“Populism is ultimately sustained by the frustrated exasperation of ordinary people, by the cry "I don't know what's going on, but I've just had enough of it! It cannot go on! It must stop!”
― First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
― First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“There is an old joke about socialism as the synthesis of the highest achievements of the whole human history to date: from prehistoric societies it took primitivism; from the Ancient world it took slavery; from medieval society brutal domination; from capitalism exploitation; and from socialism the name..”
― Revolution at the Gates: Zizek on Lenin, the 1917 Writings
― Revolution at the Gates: Zizek on Lenin, the 1917 Writings
“I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
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