Archive - ŽIŽEK GOADS AND PRODS

February 2025

FATE NO LONGER SMILES ON US, EUROPEANS

A spectre is haunting the world.

Feb 18 •

WHEN GOD CRIES: HAMLET AND THE ART OF WORLD-SHATTERING CHANGE

Something Rotten in Denmark

Feb 15 •

SUMUD: REMEMBER THIS WORD

Better to live in tents on the ruins of your home than to suffer another nakba

Feb 8 •

DEEPSEEK: THE AMBIGUITY OF DE-COMMODIFICATION

The paradox is that the de-commodification of AI programs, although a step out of capitalism as we knew it, ultimately strengthens the reign of our new…

Feb 1 •

January 2025

TRUMP’S INAUGURAL SPEECH: THE MADNESS OF COMMON SENSE

The era of common sense is over

Jan 25 •

LENIN: 101 YEARS LATER

Who controls the controllers?

Jan 18 •

DAVID LYNCH IS DEAD, BUT HIS ETHICS IS MORE ALIVE THAN EVER

Ethics as the most dark and daring of conspiracies

Jan 17 •

WHY THE FANTASY OF AN EVIL INDIFFERENT GOD IS NECESSARY

Pain and boredom are our lot, and the world is dirt, nothing more

Jan 11 •

MUSK AGAINST BANNON: WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF PRODUSERS

Trump faces an 'impossible' coalition between digital feudal masters and exploited workers—one that will inevitably collapse.

Jan 4 •

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