If you want to get Zizek's 'I WOULD PREFER NOT TO' t-shirt you can do so here: i-would-prefer-not-to.com

i admire him , but i will never shake his hand

@ts1603

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha maybe he's patient zero of the coronavirus

@rezashia3135

4 жыл бұрын

Ditto 😂

@FRONT-rc1qg

4 жыл бұрын

😅👍

@emptymorphous

4 жыл бұрын

ts1603 He is a superspreader

@crhettbuttler1

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

Yes, I am an Afghan who become familiar with your bright thoughts by persian translation of your books in Iran.

@juaxquill510

4 жыл бұрын

@Augustus Mars Yes, Afghanistan is a shithole, but what a cheap reasoning.

@juaxquill510

4 жыл бұрын

@Augustus Mars These countries have different socio-economic and also political situations as well as my country. Please don`t be a reductionist. I think the world is more complicated that you might imagine.

@juaxquill510

4 жыл бұрын

@Augustus Mars The communism of Zizek is too naive to be called the classic one. After all I just like him because of his brilliant interpretations about christanity.

@jakit4

4 жыл бұрын

Augustus Mars you’re an arsehole...

@renaars

4 жыл бұрын

@Augustus Mars Cuba is helping the EU with pandemic treatment. their medical system is a miracle considering US sanctions for decades. in many places, communism is actually totalitarianism. many socialist countries are targeted by capitalists. free-floating capital and virtual senate make sure that progressive politics doesn't succeed. those are just a few points. you need some education. and be more humble too.

It's refreshing to hear people like Zizek. Being Lebanese, I see a lot of deformities in the way the west portrays the Middle East, it is hard to decrypt middle eastern political reality whilst in the west which is why the media cannot be trusted but even worse the media here is not even reliable anymore since the protests started.

@Blag_Cog

4 жыл бұрын

The problem in the west is that we culturally have some things that we cannot put aside. And it makes it so that many nuances are lost in discourse and in the portrayal of other countries.

@ArmchairPhilosopher360

4 жыл бұрын

@@Blag_Cog By nuances, you mean the 100 million corpses brought to the world by what commies like Zizek say.

@Blag_Cog

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArmchairPhilosopher360 no. I mean the greater context of why the world is the way it is.

@usxnews1834

4 жыл бұрын

What would you say are some good outlets/resources/twitter accounts to help me understand middle eastern politics better? I use electronic intifada already but more suggestions would be welcome! Thank you :)

@margecallover

4 жыл бұрын

@@usxnews1834 Sure. However, you have to follow a bunch of accounts on Twitter because objectivity is basically non existent and you need opinions from both ends of the spectrum. When it comes to Lebanon: Newspapers: Annahar, Al Akhbar, Daily Star Tv channels: LBCI, AL JADEED(NEW TV), MTV Political party accounts: Lebaneseforces.com, Tayyar.org You can also follow arab outlets: Al Jazeera, Al Mayadeen etc...

Zizek is the *perfect* person to go on the Joe Rogan show.

@antoniolewis1016

4 жыл бұрын

yes but has he tried DMT?

@ArmchairPhilosopher360

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Rogan doesn't have commies on his show. He loves his country.

@ArmchairPhilosopher360

4 жыл бұрын

@WageSlaving2TheTop ! Oh, the irony! Commies like Zizek stand on the shoulders of 100 million corpses. Communism is the antithesis of Libertarians and liberty in general. Get a grip!

@mohamedabdiazizmuse6336

4 жыл бұрын

Otto Von Bismarck another Joe Rogen fan

@danielhyberg2590

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArmchairPhilosopher360 lmao read a book dumbass

4:06 "Fuck it, here is my bank account. Where are my millions?" ~ Slavoj Zizek

In the context of the region of Middle East, Iran is actually the most progressive side you could support. Having an alliance of Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US dead set on destroying their influence is enough proof, but there is many more. Iranian people are very well read and educated.

@Sam-gy3ok

4 жыл бұрын

The Iranian people yes, but the revolutionary guards, hizbollah and Khamenei are facists. This isnt hyperbole the analogy is accurate given the blending of stolen leftist 'anti-imperial' ideas and strict anti-modernism/worship of traditional order. They are preferable to Saudi monarchy but actual leftists and even liberals in the middle east are preferable to all Islamists, which is a real and facist political ideology beyond western 'framing'..

@sedayeguitar

4 жыл бұрын

@fafar gol to suggest that the level of crisis, by every definition, that Iranian society finds itself in currently is comparable to the Pahlavi era is ignorant at best and apologetic at worst. This regime in unapologetically kleptocratic.

@sinaasadi3800

4 жыл бұрын

Their education is used mostly in western countries. Not in Iran. Each year 300,000 people leave Iran forever & go to a western or democratic country. The reason Trump is putting pressure on the regime is the letters of educated Iranians based in the US.

@deweydonahue3796

4 жыл бұрын

There are many socialists in the Arab world still that support Hezbollah and Iran against Isreal/ gcc/ the West

@butter_nut1817

4 жыл бұрын

They live under a dictatorship which is openly hostile to Jerusalem and the West. Little hard to be pro aggressive dictatorship

The vast majority of intellectuals in the Islamic golden age were Persians.

@ZztheProZZ123

3 жыл бұрын

not true. There were a alot and they invented alot of things that changed our world but not the majority.

@nickpdxx

3 жыл бұрын

Islamic golden age? Isn't that an oxy......moron?

@francisdinh8161

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickpdxx What part of it is an oxymoron

@ksi8276

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickpdxx I don't know if you had history lessons where you went to school but yes there was such a. Thing. Funnyly enough, the main idea of a camera,which u watch a recorded version of it on KZread, was developed in that age

@CrackingTechHD

3 жыл бұрын

@@ZztheProZZ123 It was the majority. Even here in the Netherlands, Iranians are the highest educated people. Persian culture emphasizes wisdom/progression.

I’ve got a personal theory called the paradox of Middle East: The only government of the region that enforces the law of Islam officially, rules _ by far_ the most educated nation of the region. ---------- The 1979 revolution in Iran was among the most mysterious phenomena in 20th century. It always reminds me of Wales’ mass suicide.

Iranian and Afghanian have so much potential, incredible people, extraordinary resilience, they have so much pride in resisting the evil that giving them a sense of true liberty. While majority of the Arab governments have sold themselves.

@bigmedge

3 жыл бұрын

No , all they have is delusions that keep them drowned in shit . While most Arab countries have finally gained enough sense to join the civilized industrialized world

@paxsignals2652

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t compare Afghanistan to iran!.!.! Never ever

@JimSendre

7 ай бұрын

Iran supports russian genocidal invasion.

"Shniff" ~ Slavoj Zizek

@sezzed5663

4 жыл бұрын

is that what you learned from his speech?

@boitumelomonare8647

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@FWAKWAKKA

4 жыл бұрын

Me: ....The mans a genius! O:

@FWAKWAKKA

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZzolllozZ its OCD or neurological as far as ive heard.

@bodhicara

4 жыл бұрын

"and so on and so on"

Persian Pride World Wide! The 13th century was indeed an important moment in history for the revival of the Persian civilization where Khorasan - modern day Afghanistan - was the epicenter of it. This was also known as the Persian Renaissance where the Shahnama of Ferdawsi was completed in the historical place, Ghazni, after roughly 25 years. Hadn't it been for the amazing work of the Persian universal man, Ferdawsi, the Persian language would have largely disappeared. An Egyptian professor was right when he noted: the ancient Egyptian language could not survive as we did not have our own Shahnama Ferdawsi. Thank you Slavoj Zizek. Love to Iran, Khorasan (Afghanistan), Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Bukharah and Samarqand in particular).

@mehdinaghavi685

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right. Ferdowsi saved the Persian culture,

His argument misses an important piece: a handkerchief

@usmanparker9183

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Zizek's book "Violence: 6 sideways reflections" has been translated to Persian as "5 sideways reflections" The final chapter talks very much about atheism and has been eliminated. The publications in Iran are under direct supervision of the islamists and are censored.

@maltazor666

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I 'love' this. I imagine by the time it reaches Saudi Arabia, the title'll be "Violence: 1 sideway reflection". And then if asked, Sahib will be like, 'what, habib, we translated your book'..

@bazitube390

3 жыл бұрын

everythings censored in Iran

@shayantheunworthy3390

3 жыл бұрын

I have the Persian translation. You are completely right.

@omarn7650

3 жыл бұрын

What arguments does he make for atheism?

@firstlast-pq1tx

3 жыл бұрын

@@omarn7650 read the online version in english, iranian internet is pretty censored, can you use a vpn?

When a philosopher tells me that it’s hard to orient yourself, It s very demoralizing

@kevinclass2010

4 жыл бұрын

Hagelian dialectics: thesis + antithesis = synthesis. You need to try, overcorrect, and correct again. You cannot self-orient. Others have to point out your mistakes to correct them because we are bad at telling our own

Would you stop commenting about his mannerisms? He is discussing something illuminating, and you guys...

Zoroastrians: "haters gon' hate".

Well what he told was happening in Afghanistan was heartwarming.

I'm sad, upset and now joyful that I found out about this brilliant mastermind, mr zizek. Sir you are truly someone to admire. I will follow you for rest of my life🙏

The whole west include France n Germany supported Saddam Hussein during 1980s Iraq-Iran war. For instance; Germany provided Saddam Hussein chemical weapons that used against civilians.

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

@ abtin kiani The west and East (Soviet union) ensured to support both Iran and Iraq in order to deteriorate both nations power... Initially they helped Iraq more because Iran was more powerful, but when Iran started losing, the Iran-contra happens, where Iran bought US weapons and plane parts from Israel...look it up

dont touch your face,your nos.. Zizek : *dies

@whatthehelliseventhat8231

3 жыл бұрын

Best comment lol

@whatthehelliseventhat8231

3 жыл бұрын

Even after 8 months, ur comment is still relevant 😐😷😢

So right at 4:28. Three neighbouring countries: A, B, and C. They become embroiled in some sort of tension or conflict that is strictly regional. Country A invades Country B for its oil or some other resource, Country C comes to the aid of B and they push back A. It's a relatively obvious that A is at fault, the victim B and its ally C are victorious, and due to the strain of the war effort, A's government is on the brink of collapse-. _However,_ a superpower bloc is allied with A's leadership and will use its vast resources to prop it up, prolonging the conflict. A separate power bloc has a vested interest in the oil or resources that started the conflict _and_ were covertly behind the uprising among A's populace following the military defeat in an attempt to install a client regime that's willing to play ball. A regional conflict has turned into a global hotspot and potential source of wider conflict due to its connection to the global community and tangled alliances. These complicated relationships are unrelated to morality. A nation that, for the most part, has been a force for good globally and historically can be just as easily aligned with a regional warmonger as the victim because the sole determining factor is securing resources. They do what they want because the three regional countries are bit-players and then simply apply an ideological bandaid for justification.

*watching this in iran*

@billthebutcher3171

3 жыл бұрын

Damn , how you're holding up my persian brotendo?

Iran has a right to defend themselves against bloodthirsty oilthirsty US troops

@ArmchairPhilosopher360

4 жыл бұрын

Too bad other muslims don't have the right to defend themselves against bloodthirsty Ayatollahs and Islamo-fascists.

@ArmchairPhilosopher360

4 жыл бұрын

@Alexander The USA never slaughtered 100 million corpses in less than 70 years like the commies. This is morally a much better record than the Marxists.

@deweydonahue3796

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArmchairPhilosopher360 that's retarded, if you're going by the amount of people killed as measurement of good than the USA is the most evil in the world, Iran hasn't invaded a single country and how many wars has any single us president started?

@ArmchairPhilosopher360

4 жыл бұрын

@1 looper That's quite a fantasy. Go say that to a pro-government "Death to America" rally and see what the reaction is. But you're right, never trust islamists.

@ArmchairPhilosopher360

4 жыл бұрын

@Pasdar Nobody has a body count higher than the Marxists. Not even close. The whole last century proves it.

INTELLECTUAL MIRACLES AND SPIRITUAL IMPROVEMENT ARE TRULY NEEDED

Perfect 👌

play this on 1.5 speed

Glad someone is saying this.

Ideas of socialism and marxism entered the arena of social and political life in Iran right after Bolsovic revoloution of 1917. Right after 1917 revoloution of Russia, with the support of Bolsovic party and direct contact with Lenin the northern province of Gilan under the leadership of a coalition of communist and nationalist forces announced the cedition of Gilan from Iran, as an independent socialist republic, only to be defeated and demolished when Lenin stopped his support after his geopolitical agreements with Reza Shah. Perhaps Iran is the only country in middle East that the idea of socialism and philosophy of Marxism is extemely popular among intellectuals and sections of working class. During 1980s an estimated 10,000 Leftist political dissident , religious and communists were murdered or executed by islamic forces of Khomeini regime.

Informative!!

Why no one gives him a tissue paper ?!! It's even more important than water in his situation.

@observer5542

3 жыл бұрын

Because everyone is listening to his speech and intellectual body, not his personal behavior. please learn to focus on sth which is important

@sadeghmirzaee8258

3 жыл бұрын

​@@observer5542 I listened to the entire speech dude. And I'm neither blind nor unconscious. I pay attention to whatever my mind and my senses are able to catch. And I don't ignore them. And I'm not watching lord of the rings and don't want to get paralyzed by the magic of the movie. ( nor the speech magic if it has some ) Because when someone speaks about people and the nations and so on, you'd better don't get paralyzed. That's the way of Islamic mosques and that kind of speaker and listener. I don't like that. I want free-thinking. free of emotions and things like that. I don't want to get controlled by emotions that may be the (any) speaker put on me. ( especially when it's about people and nations... ) Don't you agree? ( what "sth" mean? ) But still, that is my question. This person's behavior is what he has to. He can't ask his nose to stop and the nose follows. But why no one cares about his situation. No one helps him. Can we say that people like good speaks but not good actions?

i love zizek. He is the best and so on

BRAVO 😍❤😍❤😍❤

Someone give this man a handkerchief xD

Love this guy

1:06 simulation theory confirmed

I could see that he knew so much about iran, and the Iranian new generation and the cultural legacy there, which is I always respect, but he have so much things that he have no idea about there in the region or he never search about it, and that’s not fair for making Judges, totally unfair

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

I bet he can’t even name 5major cities in Iran lol...he didn’t even know the name of the guy he supposedly supported in the green movement lol

Slavoj spits even more than Daffy Duck

The most relatable rant on the internet today!

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

Lol? R u even iranian? What do u relate to not being able to blow ur nose in a tissue?

This is not about the Muslim world-its about Saudi and Iranian geopolitical games

@DarkCrusade

4 жыл бұрын

the muslim world is long dead sadly

@omarlone4904

3 жыл бұрын

@@DarkCrusade we are never dead baby 👶,,,,, it's our time for revival... Just wait a little

@DarkCrusade

3 жыл бұрын

@@omarlone4904 I am muslim myself bro

@monarchyking5417

3 жыл бұрын

@@DarkCrusade muslim world still medieval age

@deathknight8229

3 жыл бұрын

@@monarchyking5417 fucking islam . everything is wrong about this religion . persian people were Zoroastrian . islam just fucked this country

So funny how casuals (dummy/losers) are sooo occupied with his sniffling...

@denisjelicic1093

4 жыл бұрын

@@hildegardvonbingen9092 then don't and listen to a scam artist called Jordan Peterson. I'm sure you won't have trouble understanding him lol

@denisjelicic1093

4 жыл бұрын

@@hildegardvonbingen9092 first of all guy has ticks which is a medical condition and saying that it's discusting to listen to someone talk is insulting and ignorant so I was responding to remarks of an asshole wich is you. Second... 90% of famous filosophers contradict themselfs. Some more some less. It's filosophy dude... it neer ends.. Third.. I am not putting no one on a pedestale I was just anoyed by assholes who are having ignorant remarks.. If your left leg is shorter the the right leg, you think is right to say you look stupid and hilarious when you walk? Its just wrong. No explanation needed.

@hakimahmad55555

4 жыл бұрын

@Radle dumbass should be sent to gulag

@MrHousetronic

3 жыл бұрын

@@denisjelicic1093Jordan Peterson is a scam artist??? lol You just lost all credibility... and you sound really foolish.

@denisjelicic1093

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrHousetronic that one got you goin a? :)

What the faz ya seyedi?

In the beggining he says things in Iran aren't so bad and then he says how everything is controlled, censored, people are afraid and thirsty for foreign input...

Was that Virgil Texas laughing

Yes mate nice material u using

LOVELY SLAVOJ ZIZEK

no one: absolute no one: youtube: netherlands subs

Thank you zizek!, From iran, I didn't know you analyze like that these information from such a unknown country like iran!

@FanoosCast

3 жыл бұрын

And who’s told you that Iran is an unknown country?

@behrad9712

3 жыл бұрын

@@FanoosCast I know believe me I'm iranian

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

@ behrad bahrami Rad Khak to saret basiji! U must be an “Islamic republic” tool!

@behrad9712

3 жыл бұрын

@@k9k9k9er6 ابله منظورم اینه که چه جالب ژیژک راجب ما حرف می زنه! Idiot,i mean it's interesting that zizek talked about us IRANIANS not REGIME!

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

@ behrad bahrami Rad So ur so happy that this ignorant fool talks about our country, by supporting a dictatorship that is ruining it? U must be slow... So many people talk about our country and it’s beautiful things...and don’t resort to. Supporting this corrupt regime... Ablah ke 100% khodeti!

Agreed

Anyone got any intel of ZiZek is [or not] actually an Agent....

@jared8411

4 жыл бұрын

Does Cathy Newman interview non agents? I'm j/k I don't actually know or have a basis to know, I have seen less than 5 of her interviews.

From now on my preferred topic for research would be 'human rights and so on....'😃

I want him to talk about Kashmir , India and Pakistan

Thank you Dr. Z.

auto subtitles hear him speaking dutch funnyy

so true

slavoj there was a scholar from england he got a call from the pope... and so another chance missed for humanity another forgotten genius

Slavoj is wishing that Zeus were real

Zlavoj Snizek

Great to hear the world is getting better and better. If one watches the media stupidities, one might belief the opposite.

No subtitles for this clip

this man is just brilliant PROTECT ZIZEK AT ALL COST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

He is a clueless moron

What is his diagnosis?

@noddlefoodle5691

4 жыл бұрын

Tourette syndrome, I believe

1:34 Shouldn't it be "not only satellite images, but _poisonous gases_ too"?? XD

@gdi1093

3 жыл бұрын

@B olton not quite, it was Western Germany that provided the mustard and sarin gas, granted likely at the behest of the United States since this is prior to German unification. The United States did in fact provide Iraq with GPS positioning of Iranian troop concentrations though to ensure the chemical weapons attacks would be as effective as possible with pinpoint accuracy.

@thetaggman5311

3 жыл бұрын

@@gdi1093 I don't think Saddam needed GPS positioning to gas towns, a simple map did do the job. but yes, to attack the military targets he used American intelligence.

The irony of a great atheist statement. Intillectual miracles".

Great speech! A few points: Egypt, Israel, and Saudi used to collaborate well before because of Shah's policies and his role in the Middle East region. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the ayatollah's simply destroyed everything by their backword policies. Green Movement in 2009 was a good opportunity for Iranian people to announce their dissatisfactions with the system, but it did not result in a sustainable change, because it was defined within the Islamic Republic framework. People still trusted the system and hoped for a better option for presidency. They did not know that to improve the situation, there is no way but changing the political structure. Now, they know. Just see the recent movements (women, workers, teachers,...).

Zizek should understand Yemeni ecumenism which can unify Islamic world against western imperialism. It is like Jordan Peterson starting to keep commandments.

@milominderbinder6209

3 жыл бұрын

Elaborate.

Im a sunni muslim, and iran has its issuues but its way better than compared to Saudia in most ways ... plus they don't sell out like Saudia does to every country like America, Isreal Uk France

Superficial oppression?! Are you kidding?

Saudi Arabia has never asked any country to adapt democracy I don’t know here zizek got this statement from!

@groundzero5708

3 ай бұрын

Lol they have .ritard

this guy has no idea what's going on in Iran and what Iran is about

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

Bale! Exactly! He is a Moron...I bet he can’t even name 3 cities in Iran...yet he talks about its complicated politics as if he is living there...lol

@seanisgone5413

Жыл бұрын

could you elaborate what part you didn't agree with ?

@MobinAziziFakhr

Жыл бұрын

@@seanisgone5413 sympathy for Iran! the people of Iran or terrorist government which kills Iranian people who protest. much better than saudi Arabia? look at the democracy and life comfort in saudi and then in Iran! we have oil and then there are villages in Iran that are living along scorpions and people who don't have clean water to drink. u dont know who is telling lies? i dont care about usa but defending Irans regime... means supporting a regime which supports militia terrorists in middle east. a regime that proudly says we support Iraq and Syria and Lebanon with oil money and everything while it's own people are in horrible life. Iran's offical Army is in horrible situation. no attention no budget supporting nothing. hope for Muslim world? well Shia definitely has no place in Islam. not even sunni. there was no shia or sunni in islam just islam its self with this particular law as obeying God and the message sent by him to the prophet which is kindness friendship brotherhood peace and learning science. the Shia which irans government tries to make a big screen from is a disgrace to Islam and Iran. by the power of brainwashing from the belief of Shia there are stupid brainwashed people in the streets of Iran which passionately support the government and try to force fascism like hijab on women who don't want it. there were even god damn people who used acid to hurt girls and women who don't wear hijab while in Islam it's always said there's no force in our religion. look at saudi. they have freedom of clothes. every arab and Muslim countrys women's sports team are free to wear what they need but Iran forces Iranian women to always cover. one thing was said right by this guy and it was about the youth generation. yes the new generation understand peace and democracy. they don't say death to usa they don't burn flags they don't disrespect others beliefs. just like the last huge anti government protests in which Iran students refused to walk on usa and Israel flags kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4J-rqlxmqbXYbQ.html

Viva IRAN🌷

03:13 If you don’t know much about the situation in the Middle East you can easily just shut up and do your research and when you feel you have enough information talk. Its easy.

This dude is fucking hilarious. Geeze what a speaker

I'm an iranian citizen,and I'll glad to see you in iran,if you and evryone come to iran and see it deeply,will figure out how wonderfull is this country and its people.you are so famous in Iran Mr zizek,Iranian mostly are edjucated,warm,smooth people,and I'm proud that we are people that couldnt tolerate empirealism of some sistem(even they are not contry,they are not real nation-state)like USA(Union Sistems of Athoritarians😏)😁😁 some raw,violent,yankis that they live by misundrestanding about themselves,they like to be real nation by deep culture and history,but sadly they are just some people who works for rich oligarchi of mafia and treaten with them like slave,no respect,no humanity,just fake hallywood and mafia of media which produce some bullshit propaganda against respectfull nations

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

@ bamdad shamloo Where in Iran r u? I’ll come and pay u a visit

@RouzbehMZad

11 ай бұрын

Cut the bullsh.t and correct your dictation first. What we were in past and what they are doing in west just shows their hypocrisy and does not give any credit to hypocrisy of our ayatollahs government and their admirers.

This is very interesting. Saudi Arabia advised Iranians to learn and stick to democracy.

@ttzzaa

3 жыл бұрын

False statement

"Listen son Said the man with the gun There's room for you inside." (Pink Floyd) Intellectual power put in relation ✊😁 .•°

Appreciate the truth about Israel and Saudi Arabia..

zizek says some interesting things. i just wish he didn't have those tics

zizek has lots of fans here in Iran

We get it, he touches his nose and sniffs a lot. Can people please comment something constructive?

True leftists stand in solidarity with all of the oppressed people despite religion or where in the world they reside. Harkiam is from Iraq and does lefty analysis of what's going on, that side of the world.

@Jelissei

4 жыл бұрын

I've never heard a leftist demand the muslim nations (except Jordan!) stop oppressing the palestinian people in camps and instead let them live and work in their countries. When Christians and Jews fled the muslim nations of the middle east and around the mediterranean sea, they came to nations that let them work and live instead of putting them into camps. Why is that so difficult in the case of the palestinians? Why won't Syria and Lebanon allow their muslim brothers and sisters in?

@DarkCrusade

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jelissei they do that, the problem is Syria and Lebanon are also bad countries

@Jelissei

4 жыл бұрын

@@DarkCrusade They allow Palestinians to work? Do you have a source?

@k9k9k9er6

3 жыл бұрын

@ J C Leftist don’t care about or love the poor and the “oppressed”, they simply hate those that are wealthier than themselves... They use the poor and the “oppressed” as the excuse and political “tools” to bash those that are better off than themselves and to climb up themselves Hence once at the top, like Mao and Stalin, not only do the poor and the “oppressed” not better off, but rather have to fight for survival...

The first person who talked about America helping Iraq

*haddaway* **what is love** ***test3***

This gentleman needs to stick to the written word

The second islamic golden age is upon us.

@monarchyking5417

3 жыл бұрын

Islamic golden age is fake

@deathknight8229

3 жыл бұрын

@@monarchyking5417 true dude . im persian and im telling you we dont need fucking islam anymore we just want freedom .

PSA: don't make generalizations about muslims/islam based on muslim country leaders. Their people hate them more than you do

@muhammadomar2343

3 жыл бұрын

couldnt agree more with you

@farrider3339

3 жыл бұрын

Then go for boycotts .•°

Why is this guy such a superstar on the left? He's really not saying anything particularly interesting, anyone with a book or two on the region and an al-Monitor account already knows all this. He brings mild regional knowledge and pairs it with an incredible batshit take. Anyone who considers a nuclear Iran (retracted opinion or not) to be a worthy goal doesn't understand the region. Iran isn't the noble underdog that needs protection, they're a theocratic regime with a gradual swell of internal dissent. We need to prevent the IRGC from gaining too much strength (aka attaining nuclear power), but we also need to allow democratic reform to take its course.

@karimrashidpour9378

3 жыл бұрын

I think you should study deeply Zizek. Zizek is not actually a superstar of the left. He is quite disliked by many leftists. But in this case, I partially agree with you. Iran having nuclear weapons may not be the best-case scenario. But this demonization of Iran is still extremely unfair considering all the horrible deeds and human rights violations done by Saudi Arabia. So, why media do not vocally condemn Saudi's actions in Yemen? What about Khashoggi? What about all the laws against women rights? Even if there are few articles and controversies regarding these topics, there is never serious talk about this. But lets also not forget that Saudi is a monarchy while in Iran they still hold elections...which basically means that Saudi is much more of a dictatorship than Iran. And as the last point, I want to criticise your final sentence. What do you mean "allow democratic reform to take its course". You are assuming that democracy is an inevitable and certain outcome of political evolution, but it is not always the case. And again, the rhetoric that democratic reform should be allowed, is very close to the rhetoric that democratic reforms should push, which basically created all the modern problems with Egypt military taking power or Iraq's government weakness. When people think that democracy is the only solution, without understanding the country's historical and cultural background, they tend to create disasters

@karimrashidpour9378

3 жыл бұрын

And one last point...Zizek is not actually saying he perfectly knows the geopolitical implications of the modern middle east. He admits he lacks deep knowledge regarding this. But his argument is revolving more on the twisting of the images done by the media and by the US for their agenda. Do you honestly believe that the US is doing all the things they are doing to promote democracy? I hope not because that would be extremely naive

@econometrics469

3 жыл бұрын

@@karimrashidpour9378 I'm not responding to most of that because we mostly agree. But democratization in Egypt wasn't through the process of reform, it was basically a revolution, which naturally causes social upheaval. Iran is theocratic, and the IRGC is dominant, but they do allow elections like you said. When I say that democratic reform should be allowed to happen I'm talking about the work of people like Rouhani, Javad Zariff, the Middle Eastern universities like al-Qud hosting forums and changing the minds of young people who will go on to be political movers. I think I recently read that 70% of the Iranian population is under 30 (which when connected to social media means they're likely falling in with the progressive youth of today, I have Iraqi friends who have done just that, advocating for everything from separation of church... to veganism lol). Iran has a chance for radical (and peaceful) reform, but anyone paying attention to Iranian politics knows that the Revolutionary Guard would be more brutal if they had the security provided by nukes. In my opinion, anyone suggesting they out to have one (Zizek included) out to refrain from commenting on the region's politics. He's right about the Saudis being worse though, MBS is a vomitous person (although he has responded recently to popular pressure, so we'll see what happens in the coming years)

@farrider3339

3 жыл бұрын

@@econometrics469 : democratizing 🇪🇬 Egypt ? What did I miss ? A former general is on top for several years right nOw and that says it aLL .•°

"rather superficial oppression"

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i think Iran and Afghanistan are part of a civilization very different from middle eastern Arabs.

@abolfazlkhodaygani7019

4 жыл бұрын

Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, parts of iraq were part of an older body until Britain started drawing lines on the map

3:53 :)

Funny hand movements 😂

welp.. this didnt age that well

Somebody please invite this guy to cnn and fox so ppl in america can see how stupid their media is.

Someone needs to gift him a neti pot.

@Sea.

2 ай бұрын

This is actually a nervous tic he cannot control. If you look at his works before 2010, he doesn't suffer from this. He's quite brave to continue forward even when he has them.

give the man some tissues

He should gave a talk in Egypt someday 🇪🇬🍀👌

Why doesn't this guy talk about the petrodollar and overthrowing it by creating new liquid portable fuels like hemp-based fuel?

The US Mideast policy following 9/11 led to the destruction of Arab states, which pardoxically paved the way for a stronger Shiite presence in the region. Now when Iran is much stronger, it seems unlikely whether Zog America is willing to pursue another regime change.

@LionKing-ew9rm

4 жыл бұрын

Iran is not an Arab country!

@rudolfbaresic

4 жыл бұрын

@@LionKing-ew9rm When did I ever mention that Iran is an Arab state. All I said was that the US policies towards Arab countries has strenghtened Iran.

@MrPolymath0

3 жыл бұрын

Iran is not as strong as much as it's enemies are weak, Turkey could soon displace their gains

@KD-oy8qt

2 жыл бұрын

Are you an Arab? That’s rather a very smart analysis that I don’t usually see under western videos d:

@rudolfbaresic

2 жыл бұрын

@@KD-oy8qt hey bro. Croatian background.

Iran strong