Superstar Communist Slavoj Zizek is The Most Dangerous Philosopher in the West

We travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia, to meet superstar Communist philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek. The "most dangerous philosopher in the West" talks about his new film, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, and lectures us on the importance of being on time. If you're curious about that poster of Stalin on his wall, it's "purely to annoy idiots" when they visit.
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[@AlexSOHR-sw1yy]

0000000,,,,,,? ..,....,😊9]$0000]/$

[@alnotbiggaytho7124]

"Most dangerous philosopher" *wears sandals with socks*

[@hanque4684]

@Chuck nor do socrates

[@mokitaism]

Chuck let me go and regurgitate someone else’s ideas.

[@weepingprophet411]

@@mokitaism hahaha touche

[@mathiasthelander7834]

Chuck What qualifications should that be?

[@roskiart8750]

@Chuck That's a non answer. You're not really establishing anything but your opinion. And it isn't impressive

[@thekempo9202]

Zizek: *most dangerous philosopher* Also zizek: “no seriously can i give you some fucking fruit juice?”

[@marshaltito7369]

It's a normal thing to offer in Balkan. Nice pfp btw, I love that album.

[@heyhey8626]

@@marshaltito7369 I don't think the beverage was really the focal point of the comment...

[@marshaltito7369]

@@heyhey8626 I know but still.

[@that8858]

He makes you think about history and ideologie in a more neutral and objective way thats it

[@itsbazyli]

6:06

[@hiemssomnium4153]

Being a Slovenian I can finally say I saw Žižek today. He was drinking wine and crossed a red light. Love that man

[@stefanblumstein652]

Bless him

[@greyngreyer5]

This is the cutest comment I've ever seen.

[@greyngreyer5]

Ja sam iz Bosne. Pozdrav, Slovenko :P

[@jeannedarc7533]

He drove while being drunk?

[@hiemssomnium4153]

@@jeannedarc7533No, he was walking

[@Finkelfunk]

Quick notice here: This guy has now written 80+ books and counting, has starred in two movies, has countless public talks and is a professor - yet his living room is the size of an average college dorm. Zizek really is someone who lives by the words he puts down in writing.

[@jamesthomas1746]

knowledge is wealth to a wise man

[@beadmecreative9485]

That’s not his living room, that’s his office in the university he teaches.

[@yihengfu2425]

80 books with similar thoughts lol

[@Finkelfunk]

@@yihengfu2425 Well, yeah, they are all about psychoanalysis and communism since that is what Zizek does lol Even writing this amount of literary output is an enormous feat.

[@igorpaulo7499]

i dont know his work well, but even he lived in a big house, this wouldn't invalidate his marxist ideology. it's not about money itself

[@incoblinko]

"Do you want some ｆｕｃｋｉｎｇ fruit juice or something?"

[@maxcano2063]

I read this wile i was lisening LOL

[@joandsk830]

i thought he said "fruit loose "

[@DeepBlueMuslim]

I love the reply 😂 'id love some fucking fruit juice'

[@bliuzke]

He looks like someone who drinks fucking fruit juice

[@anugrey]

@@bliuzke lmfao

[@bigfactsbroski]

"what's this stalin photo" "I keep that there so that idiots ask me about it" r e k t

[@Zeklore]

But people claim when Richard Spencer ironically says Hail Victory

[@MK-oz2lf]

@@Zeklore communism is inclusive to all. Fascism is not and selective as to who gets to participate in its capitalist economy so.... Spencer's irony flopped and deservingl so.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

@@MK-oz2lf communism and Nazism are tow faces of the same coin. Only communism is sub-human.

[@JaMeshuggah]

@@MK-oz2lf more inclusive indeed, especially with human corpses

[@MK-oz2lf]

@@JaMeshuggah never mind capital's death toll since its inception and we can include feudalism too because it is structurally the same thing that capitalism adopted... Never mind that the USSR was actually authoritarian state capitalist because it never transitioned to the next phase as Lenin aimed for before his death... Never mind we had neo nazis alive today running over protestors... you want to imply that actual communism is more violent in its platform?... are you sure you want to sink down this black hole uninformed logic you set yourself into?

[@kaiserwilhelmii1827]

Zizek is literally the incarnation of "never judge a book by its cover". It's very clear that he's insanely educated in not only political philosophy (among others) but also popular culture.

[@larietournelle7904]

popular origin maybe

[@archbrooks-watson3137]

How would you judge him by his cover?

[@BobsVagene]

and the problem is that absolutely no one cares. we have tik tok now.

[@ISBE91]

​@@BobsVageneno one cares about tiktok

[@moo3903]

@@BobsVagene please tell me you were joking

[@cinilaknedalm]

If you're from Balkans, you know Zizek sounds like a typical Balkan taxi driver. Difference is, they are usually ignored when they rant, this one is encouraged to speak

[@bumboklaatry5828]

100% fact

[@tahsinemreilhan2365]

underrated comment

[@christos.5302]

haahhahaaahha

[@dfv2060]

Lol

[@KeillaSellay]

As a Romanian, can confirm that is true

[@muhammadrifkiridhani874]

"you don't hate Monday, you hate capitalism"

[@eltiggy7031]

true

[@FraterL]

We don’t have capitalism or free markets. Republicans are socialists for the rich. In a free and open market there would be no bail outs.

[@kelleymuro5271]

One of the best interviews with Zizak I advice everyone to watch this here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX2qqmRobqigebM

[@Ashley-lt8wk]

uniromically yes

[@hotspot131638837]

And I’d do love Monday with a communistic society

[@idontfeeltoowell]

My dad met him, apparently the first words out his mouth were "Ugh, life is hell. Hello, I'm Slavoj."

[@thesten6982]

123456 you’re a bit of a fucking idiot aren’t you

[@caiorodriguespires9073]

yeah... by "young marxists" you mean all credible philosophers and scholars that debate his *ahem* PHILOSOPHY in colleges and other academic enviroments?

[@dinguscollective1872]

butthurt Peterson fan.

[@Dietcool]

doesnt marxist imply gullible

[@dissco.partysan3333]

carl cruton 123456 doesnt read books, because he gets all the info on Fox news.

[@jasontito7644]

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.” ― Charles Bukowski

[@jasontito7644]

history is a witness to calamities caused by intellectuals

[@jasontito7644]

@i ask him...later

[@RedzeeTV]

The opposite is also true, e.g. artists overanalysing works, carl sagan

[@thegyattiestmanalive22.2]

@@RedzeeTV yes, that happens often. they’re called intellectuals.

[@Batcaveqq]

That’s actually an incredibly ridiculous statement if you think about it for more than 5 seconds

[@robinburkart6445]

10:45 are you kidding me? The quote "all revolutions happen when things get a little bit better and the expectations explode and are dissapointed" is exactly what Frank Herbert said in his Dune series - actually his character Pardot Kynes said. Never have I thought I would hear it from someone in the real world so precisely articulated.

[@niclebowski9214]

well it seems like many other cultured ppl agree with this, I can give you an example with Alessandro Barbero an Italian Historian which found this exact pattern during his work. Btw I really recommend you to listen to him he definitely is the Italian counterpart of zizek.

[@charlesriley16]

Brexit was 4 years ago

[@mEmory______]

I dont think that's been historically true most of the time.

[@shambhav9534]

And then people immediately get nostalgic for the pre-revolution times. It's impossible to please people.

[@TOM-op2cp]

@@shambhav9534 thus the "Terror"

[@TheSecondVersion]

"Seriously, can I give you some fucking fruit juice or something" My new go-to hospitality style

[@cmd2tuts]

This is good because cancer is included in it.

[@shredderly]

Has been my general attitude towards people for years. Mixed results.

[@nytrodioxide]

"I'd love some fucking fruit juice"

[@dirtycommie7770]

I love how half of his apartment is bookshelves

[@jaif7327]

based as hell

[@sempressfi]

Same. I've got one room that has 2 walls off bookshelves and then other rooms with some random floating bookshelves but i want to build a cabin with where at least one room has all 4 walls floor to ceiling books - the door will be like one of the secret spinny doors and be shelves too lol

[@Nico_Stadler]

I mean he needs one wall for only his books already

[@moRaaOTAKU]

U can't write If u haven't read

[@tranthiminhchauam5538]

Ah yes, Bookshelvish

[@teadora1744]

this man is a perfect representation of how it is being a leftist in a hyper-capitalistic society. escpecially being from yugoslavia. its so exhausting. i hate life too Slavoj.

[@FnafTeamESPANA]

Tea Dora I need help with this. Everytime is hear "the left" and "the leftists" but I still don't have idea of what does that means. Almost every one I ask gives me a fu****ing different definition😂

[@anotherhairlessapewithanop7455]

@@FnafTeamESPANA look up the difference between collectivisim(lefties) and individualism(righties)

[@Drkon6]

@@anotherhairlessapewithanop7455 Original definitions of left and right are NOT that. Left meant anti hierarchy, right meant pro hierarchy. Wtf is individualism and collectivism? Is a dictatorship individualist because it's one person concerned with their self interest?

[@lychee8328]

@@FnafTeamESPANA They are using different definitions because left and right are relative to your political landscape, which is why it is not a globally useful discription. Slavoj is a leftist from Yugoslavia, meaning that he is anticapitalist in what is now a hypercapitalist (hyper rightwing) environment. As an American leftist, I am also anticapitalist, but will often hear procapitalist liberals describe themselves as being 'on the left' because our Overton window is further to the right and we've never had widespread anticapitalist sentiment here. The liberal wants to regulate 'predatory capitalism' but leftists view capitalism itself as predatory and want to move beyond it, though the solution is not agreed upon across the wide spectrum of leftists.

[@FnafTeamESPANA]

@@lychee8328 thank you! Thats the problem i find in every political conversation. Everyone has a different concept, even inside the same country I live (spain). So every debate gets very confusing and people just yell saying "No, right wingers will do this! its bad!" "no but right wingers dont do that and they never did" en he says "never? look at this guy (insert name)" and then "this guy is fascist and a dictator!" and he will say "yes! thats what the right wing is" and soooo on...

[@mr.morgan2578]

Props to Alex Miller. Well prepared for the interview, both in Zizek’s work and topics pertaining to him; as well as contributing and evolving the conversation with mindful subjects.

[@wipwopje3131]

Yeah, I noticed that as well. Hats off to him. Nowadays a lot of interviews don’t reach their full potential as a result of bad interviewers, sadly.

[@psychopathichomosapien]

i'm kinda shocked when he offered him coke in liquid form

[@MrShinTensei]

Least he could have done is offer him a line

[@shanenelson3863]

I thought it was really rude

[@nickolasokeefe9348]

Haha..clever comment.

[@shanenelson3863]

@keeg you sound like I need more cocaine cause your a buzz kill

[@narxes]

hahaha zizek do cocaine hahaha hilarious and original

[@shoaibahmed588]

Zizek guide to life: - Be on time - Hit yourself What an interesting guy.

[@benjapizarro981]

@RED PILL PORTAL yeah, but even modern democracies have socialists policies, it has some good ideas, the democratic ones.

[@oibruv3889]

@RED PILL PORTAL capitalism is croney capitalism lmao

[@20TonChop]

And you have to touch your nose at least 100 times per conversation.

[@CPD-KD6-3.7]

You forgot the fucking fruit juice

[@pedrosilvaferreira2562]

Not interesting at all.

[@mr.banana8384]

I am from Slovenija and i can say that i have just found him out today at 18 years old. I can also say that he is sadly probably more respected by foreigners than Slovenians because no one really talks aboat him as much as they should.

[@lameduck3105]

He did run for the Slovenian Democratic Party after the break of Yugoslavia. You can find some videos of him here on KZbin debating other Slovenian politicians.

[@goranbelllane4857]

Zar to nije tuzna sudbina svih slavnih sa nasih prostora? 🤭

[@ltp27345]

“No one is equal. Some are tall and stupid, others are short bald and clever.” - Yuri Bezmenov

[@ltp27345]

though we should be equal under the law

[@ets2446]

@@ltp27345 Laws are fundamentally geared towards including some and excluding others. An inherently biased system imo

[@karenmiely7219]

@@ets2446 Playing out every day here in 3D with surround sound.

[@deriznohappehquite]

@@ets2446 An inherently biased legal system is massively better than not having laws.

[@ets2446]

@@deriznohappehquite Wow what a great comparison 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Onehundredpounds]

Zizek is wearing socks and Velcro sandals. Absolute chad

[@joeywho534]

Don’t you see how big of a threat he is? Velcro sandals are a dead giveaway.

[@mist3325]

@@tarikay93 Shut up its a joke m8

[@Onehundredpounds]

Vatian did u know that ppl can use terms ironically?

[@Kyle_Fall]

Why do you think he's married to a 40 year old when he's 70 ;)

[@jessewallace12able]

This term, Chad, sucks.

[@elijahlurton3570]

It feels like his accent is a liquid that he secretes when he speaks

[@RockOwnz46]

This just made me LOL sooooo hard, baby.

[@halseykale9930]

what in the hell

[@ericg4915]

It's spit flying out of his mouth cause he talks so fast as if ppl really give a shit what he has to say

[@leomachado7676]

Liquid he secretes... hilarious 😂😂😂

[@laalaajonsen]

he sounds like the marriage counselor in Rick and morty that needs to clear his throat

[@tharunsankar4926]

What I dig about Zizek is that he just doesn’t fucking care about what people think; he preaches what leftism is really about, and distinguishes between coorperate “leftism”/neo-liberalism and actual leftism.

[@rilindjahiu7359]

I saw Slavoj Zizek at a grocery store yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Snickers in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

[@smkxodnwbwkdns8369]

He is my idol. What an amazing story and person.

[@Spaaxy]

@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 this is made up 😂

[@Smerpyderp]

Totally true story.

[@irvinclemente2368]

this pasta is delicious

[@soccerruben1]

Nice CopyPasta

[@DooDooDaddyTV]

This is what conservatives think Bernie was

[@emanergza6383]

Don't stain Zizek's greatness with a grifting excuse of a spineless politician

[@DooDooDaddyTV]

@@emanergza6383 shut up

[@yaboymart3237]

@@DooDooDaddyTV based

[@emanergza6383]

@@yaboymart3237 based on what?

[@frankly4824]

@@emanergza6383 lmao

[@ebinecksdee9872]

I saw Slavoj Zizek at a Border's bookstore in Virginia a few years ago. It was weird because he wasn't actually inside, he was on a bench outside eating one of those Libby's 6 lb aluminum cans of sweet corn with a fork. I asked him what he was doing and he said I should "respect his intolerance towards my over-proximity" and winked at me with both eyes. Idk if over-proximity is even a word. It was a pretty surreal experience. When I came out of the store he had fallen asleep and spilled the can of corn all over himself and was practically being eaten alive by seagulls and his shoes were nowhere to be found.

[@firoza8994]

thats a real thinker man

[@antie5459]

Hahahaha, really cool

[@rustyshackleford4801]

God I want this to be true

[@ebinecksdee9872]

@@rustyshackleford4801 it is

[@luccaregnato]

Laughed so hard at this

[@tommygarson8592]

"you should have violent outbursts and you should direct them at yourself" I can see why he terrifies people. his mind is horrifyingly bright. I like him

[@chanti9274]

man you should have made a longer video, this man talks so well I listen to him all day.

[@riellymorton]

“Seriously can I give you some fucking fruit juice or Coke?” I love this guy.

[@lukamg7368]

Ded 💀

[@jhumakansabanik7234]

Zizek is lovable. He is dangerous in that way that with an abstract stroke of pure knowledge compounded with witty stance of delivery can shake even a dead log.

[@cloman7199]

By the way he was rubbing his nose every other second I reckoned he meant coke, not Coke.

[@jarlbalgruufthegreater1758]

@@cloman7199 Its a tick

[@Ben-tt8kk]

@@jarlbalgruufthegreater1758 he's obviously a coke fiend

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

Slajov reminds me of the eccentric neighbor that you can talk to for hours.

[@fuckoff433]

probably both

[@OkayCesarini]

Bubbadoobop LARKS TONGUES IN ASPIC

[@imamalam4971]

Bubbadoobop Also, Sylvester the cat.

[@artemesaulkov2010]

#Frippforpresident

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

#Frippforworldwideoverlord

[@BOARMoto-bm2mh]

“Man starts over again each day in spite of all he knows; against all he knows.” -Emil Cioran

[@mnmlst1]

I love this man so much. I remember at university in 2010 I brought one of his papers to Political Geography class for an activity, and my professor didn't know him, and joked me saying I was making up and humiliating in class. Next year she was teaching him at class.

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

"I'm disgusted to see myself on screen" "Hi, I hate life" *nervous tics* Wow forget spirit animal, this man is me.

[@1.Specimen]

Read more.

[@BLINDCABBY]

Brad Knapp only a lot more interesting

[@aliamhaz4765]

Brad Knapp w q

[@dantheman669]

I dunno, man. With THAT speech impediment...I'd be wearing a tarp. His house must be drenched.

[@averagecommunist3456]

HE IS COMMUNIST! 😀

[@judithlobo9038]

He reminds me of what a Greek philosopher would be in our times.

[@user-pj4vs5bb3u]

You have no clue idiot

[@hellodolly7301]

Gives similar vibes, coming from a person who barely knows both this philosopher and those

[@shayne-1880]

Diogenes

[@karllauterbach9420]

"School" was the one thing everybody wanted to do in ancient Greece. Curiosity was much higher. No scandals in the news but temples and gardens built just for thinking.

[@jessaguilar4747]

@@shayne-1880 I was going to say the same thing, thought I’d look if anyone had said it lol

[@-chloe-8728]

“i hate life” is such a fantastic greeting i’m gonna steal it

[@kelsieslagle9177]

It's so wonderful to see him, he always warmed my heart. An international treasure of a man.

[@a.r.c8021]

“Ideology is not only the world we live in, but especially the wrong ways we imagine how to escape.” Wow...

[@nuckinfuts7502]

I’ve been looking for this quote forever. I knew I heard him say it before but I couldn’t find it. This is the problem with socialism or communism as a final goal.

[@nuckinfuts7502]

A. Rodriguez watched them bro.

[@LearningDrummerSam]

@@nuckinfuts7502 This is the problem with literally any ideology, you're missing the point

[@nuckinfuts7502]

@@LearningDrummerSam of course, I was just looking for it particularly in regards to socialism and communism. Of course this applies to ideology as a whole.

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

Very nice Marxist critique on ideology I'm going to freak my communist friend with that one.

[@Igor-hj3tn]

You can tell he is very inteligent, but people don‘t see it because of his humor etc. which is actually quite normal in Ex-Yugoslavia

[@nalzhaaaaaaay]

Yugoslavia? Seriously!? Hes from Slovenia (former Czechoslovakia)

[@nalzhaaaaaaay]

@slovene ball shit you right

[@LifeofMinna]

@@nalzhaaaaaaay Slovenia was not part of Czechoslovakia..... It says it in the name lol... Czech + slovakia (not Slovenia)

[@nalzhaaaaaaay]

@@LifeofMinna bitch I know

[@meekmaalik9673]

Im from bosnia and yes slovenija was part of jugoslavija....

[@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic]

I like the part about communist thinkers and Zizek having a sense of humor, because figures like Marx, Lenin, and more have some sick burns they dish out in their thesisies - sometimes, they are legitimately funny some of their lines, and they wrote it well, because 100, 150 years later, the little comic relief jokes hit well, because they explain the background. Humor and leftism has a strong, long standing history ^^

[@pauloemilio9807]

wtf does that even mean

[@Lance21094]

his first interaction is his telling you he hates life?!?! I fucking love this guy

[@MitchellPorter2025]

Peterson: clean your room. Zizek: be on time.

[@Bobbyhiddn]

Mitchell Porter You’d think these things would be known.

[@superjeffstanton]

Owwn Benjamin: Stop watching porn

[@utsavman47]

Have you seen peterson's room? Such a fucking mess 😂

[@adrianirimescu988]

@@utsavman47 and zizek is never on time. Those are their ideals

[@CIARUNSITE]

Peterson: begs for handouts. Peterson: eats 4 lbs or raw meat every day. Peterson: objectively the bigger joke.

[@sleslie23]

"What do you mean fans? People hate me." That statement alone made me like him.

[@Tin98Tin]

What every teenage girl says

[@bd9267]

there's nothing to like about him.

[@williamtang899]

Then look into his writings.

[@Feffdc]

MC Hammer We dont care

[@resmarted]

You must be a big fan of Trump then

[@farhannoor3433]

"Ideology is not just the world we live in, but also the wrong ways we imagine how to escape"

[@voidfrensij]

6:06 he literally passed from rambling to asking if you want a "fucking fruit juice" i adore him

[@aloofaloofing2859]

I just love how Zizek says ‘capitalism’. There’s 15 syllables when he says it.

[@loona7126]

It's how its pronounced in slovenian

[@MinistereMR]

When does he say it?

[@vishalchidambaram1064]

@LILLEY047 lmaoo😂💀

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

Capitalism sucks. *kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmrXhJJ6ZtOkhtk*

[@PrathameshThakare13]

@LILLEY047 🤣🤣

[@pablogarciacampos]

-Why do you have this here? -Just for idiots to ask about it: BOSS

[@nestorsdragon8057]

"I hate like, hi"

[@obsoleteoptics]

Nestor's Dragon *life

[@ProlificThreadworm]

That's like going to a party with trousers your dog shat on and calling people idiots for pointing out the marks

[@bongoseropersa5240]

@guinness4life how and why is he a sham?

[@clansman89]

@guinness4life Did you read them?

[@chupamelamas]

One of the most interesting videos of vice so far! More of this please! 🙏🏻

[@TheYolo20]

People picking on him because of his appearance or mannerisms or how he speaks are in reality just trying to discredit him through those actions because they cant even fumble a coherent sentence let alone a good argument against his arguments

[@brandonvestra]

Because of Zizek, I gradually changed the way I pronounced ideology.

[@embs5803]

I now just say eedeeology

[@_Mr_Matthew_]

edgyology

[@mittwochxiv.9770]

@@_Mr_Matthew_ edgy

[@SDGFDSZXC]

Lol in dutch its als said like that

[@barnaclescum7011]

@@mittwochxiv.9770 egg

[@anujp7554]

When the worlds ending I want Salvoj Zizek to commentate.

[@oulewappeur76]

😂

[@averagekiwiconsumer9977]

Slavoj not Salvoj

[@popdop0074]

"Some men just want to watch the world burn"

[@chinggiskhan6678]

"And the world ended under control of the burgeois. It is sad knowing that humanity at a point in history did get close to that, but then threw it away, preferring to stay oppressed"

[@jernyx9139]

@@averagekiwiconsumer9977 okej čad strelokurac

[@alirezakargar1498]

His analysis of middle east situation is sharply on point and aged very well.

[@genossewurzelkobold3141]

The most dangerous philosopher? dangerous for who? For the rich? For the ruling class? Maybe. But not for the people, for the people he is a blessing.

[@billy9497able]

"What do you mean by fans people hate me, im not kidding" had me dying for some reason

[@rrickey360]

I totally agree pissing my laughing

[@Lorraine-nu1cd]

Me too, theres smtg about how he said it that got me bursting into laughter

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

I think only troons and weirdos reviled by normal people enjoy this guy. Mostly because he's the only philosopher who permits their degeneracy and parpahilia - or rather ignores it. Best you can hope for, eh?

[@maxim_ml]

yeah i completely lost it

[@freudastaire]

never guessed that Coldplay's vocalist was such a good interviewer

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

doesn't look or sound like Chris.Martin. Coldplay are dull as cold shit.

[@waffelmeister9477]

I saw Slavoj Žižek at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

[@giberr6628]

this has me in shambles

[@penjamin1479]

love this copypasta

[@hienable6933]

You got a good imagination, friend

[@MD-np2nk]

''Seriously, can I give you some fucking fruit juice or something.''

[@nachogonzalez01]

I'd love some fucking fruit juice

[@KunjaBihariKrishna]

some fruity fuck juice

[@pepelinantunez2792]

I had a good fuck tonight

[@lrm9298]

"I'm afraid of myself, I don't need power" 👏😂

[@ananthakrishnanma6650]

Is he Dumbledore??

[@Ikaros23]

lol... he is i liar. Just a stupid intellectuals ( ideology junky/escapist) belives his lies, normal people can see that he is just a bullshit talker. He loves the power the attension gives him and is a total narcissist. Only a narcissist or a totalt idiot is positiv to Stalinism in 2020. He is just a parasitt on the western freedoms he has ( just law system, freedom of speech).

[@joeywho534]

Problem with this concept is one person WILL get the power. And when they do everyone else is in trouble.

[@Antraeus]

@@joeywho534 He understands this point.

[@SomebodyLikeXeo]

@@Ikaros23 Read his work before you start spitting crap.

[@bisexualitycreature]

Correspondent totally knew how to talk to zizek, get the best out of him in what little time was given.

[@maogu1999]

I like how Slavoj remained like that funny guy in a video game who never goes away. I hope he's doing okay.

[@ThePussukka]

He's so deeply intelligent, but also very funny and likeable while also being humble, funny to always see him on screen since he's so awkward.

[@smilingcat7001]

Deeply intelligent people talk much less. Charlatan who talks much and says nothing.

[@fynntasticmovienight]

@@smilingcat7001 its literally an interview. And, talking much or little doesn’t have much to so with intelligence.

[@Hypie582]

@@fynntasticmovienight It depends on what is being talked about

[@varkoor0438]

@@smilingcat7001 Ben Shapiro 😂

[@1DesertEagle26]

@@smilingcat7001 average Jordan Peterson fan

[@disquette8958]

"Of course it's a tragedy. People are dying, AND SO ON"

[@CrypticRite]

"ABSOLUTELY there to annoy people" What a man.

[@nimrod1998]

I love how much the interviewer is enjoying the interview hahahaha

[@liambakewelllopez8592]

“Here is included the cancer you get because it’s zero which means instead of sugar you get all those sweeteners”

[@IsraeliGuy18]

My favorite part of the video. LOL

[@worrywirt]

Donald Trump literally everything causes cancer so who cares, let’s live life deliciously :) (My pitch for a Coke ad 😂)

[@justpettet3506]

@@worrywirt my pitch for heroin also

[@fleaship6134]

@Tommy Shelby that's a hoax

[@justpettet3506]

@Samson Patrick Awili hahahha yeah so anarchic to think I should be able to eat and drink what I want hahahah :)

[@bangkok8370]

Nobody: Vice: Communist Superstar

[@allencaseyseverinogumiran8432]

@Jay James Kulaks deserve it though

[@jackrutledgegoembel5896]

@Jay James bruh stop copy pasting this comment everywhere.

[@distane8376]

@Jay James I do enjoy right wingers pretending they care about the sanctity of life. If we wanted to raise your taxes an extra 25 cents to feed orphans you'd threaten to murder politicians.

[@anthonygumingo9840]

@@distane8376 Right wingers and conservative foundations have done more through charity than any government program. It's not like right wingers don't want to help, they just don't want to be robbed by the government for them to just suck at it

[@5uperM]

@@distane8376 well I think being weary of tax raise is a pretty rational thing to freak out about not only does the taxes being raised once leave a precedent for more tax raises, but it also gives more money to the government which in turn gets spend on stupid bulkshit.

[@patrickdonaghy3009]

Slavoj Zizek is the type of guy who everyone wants to be a special guest in the Great British Bake Off

[@HotelMari0Maker]

15:08 - it's surreal and awesome to see Zizek laughing and having a good time!

[@hughobyrne8921]

No one: Slavoj: I hate life.

[@shr00mhead]

Also Antifa.

[@milztempelrowski9281]

and Nietzsche

[@milascave2]

@@milztempelrowski9281 Neither ANTIFA nor Nietzsche.

[@milztempelrowski9281]

@@milascave2 read

[@agstinacueva1673]

Dont we all

[@arinalikes5911]

I will forever remember when he said “ I am not a pervert” to me after a lecture ,guy is a comedian. Very funny out of context. 😊

[@tiamonet4231]

I absolutely love this guy. What a legend

[@woo341]

He's got more tics than a clock.

[@HGLehnsdal]

He had a coke... I mean a cafein soda

[@globnoggin8779]

HGL social anxiety

[@Gregory-ud6zq]

Glob Noggin not even close

[@lakelizard7574]

clever af. good one

[@cranberrysauce6478]

N O S E

[@ExtremelyToxic]

He can speak English so well, but his accent is so thick lol

[@juniperq4900]

Ummm.... have you never heard a person speak English from another country. It's pretty normal to talk with an accent when you speak a second language

[@ExtremelyToxic]

@@juniperq4900 I didn't say it was abnormal... But thanks for the lesson professor

[@raviolijones5351]

@@ExtremelyToxic love how your original comment was a month ago - bravo sir

[@sr3821]

When I heard his accent, I thought he was an Italian 😁

[@digiulio]

The funny thing is that he talks this same way even in Slovenian

[@johniegoh3690]

Zizek , thank you so much ! You are my idol . I want to say my thanks to you , your philosophy is simply amazing and workable !

[@carlkamuti]

The way Zizek makes a generous offer of fruit juice sound like an exasperated threat 🤣🤣 Masterful and hilarious.

[@narxes]

I bet the 4.1K dislikes didn't even watch the whole video and disliked immediately just because they saw the word Communist in the title.

[@abhimanyukarnawat7441]

Yes and?

[@narxes]

@@abhimanyukarnawat7441 Hi, I'm doing a public survey on mentally challenged people and how they interact with the world around them, do you have the time to answer a couple of questions?

[@whyamihere5732]

@@henrik4630 indeed. Quite a reasonable man, he is.

[@bluemethetys9267]

I think some amount of these dislikes disliked the cuts and editing

[@R.P.McMurphy]

@Cowlan more like the other way around, he showed that clearly that comment bothered him.

[@Gizmopoly]

I didn’t know Mark Hamill was a Marxist

[@morpheusxnyc]

You mean Lewis Black...

[@martin8313]

We live in a society

[@matthewmayuiers]

He kind of actually is, loves socialism

[@KPho150]

why the fuck did you think he fought the Empire for? To free the proletariat!

[@flxkts]

Much like stalin, he likes using force

[@akimorita]

6:06 hands down the highlight of the interview

[@thegoldenboah3343]

sorry , i missed the danger part ??!?

[@jasper677]

I like how he randomly puts german words in his sentences and the reporter is too respectful to ask and zizek doesnt notice because hes rambling so hard

[@bobthedestroyer6205]

In Slovenia we use so many german words, we dont even notice we dont speak slovene sometimes

[@Taunt61]

Ersatz is used in academic english, he assumes academic literacy from the interviewer

[@jasper677]

@@Taunt61 interesting, didnt knew. In germany it just means replacement, does it mean this?

[@Taunt61]

@@jasper677 I think in English it carries more of a negative connotation than it does in German, but it's otherwise quite similar in use.

[@imtu1231]

@@jasper677 Often used in Russia aswell "ersatz something" means a more cheap/crude/easy to make/lower quality something but still capable of doing what it was designed for.

[@unifieddynasty]

"Can I give you some fucking fruit juice?" This man is a hero.

[@dante.paradiso]

***** *_"this man a hero". this is a delirant statement. Take control of your speech man but first know real heroes. Control your naive sentimentalism_*

[@dante.paradiso]

***** *_You like his way of talking: "fucking fruit juice" because he's vulgar like you identifying with his vulgarity, you like his stupid way of having conversations_*

[@unifieddynasty]

Fabrizio Picco *_Fascinating, tell me more!_*

[@dante.paradiso]

***** *_For Marx in one of his letters to Engels stated his opinions about "thinking" and "doing something important: to change the state of things with praxis". Paraphrasing Marx: "I have to think that thinking too much is usually an obstacle to act." Engels stated: "A gram of Praxis worths more than a ton of theories". It is usual in our time: the motto of our time is: "Think too much non productive ideas until you're unable to act". Watch Zizek video called "Don't act, think!" If a revolution blows up in europe, i'm sure i will find Zizek in a coffeshop (read my other comment here) thinking his same unproductive ideas one over again, with no possible end. His main problem is not to solve the question of ideas and praxis. Organizing and Acting solve mental issues and vicious ideas: This is the most perfect comprehension of Marx's theories and praxis, and of his 11 thesis on Feuerbach._*

[@unifieddynasty]

Fabrizio Picco Go on...

[@deepster8731]

1:11 I always come back to this part to get a chuckle

[@ulysseskamps]

The point he makes at 10:47 is so interesting. Alexis de Toqueville said, "The most dangerous time for a bad government is when it begins to reform." It's difficult to think of two more different thinkers but they agree on this!

[@revolutionaryinsurrectioni1987]

"you go to gulag" *sniff*

[@prinzchen17]

when does he says that? i want to .gif it..

[@earthspace8666]

prinzchen17 He said it in one of his talks, not in this video.

[@albertcamus929]

@@prinzchen17 He also said that to Julian Assange.

[@Vashtanerada477]

So many people are obsessed with their philosophers being glamorous and sleek but that just seems disingenuous to me. Zizek is a modern-day Diogenes, he's a racoon that was rummaging around a liberal poli-sci university's dumpster that became sentient and started teaching classes out of an abandoned garden shed. He's one of a kind.

[@ole-christian6006]

Diogenes at once threw away his underpants upon seeing a prince get defecated on by a flown-in, all expenses paid Instagram model

[@markdarling9625]

Trump state of union

[@orirbjrk5573]

Few comments inspire such good chuckles. Thank you sir.

[@nolives]

Too accurate. Especially the diogenes reference.

[@thetankietrotskyist1237]

Vashtanerada477 >liberal >communist Pick one

[@creepychris420]

yo just btw - slavoj talking to morpheus meme is what brought me here 😂😂

[@sharkeyes]

‘In the end all we could really do is think about the fact we can think’

[@LloydWaldo]

I had a boss like the one being described. The ultimate form of oppression was to make himself appear to be an equal, but to exercise subtle power over everyone - never taking responsibility for failures and always claiming our successes as his own.

[@Minezanians]

@@aarondavid826 You probably hate your job too.

[@k1sm33t]

@@aarondavid826 not how it works, you’re either stupid or a child

[@22cents60]

I recently have such a boss and it sucks. I've got no direction in my job and of course I make mistakes but all of a sudden it's completely my fault as I'm supposed to be my own boss or something. Zero responsibility of the boss.

[@pineapples8503]

remember when The Office tried to show that for one season and then did a 180 and genuinely committed to this "office is a family" bs lol

[@HAL-99000]

Stop having a boss, do something!!

[@victoria2425]

ik it’s like a meme to shit on vice but this is an unironically dope interview

[@ayedee7104]

Tell me more...

[@BucketPukes1969]

God forbid we think something not in agreeance of popular internet culture!!

[@SilentRio]

She used the word 'unironically' - I doubt you would want - let alone get a conversation from this person.

[@same1839]

Seriously, the dude also has a great sense of humor.

[@taasinbinhossainalvi9173]

True but they make some solid videos sometimes (Uyghur, Syria, North Koreans in Russia)

[@lameduck3105]

Well done interview Alex Miller.

[@Darkskulledprince]

I saw him in person on the street and saluted him.

[@nallebajs]

Interviwer: When you´re in town, do you get approched by local fans? Zizek: What do mean by fans!? People hate me...

[@Contagious93812]

slovenes hate him because they're jealous of him being famous and successful, that's balkan mentality.

[@Cream12345Ice]

I'm from Croatia and pretty much all leftists are demonized in ex yugo so not surprising that people hate him

[@doublegi2880]

@@Contagious93812 nah, we don't hate him. But we don't give much of a f*** about him either. Based on individual... on some points we agree with him and on some we don't. If we feel he says something that benefits us or society we're going to give him credit, if we think he's talking nonsense and is going against interests of our nation, we treat him as raving lunatic lol.

[@LetsGoGetThem]

You misunderstand, local communists hate him because he isn't romanticizing Yugoslavia.

[@mareknovotny5441]

@@Cream12345Ice Lets be honest, that goes for the whole eastern block...

[@miguelzeballos4269]

The more relaxed he is, the less he does his ticks (touching his nose intensely / tounge out), i wish people stopped saying he does drugs. That's messed up man, he has nervous ticks.

[@gabriellebertrand3054]

I know right. I had ticks when I was a kid. They're perfectly normal

[@lanrebloom3809]

Yeah I noticed em too

[@Aemond2024]

Excuses. Typical coke head

[@ChronicGenocide]

@@Aemond2024 you couldn't sustain his lifestyle as an addict to cocaine

[@vivalapalestine7235]

De Watergeus TRUST me , I live in Slovenia and my family owns a club so when I tell you it's very hard if not impossible to get cocaine . And the jail time you would get just makes it not worth it to even touch . Stop with your propaganda

[@TheBarroomHero321]

Am I the only one that hates the title of this video? It's such clickbait-for-the-sake-of-clickbait bullshit that I feel like it undermines both Slavoj's medium and message while also somehow being unintentionally correct.

[@KomnataNorth]

This is best most interesting interview I seen in 2023

[@stevebob240]

I have to rewatch this every once in a while. It never fails to amuse me that Zizek's first words to this man is "I hate life".

[@lumpofcoal2437]

I wish Zizek was my uncle. Family dinners would actually be fun if we had this manic intellectual projectile-spitting into the food and denouncing capitalism.

[@qv8281]

Sinsearach how many corpses from sectarianism ? Life wouldn’t be the same without discourse

[@leahdorothy]

lmfao this is perfect

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Or you could invite your hipster cousin to do that lol.

[@rogerigez21]

> food > communism Pick one

[@harrysouter2304]

Dyson1 excellent and original comment

[@daseinz]

He's my favorite minecraft spider.

[@peterskove3476]

I had no idea who Slavoj was when I saw the “Perverts Guide “years ago and I refer to it and “They Live “constantly when trying to reach friends who got swept up in the trump madness. The personal struggle with ideology is one the I had when I was very young because of my circumstances. These friends never seem to have had the same struggles and so are blinded by their inheritance.

[@nellekzer7148]

“If you give me power, I’ll know how to use it. That’s why I’m almost afraid of myself”. Damn, this man went from talking about Batman to this in seconds. Definitely shows he’s got range