The duty of a politician for me is to be a representative: a politician is not an expert, experts are experts, hired for their expertise and so on.
Slavoj ŽižekFascism is relatively easy to explain. It is a reactionary phenomenon. Nazism was some bad guys having some bad ideas and unfortunately succeeding in realizing them.
Slavoj ŽižekDid Wagner really accomplish the first step towards the kitschy 'fetishization' of music that reaches its apogee in classical Hollywood?
Slavoj ŽižekWe should not oppose something just because it was appropriated by the wrong guys; rather, we should think about how to reappropriate it.
Slavoj Žižek