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Almost 20 years ago Zizek was my gateway to "Marxist" philosophy. Even nowadays, every 6 months or so I check out what is he up to

It's incredible that someone could grift so long as a Marxist while being incapable of doing historical materialist analysis

It's indistinguishable from a Guardian/WaPo Oped

It’s no surprise that Trump has also suggested for Russia to rejoin the G7, signaling a broader re-normalization of ties. So, it’s not that Europe should unite to become one more major power within the BRICS space; rather, it should become an exception—a place that offers support to the victims of the new BRICS superpowers, each defining its own sphere of influence.

The announced American takeover of Gaza demonstrates what happens within a superpower’s sphere of influence.

Are you trying to pretend in 2025 CE that the neoliberal EU is not a satrapy of the US? Which Europe should unite? The neocon technocrats led by Von Der Leyen? Or the barely existing "Left"?

This brings us to the scandalous performance known as the Munich Security Conference. There, British historian Timothy Garton Ash raised the timely question: “Will the peace be like Chamberlain’s peace for our time?” My answer is that it could turn out to be even worse, because our time is one of a new BRICS multipolarity. Both prospects of peace in which Trump’s administration is now engaged—Gaza and Ukraine—are exemplary cases of how the emerging BRICS world will function: yes, it will be multipolar, but in the sense of a few strong states, each defining its own sphere of influence and limiting the sovereignty of its smaller neighbors. Trump’s foreign policy fully fits this BRICS model: he concedes that Ukraine lies within Russia’s sphere of influence, while insisting that Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and Panama belong to the U.S. sphere. The reality of BRICS thus uncannily echoes George Orwell’s 1984, set in a world divided into three superstates locked in constant warfare: Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. This world mirrors today’s reality with some adjustments: the United States conquers Latin America as Oceania, while Russia conquers Western Europe as Eurasia (except the UK, which remains part of Oceania).

That is why Trump immediately engaged in negotiations with Putin, openly excluding Europe from peace talks. Even when Trump and Putin disagree on many things, they already speak the same language. Putin’s (surprising, to some) endorsement of Trump’s plan to annex Greenland reflects their shared vision of a new world order. The two also share responsibility for major war crimes: in Gaza and the West Bank, and in Ukraine. However, China is an exception—it is far less expansionist, more interested in open trade, and seemingly better positioned to foster innovative capitalism (digital products, medicine, electric vehicles…). Although Europe is economically strong, it is becoming increasingly marginalized geopolitically, ignored more with each passing day. If the EU wishes to survive, it must assert its sovereignty forcefully—not just against Russia, but primarily against the United States.

Look at the actual numbers motherfucker! How many tons of steel produced by each power bloc?! Not fuckin GDP, but actual ammo?!

However, one should leave behind the rather boring enumeration of measures and focus on the ostensibly neutral terms like “common sense” and “sanity.” The problem here is that the era of common sense—when we could rely on traditional values and customs in daily life—is over, and not only in the domain of sexuality.

Alright, fuck you, you liberal hack