Episode 496: Communist Philosopher Trashes Capitalism - Slavoj Žižek

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🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, currently a researcher at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Arts, and International director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities of the University of London. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valuetainment/support

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0:00.0	30 seconds.
0:02.0	Did you ever think you would make it?
0:04.0	I feel I'm supposed like it takes sweet victory.
0:08.0	I know this life meant for me.
0:10.0	Yeah, why would you bet on Goliath when we got bet David? Valutainment, given values
0:15.8	is contagious. This world of entrepreneurs, we get no value to hate this.
0:19.1	I they run, homie, look what I become. I'm the fun. I'm the one.
0:22.5	I'm Patrick Bedevio host to Vai Taim and the one thing you need to know is the painting
0:25.6	behind me every time I do these interviews.
0:27.7	In the middle of the painting, you'll see two books that are being debated between
0:30.8	this eight different personalities.
0:32.6	One is Atlas Shragg, the other one is Communist Fan Manifesto.
0:35.8	Today I decided to bring the modern day communist philosopher Slavoy Jijek who trashes capitalism,
0:42.2	but I gotta tell you, we actually had a very good time having a banter
0:45.3	going back and for debating capitalism against communism.
0:47.8	Slavoy, thank you for being a guest on entertainment.
0:50.4	I'm grateful for your kind invitation. Thank you because you know although I am some very
0:56.7	strange type of companies but as my more moderate right- wing friend Tyler Cohen wonderfully described me I'm a moderately
1:09.5	conservative communist that is to say I say. I am not an idiot.
1:15.0	I'm not dreaming about a new study, this Central Committee,
1:19.0	and so on and so on.
1:21.0	The 20th century is over. Did you notice what's the lesson of China and so on? If anything,
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