanwojciechowski305
4 жыл бұрын
I understand Zizek point, but does he believe that virtue signaling is acceptance? To me corporations (and maybe I’m wrong) are not accepting of transgenders as people but more of a mode to promote an accepting look or image. In fact I think you’d be hard press to find a gender neutral bathroom in an Amazon factory or one in a Nike sweatshop. Also, let’s say that a corporation does agree with a political message, does that automatically remove its revolutionary appeal? Even when laws are still rampant across the country that suppress people like transgendered individuals?
@wammytammy
4 жыл бұрын
I think we as socialists (and I'm assuming you're a socialist) underestimate the power of social precedent. I understand that none of these corporations give a shit about trans people, but the fact of the matter is that legally, almost nothing has changed for trans people in the past two decades. But socially, a whole lot has changed. And this has changed the fabric of our very culture. So I think whether or not these companies are virtue signalling or not, the precedent that is being set by the largest brands in the world supporting these social causes is a good one, even if it's a very capitalist one.
@shnpio
4 жыл бұрын
Tammy Werner yes but it is just being used to make them look good so dumb liberals go oh Nike they’re so ethical they support pride month I’ll buy their products
@angiesmith5995
4 жыл бұрын
@@shnpio OK, and???
@moneyblackblood
3 жыл бұрын
In the sense that "revolutionary" can be used to mean 'involving or causing a complete or dramatic change' (the primary definition of the word) the rise of transgenderism has been revolutionary in the way that people now view gender as a choice instead of a prescription. In the way that communists tend to use the word transgenderism is not revolutionary, Zizek is correct, however that is not the only way to use that word.
@caby456xGAMER
2 жыл бұрын
well he means the second definition obviously. He is saying it isn't revolutionary in that sense. Yeah, I guess if you use a different definition of revolutionary you could say it is that, but that's just playing a semantic game not actually engaging with the substance here.
@moneyblackblood
2 жыл бұрын
It doesn't make any sense to say "transgenderism is revolutionary" and parse it through the 2nd definition of the word. There are no transgender movements looking for a change in the way states are governed (except possibly underground in some theocratic states, but those are non-western states) it seems ridiculous to assume that anyone means that. But then it is also clear that he isn't using the 2nd definition when we look at this phrase: "...there is nothing inherently revolutionary about the #metoo and transgender movements, because they do not question the underlying economic system as such." Revolutions as per the 2nd definition do not occur when economic systems change, but when political systems are overthrown, sometimes they are coupled with a change of the economic system, but not always or even usually. I suspect he is using a 3rd definition of the word yet to be found in the dictionary. One that ties "revolutionary" to communist revolution alone. - Communists have a habit of not calling revolutions against communist governments "revolutionary" but rather "counter-revolutionary, even if the government they run wasn't put in place by a revolution. Yes this is semantics, but all speech, especially complicated speech, is dependent on the common understanding of words for it to be of any use to anyone.
@navigator3744
11 ай бұрын
Isn't the most important reason that transgenderism is not revolutionary is that it exists naturally in the world? In other words, like homosexuality, it is not a choice. Transgender people are born the way they are, they don't choose to be transgender. Only a choice can be "revolutionary." One can imagine someone choosing to be transgender in order to make a revolutionary statement in the "society" in which they live, but that is not what is happening.
@Rocksolace
4 жыл бұрын
It's not very difficult to understand what he's saying. Just focus on the words and not his body movements. His sniffing is also not very had to simple ignore
@enes207
4 жыл бұрын
Liam Kelley people are just using his physical ticks as an excuse not to engage with what he’s saying
@paulhoward9298
4 жыл бұрын
Yes well put. 🙂
@Sunny-vl5de
3 жыл бұрын
@@enes207 looking at the comments I genuinely thought I was the only one thinking this. I have ocd and sensory overload is an issue for me yet I could understand what this man was trying to say by simply ignoring his tics
@SamuraiAkechi
4 жыл бұрын
0:01 a society
@hannamakela6989
3 ай бұрын
There are also Trans people who are poor and do not belong to the middle class. Being Trans is not some decadent luxury, it is a reality and should be regarded with the legitimacy and empowerment that it deserves.
Пікірлер: 3,5 М.