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Originally Posted by bizkitgto
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Žižek is respected by a lot of people, but he also has a long history of supporting authoritarianism and nationalism. Anything he says has to be viewed through that lens.
It's like Noam Chomsky. He is a respected philosopher, but mostly preaching to the choir. Or Joran Peterson for that matter. They are good for confirmation bias, but they aren't winning new converts.
It is always the same story with every younger generation. Has there ever been a younger generation that isn't skeptical and gives into to culturally subversive ideology?
And after 4 years of Trump, who hasn't lost faith in democratic institutions?