@ZhangSupremacy Sublime object of ideology, living in end times and in defense of lost causes is what i have read. Also ‘’first as tragedy, then as a farce’’ is a short but good one.
@ZhangSupremacy Basically zizek says that people don’t just passively live under capitalism or ideology—they actively participate in it, even when they know it’s flawed. Yet they continue anywa, not because they’re fooled, but because the system structures reality itself.
@ZhangSupremacy One of the key reasons i have saved myself from getting on bear train and losing money betting on the downfall of an expensive market ( in valuation) is Zizek’s philosophy. Through his few books - i eventually concluded that people have accepted the system as inevitable.
@ZhangSupremacy Every single person i know who disobeyed the parents and disappointed them is doing great in their lives. All of them are happy while ‘’Hanji daddy’’ mfers are miserable.
as someone who once co-hosted a short-lived podcast series on the 'Radical Thinkers' books, this is a tricky choice - but it has to be raymond williams' 'Culture and Materialism'