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I think Zizek is a good example of why leftists tend to be (and should be) suspicious of "hero" figures in general.
Sure he had some good ideas and helped people discover their unexamined ideologies that influenced their lives, but as the meme about Darth Plagueis put it, he could save others from unexamined ideology, but not himself. :unlimited-power:
he was never good. his ideological baggage goes back 30 years. it's not merely his recent hot takes. he worked actively to privatize yugoslavia in the 90s and ran for president in a neoliberal party.
Next I'm going to find out he was instrumental in the hostile takeover of ZA/UM. :kitsuragi-depress:
this counterpunch article on him is so good because it demonstrates in excruciating detail how a self-labeled "communist" ended up getting repeatedly platformed by prominent neoliberals in the west. I first found out about Zizek in 2010 through a "Royal Society of the Arts" animated video. They were always willing to platform him because his policies were always pro-EU and pro-NATO and his "communism" was always anti-USSR.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/02/capitalisms-court-jester-slavoj-zizek/
Mein Gott. :zizek: