Slavoj Žižek on Jaws, Fascism (The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology) – Interesting and worth a view but uses a generic, generally accepted but incorrect working definition of capitalism which munges crony capitalism, corporatism and fascism together; Slavoj is unaware –as most are– of the benefits free-market capitalism provides. Free-market capitalism like a flowing river is in fact a force of nature and operates everywhere, all the time when the individual is free to choose and should not be encumbered but promoted. Free-market capitalism is the engine of creativity which harnesses the entrepreneurial spirit of man’s quest for individualization, creativity and self-realization which as it turns out is the greatest benefit for all of mankind. Collectivism however –in all its names– is in reality totalitarianism or statism, which leads the collective into slavery since individual right must by necessity become subservient to the state or the elite which are both functionally for the individual who is subject to these prevailing power structures one in the same.
Slavoj Žižek on Jaws, Fascism (The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology)
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