It’s because he keeps saying one thing, and then the complete opposite. Being inconsistent and incoherent, while constantly bamboozling your diehard fans with contradictory stances apparently makes you an enlightened centrist leading the “radical left” intelligentsia, fending off baddies with such nuanced takes such as “both sides bad”.
Ask 10 Zizek fans what he represents and you’ll probably get 10 different answers.
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It’s because he keeps saying one thing, and then the complete opposite. Being inconsistent and incoherent, while constantly bamboozling your diehard fans with contradictory stances apparently makes you an enlightened centrist leading the “radical left” intelligentsia, fending off baddies with such nuanced takes such as “both sides bad”.
Ask 10 Zizek fans what he represents and you’ll probably get 10 different answers.
https://gabrielrockhill.com/2023/01/02/article-capitalisms-court-jester-slavoj-zizek/
Such a good article. https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/02/capitalisms-court-jester-slavoj-zizek/