Speaking of Zizek

Douglas Rushkoff 5:15 pm Wed Sep 24, 2008

I just got an email from Christopher Lydon, with a link to his audio interview with Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian post-Marxist philosopher and Lacanian scholar whose monologues are as refreshing as they are exposing.

This is all just the same bullshit…The true message to Republican voters is: you have the right not to understand what is going on.

What fascinating me about Palin. Did you notice how until now feminist politicians played the phallic game. Up to and including Hillary Clinton. Here it's a different phenomenon. Sarah Palin proudly displays her femininity. She wins over men by mobilizing this typical feminine sarcastic undermining of male authority. Community organizers…ha ha ha.

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