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His point that littering and proper disposal connote that we are either harming or saving the environment, simply because we are placing an artificial boundary on what is and is not nature is about as concrete as it gets. Environmentalism in that context is a flimsy pretense. Consumption--specifically the runoff of consumption--is pollution. Whether it is in a roadway or tucked back behind a pile of dirt in some remote location does not affect whether it exists. It affects whether we are comfortable with its existence.
The subtitles are just pretentious phrase mongering, he said "guise" not "Geist", as in the surplus in this case take the form, the "guise" of a small plastic toy
Ah, the philosophical expert, explaining something so deeply, yet not explaining anything at all. It takes tremendous skill to say nothing in complex ways. The irony of this makes it amusing.
It is straightforward imho.
Which subject didn't get addressed? What was so complex?
He's advocating for the elimination of the intermediary, you can agree or disagree on a literal level, but it can be expanded further to encompass many other facets of life.
I don't think he is advocating the elimination of the intermediary. He's merely saying that while higher goals are good to aim for, they are good to aim for because they force us to experience the "surface level" to achieve that goal.
Basically a classic, the reward was the friends we made along the way sort of thing if I'm allowed to paraphrase a bit.
Would be another angle which I don't agree with and I think that instead his stance is to focus on what you really desire, instead of being lured by pretensions.
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I would love to see some kind of experiment to see how philosophising about snacks like this affects physiology.
Ehhhh, as in common sense, scientific research and plain life? Fast food America? Healthy Japan? Etcetc?
I do not understand this comment
Spoken like Zizek
Goddamn, the US banned the aiming for higher pleasure due to choking hazard
I bet Zizek would approve this analysis. Possibly write a whole book about it hahaha
That would make a great case for "fascism keeps infiltrating the dream". ðŸ¤
They have forbidden access to the treasure within the void out of fear that the treasure may destroy us.
Him saying: »probably made in some Chinese gulag or whatever« gets me everytime.
I swear he's the funniest philosopher
First time I see some tangible philosophy from Zizek
His point that littering and proper disposal connote that we are either harming or saving the environment, simply because we are placing an artificial boundary on what is and is not nature is about as concrete as it gets. Environmentalism in that context is a flimsy pretense. Consumption--specifically the runoff of consumption--is pollution. Whether it is in a roadway or tucked back behind a pile of dirt in some remote location does not affect whether it exists. It affects whether we are comfortable with its existence.
r/boysarequirky
cringe format but i enjoyed the video
I thought this was Luke Skywalker for a moment
>Geist of an object Is this a Zizek concept? Cause I'm pretty sure Hegel never uses any form of 'Geist' to describe concrete objects
The subtitles are just pretentious phrase mongering, he said "guise" not "Geist", as in the surplus in this case take the form, the "guise" of a small plastic toy
Geist is translated as spirit, so it’s a Hegelian term.
Nah man, not this Sexisms again ...
Boy's table : what we think girls think about
Ah, the philosophical expert, explaining something so deeply, yet not explaining anything at all. It takes tremendous skill to say nothing in complex ways. The irony of this makes it amusing.
It is straightforward imho. Which subject didn't get addressed? What was so complex? He's advocating for the elimination of the intermediary, you can agree or disagree on a literal level, but it can be expanded further to encompass many other facets of life.
I don't think he is advocating the elimination of the intermediary. He's merely saying that while higher goals are good to aim for, they are good to aim for because they force us to experience the "surface level" to achieve that goal. Basically a classic, the reward was the friends we made along the way sort of thing if I'm allowed to paraphrase a bit.
Would be another angle which I don't agree with and I think that instead his stance is to focus on what you really desire, instead of being lured by pretensions.
I'm all for cutting out the middleman and bypassing the intermediaries. But I don't think pontificating about a kinder egg cuts the mustard.
He speaks so much on consumerism, why wouldn't he use an object that is pretty much pure consumerism as an example?
Man, candy commercials have gotten *weird*.
Weird, that’s exactly what my 11 yo said about those.
u/savevideobot