Zizek's speech (transcript) given at the recent Wall Street protest bears a striking relevance to our Theory 750 first reading on Badiou. Apparently, as the negative sentiments towards financial crisis (among lots of other crises which appear to be 'spectacles' and a dream that we have lived in) intensify and people are fed up with mythical Wall Street solutions and compromises from politicians; it's time to wake up!Zizek does raise a fallacy shared by the civilized and democratic ones that capitalism and democracy are correlated. He rang the bell that it actually is not the case. The moral high ground embraced by those who believe in their correlation is a tool that the democratic countries have used to blame the communists, which through some brain-washing and propaganda has become a given!
It is utterly important to think critically for the common good of all. After the failure of capitalism, what's next?
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