>true marxist Yeah, because ignoring socio-economic context of Taliban becoming a power with significant public following and supporting Core countries against semi-Periphery in their competition is something a revolutionary would do. Showing ignorance and support of status quo instead of it's weakening, trying to hide the support for West-oriented capitalism under vague notions of humanism.
@@grivza You clearly don't know anything about Marxism, China, or Russia... And no, Zizek is not "barely a Marxist". He's full blown anti-Communist and his whole career is build on anti-Communist narratives disguised as fake-Marxism. He worked alongside imperialist liberals to destroy Socialist opposition in his country and he was always pro Nato-Bombing of Serbia and still is pro-Nato, pro-Imperialism today.
A true Marxist would analyse the material conditions (you know, a tenet of dialectical materialism) of modernity, and the history that led to it through a materialist lens, and understand that in an emerging multi-polar world, supporting China and Russia is the sole logical conclusion of the Communist movement. If anything, you're the braindead one for believing in rudimentary lies told by Western media and the Western academic status quo; the "braindead tankies" you speak of come to their reasoning through dialectical materialism, how do you come to yours - watching CNN and Sam Seder every evening?
This situation is rather relatable to China in 1945, when the extremely brutal and exploitative Japanese occupation was overthrown, only to be replaced by the régime of Generalissimo Chiang, which was equally brutal and exploitative. But by this time the Chinese people were quite well-armed and well-organized, and they proceeded to overthrow Chiang as well.
That’s not what happened at all in China. Neither the Communists nor the Nationalists had control over China as a whole in 1945. There was no rebellion by the people, it was a resumption of the civilwar that had been put on pause for a decade by the Japanese invasion.
Imagine being semi famous and destroying your legacy by being such an inauthentic speaker and revisionists. Does he realise that nothing really matters and he's not Elvis or Chomsky. He might as well stay relevant inorder to hob gobble and stay comfortable.
I love these sorts of comments. leaving it at: "this guy doesn't know what he's talking about!" without any follow up or context. What inspires non-comments like these? I'm guessing it's just bait for suckers like me to ask what your brilliant, clear-eyed view is.
@circles79 My point of view is the same as the experts in international relations such as Mearsheimer and Sacchs. The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is not a conflict between an oppressive undemocratic regime and an innocent independent nation. It is a conflict between two imperialist powers in the form of the US (through NATO) and Russia which had its start with the United States trying to project its zone of influence against Russia. At the centre of this is a corrupt Ukrainian government that has links to ultranationalist groups and has repeatedly ignored efforts to reach an agreement for a ceasefire (likely under direct pressure of the US). When Zizek dismisses the concerns over US imperialism to say that Putin is worse, he is ignoring the long list of atrocities the US has either caused or sponsored in the last 20 years at least. To give you a short list, we can talk about hundreds of thousands of civilians being killed and maimed at Iraq, the creation of prison camps for political prisoners with no due process (Gantanamo, Bagram, etc), the complete destruction of stability in Lybia leading to a massive crisis of immigration in Europe and North Africa, the continued sponsoring of Israel's genocidal policy against Palestinians and so on and so on. Though Putin is not an angel by any means, we simply cannot compare what he's done with Ukraine with the number of serious offences which the US has committed. He can't commit the same amount of breaches of human rights even if he wanted to. I like Zizek and I respect him. But I have to say that he is completely wrong on this one and does not really understand why this war is happening in the first place.
@@tazziobocait is pathetic that russian propaganda has not matured past the childish old soviet tu quoque model to celebrate and dismiss their own atrocities.
Then you need to think a bit more about your thinking. What is more likely, that you are seeing some traps that Zizek is falling into, or that you are mistaken about what is it you are seeing?
@@grivza I thought about my thinking and came to the conclusion that its the former and not the latter, lol. Zizek seems to overanalyze Putins regime in terms of ideology and his take on Ukraine going through a fundamental political revolution, while literally fighting for its survival, sounds a bit naive tbh.
@@tom_hagen1972but literally fighting for survival is kiiiinda provoking a fundamental revolution. like - at this point, things are inherently going to change
I for one am filled with great hope seeing Russia's style of multiculturalism. It is amazing seeing this variety of forces all united against western imperialism and capitalism. Long live the peoples of Eurasia!
People like to say that Ukraine is corrupt, but somehow they always forget to say that Russia is much more corrupt. Trends say that Ukraine is trying to fight corruption, while in Russia corruption is increasing.
This is true. Russia is way worse in terms of corruption index, and it's intuitive too, Russia is a huge country that should normally have good GDP per capita which it doesn't. Russia also has the highest wealth inequality in Europe with around 50% of wealth in the hands of 1%. 0.1% in actuality to be precise.
"Left awakening in Ukraine" is like to say "left was awakening in Berlin 1943"... "so u must believe that Soviet is bad even if it self is left to the bones".
@@danielk934 That's not a lie it's a well known fact. Everything in Russia is corrupt. The president himself changed the constitution so he can be president until 2036
It's one thing willingly let west come in your country and it's another thing being colonised by a country you don't want. Also Ukraine was always really corrupt but Russia was always more and was always on the 1st or near the 1st place. I'm Slavic but please tell the truth
@@Lessgo00 it might as well be when traitors give up Kiev to US occupation. It's no longer Ukraine and under the UN charter Russia waited too long to help those poor people.
@@Lessgo00 you're just wishing away the history that's unfolding. You have to ignore what allies the west chooses now and for the last 80 years, what they together do to men women and children. The people of eastern Ukraine had the courage to reject US occupation. That's far more courage than we have allowing our governments to commit genocide after genocide and acts of piracy.
Ukraine would be owned by foreign entities, banks and governments. Due to cripling debts that were commited to buy weapons and ammunition. Even more then before the war.
@@Leo_Zeo_Lhang yeah, because Russians are literally exterminating people, enforcing apartheid, striking civilian objects on purpose, turning cities into ashes and so on? Oh wait, that's Israel.
@@GottEddy What? Even if Euromaidan was a US coup Russia should have responded using soft power or a light footprint coup not with a full scale military invasion.
@@Leo_Zeo_Lhangare you dumb? Russia wanted to sign peace treaty and de arm Ukraine. That’s what Russian officials wanted, it would repeat Georgian scenario. When Georgia lost any means to control Osetian state. Nobody wanted to occupy Ukraine totally.
Zizek is simply saying Ukraine should choose the lesser evil of the United States than the greater evil of Russia. I say this thinking is deficient. Ukraine is far better off choosing no evil. This is no abstraction. Practically, In fact, the Russians demanded from the Americans in December 2021 that Ukraine remained a neutral country. Zizek thinking thus shows the wisdom gap the world faces despite the immense 'knowledge' we are producing.
Прогалина мудрості - це те що Захід боїться назвати речі своїми дійсними іменами. Росія сьогодні - це чисте ідеальне кримталізоване Зло, з яким ви активно торгуєте, незважаючи на військові злодіяння.
Not really. It depends on officers. Look at developing countries of Middle East, Africa and Latin America - except for Cuba and Algeirs, no major coup or revolution was ever conducted and successfully performed by the masses and civilian leadership. It was always done by military leaders like Gaddafi, Naser, Mobutu, Pinochet, Hafiz al-Assad or Sankara. If officers are kept on short leash and high payroll, a coup would be preventable.
@@SamuraiAkechiChina, Vietnam, Angola, Ethiopia... Counterexamples are numerous. But I agree that organization is much mpre important than armament alone.
@@熊唯嘉 Mao had significant amount of military officers on his side, such as Lin Biao. Vietminh leadership was mostly civilian, yet some of them got necessary training before. In Ethiopia, the key role for dethroning of monarchy was played by the Derg conspiracy made of military officers.
@@SamuraiAkechi Yes, and that's exactly how the revolutionary masses can also have the militarily experienced on their side. And when I mention Ethiopia, I'm not referring to the Derg, but to EPRDF which defeated and overthrew the Derg in the ensuing civil war.
Huge well trained military with a lot of fighting experience was, is and will be *the* oppressing force of corrupted oligarchs. This is how fascism emerges in capitalistic societies.
Slavoj Zizek is completely clueless. Roman Shukhevych (SS officer (hauptmann) who was directly implicated in a mass extermination of jews and poles) is a national hero of Zelenskyy Ukraine. Multiple streets are named after him. Zelenskyy is quite fine with that. Moreover he didn't even apologize for his standing ovation for this Nazi in Canadian parliament, because it would upset multiple Nazis in his army (yeah, Nazis that are covered with Nazi tattoos, wear Nazi patches and paint swastikas on their tanks). There is also a bronze bust of Roman Shukhevych at the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... It was partly funded by Canadian taxpayers.
Zelensky is what Ukraine people created against Russia, after Crimea War. It´s unbelievable that is the best that Ukraine can ellect, or better saying, what ukraine´s oligarchs made up. Now HALF of ukranians left the country, the richer and well educated, and the poor was left to be grinded by Russia. It´s crazy. Crazier than that is the fact that Zizek points up, for what the poor ukranians are fighting for right now? Well, we will see
Zizek was always like this. He didn't change. People just don't realize that his whole scheme is delivering a pro-imperialist / anti-Communist message while making himself look like a progressive "Marxist" rebel. Why do you think he's so supported by one wing of the western imperialist elites... He worked in politics back then to destroy remaining socialist opposition in his own country and always cheered for Nato carpet-bombing socialist states like Serbia back then and other anti-imperialist States today. And constantly repeating the western elite's disproven anti-China lies. He's what he's. And he's very successful with it in the west (we in the west are the most brainwashed people, but we think we are the most enlightened because of people like Zizek and media like BBC, CNN)
Apart from Ukraine...Croatia, Slovenia and Slovakia were the Slavic countries with the most sympathies for Nazism. Don't think zizek doesn't know exactly what he is discussing
According to NBC: "Biden administration officials are worried that Ukraine is running out of forces, while Russia has a seemingly endless supply, officials said. Ukraine is also struggling with recruiting and has recently seen public protests about some of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s open-ended conscription requirements." In latest offensive that proved to be an epic unmitigated disaster Ukrainian army showed itself completely impotent . This impotence is the result of a successful implementation of an attrition strategy. Zelenskyy is running out of cannon fodder. He is forced conscripting even amputees, HIV positive and people with hepatitis. Total collapse is near so everybody tries to steal everything that isn't nailed down to the ground. It's a sign of utter desperation and hysteria. At this point unconditional surrender is the only practical solution for Ukraine. Hitler's Germany also refused to admit defeat until Hitler killed himself, then Keitel signed unconditional surrender. Anybody can go and see for himself the articles in The Time (about Zelenskyy) or The Economist (Zaluzhny).
Zizek was always like this. He didn't change. People just don't realize that his whole scheme is delivering a pro-imperialist / anti-Communist message while making himself look like a progressive "Marxist" rebel. Why do you think he's so supported by one wing of the western imperialist elites... He worked in politics back then to destroy remaining socialist opposition in his own country and always cheered for Nato carpet-bombing socialist states like Serbia back then and other anti-imperialist States today. And constantly repeating the western elite's disproven anti-China lies. He's what he's. And he's very successful with it in the west (we in the west are the most brainwashed people, but we think we are the most enlightened because of people like Zizek and media like BBC, CNN)
@@JapanFound argument from authority is just fallacy. Zizek did not study this question. Does he know Bush announced in 2008 the intention of incorporating ukraine into Nato? Does he know Merkel knew that was a declaration of war and vetoed ukraine in nato? Does he know a heavy flow of Arms is going from us to ukraine since 2014? This is not a simple as it sounds
Russia is not the Soviet Union. Russia is not socialist, they are run by oligarchs just like Ukraine. NATO should not have been trying to get Ukraine to join but Russia invading is obviously worse. Neither side is good but Russia is worse.
