@Augustus Mars These countries have different socio-economic and also political situations as well as my country. Please don`t be a reductionist. I think the world is more complicated that you might imagine.
@Augustus Mars The communism of Zizek is too naive to be called the classic one. After all I just like him because of his brilliant interpretations about christanity.
@Augustus Mars Cuba is helping the EU with pandemic treatment. their medical system is a miracle considering US sanctions for decades. in many places, communism is actually totalitarianism. many socialist countries are targeted by capitalists. free-floating capital and virtual senate make sure that progressive politics doesn't succeed. those are just a few points. you need some education. and be more humble too.
It's refreshing to hear people like Zizek. Being Lebanese, I see a lot of deformities in the way the west portrays the Middle East, it is hard to decrypt middle eastern political reality whilst in the west which is why the media cannot be trusted but even worse the media here is not even reliable anymore since the protests started.
The problem in the west is that we culturally have some things that we cannot put aside. And it makes it so that many nuances are lost in discourse and in the portrayal of other countries.
What would you say are some good outlets/resources/twitter accounts to help me understand middle eastern politics better? I use electronic intifada already but more suggestions would be welcome! Thank you :)
@@usxnews1834 Sure. However, you have to follow a bunch of accounts on Twitter because objectivity is basically non existent and you need opinions from both ends of the spectrum. When it comes to Lebanon: Newspapers: Annahar, Al Akhbar, Daily Star Tv channels: LBCI, AL JADEED(NEW TV), MTV Political party accounts: Lebaneseforces.com, Tayyar.org You can also follow arab outlets: Al Jazeera, Al Mayadeen etc...
@WageSlaving2TheTop ! Oh, the irony! Commies like Zizek stand on the shoulders of 100 million corpses. Communism is the antithesis of Libertarians and liberty in general. Get a grip!
In the context of the region of Middle East, Iran is actually the most progressive side you could support. Having an alliance of Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US dead set on destroying their influence is enough proof, but there is many more. Iranian people are very well read and educated.
The Iranian people yes, but the revolutionary guards, hizbollah and Khamenei are facists. This isnt hyperbole the analogy is accurate given the blending of stolen leftist 'anti-imperial' ideas and strict anti-modernism/worship of traditional order. They are preferable to Saudi monarchy but actual leftists and even liberals in the middle east are preferable to all Islamists, which is a real and facist political ideology beyond western 'framing'..
@fafar gol to suggest that the level of crisis, by every definition, that Iranian society finds itself in currently is comparable to the Pahlavi era is ignorant at best and apologetic at worst. This regime in unapologetically kleptocratic.
Their education is used mostly in western countries. Not in Iran. Each year 300,000 people leave Iran forever & go to a western or democratic country. The reason Trump is putting pressure on the regime is the letters of educated Iranians based in the US.
Iranian and Afghanian have so much potential, incredible people, extraordinary resilience, they have so much pride in resisting the evil that giving them a sense of true liberty. While majority of the Arab governments have sold themselves.
No , all they have is delusions that keep them drowned in shit . While most Arab countries have finally gained enough sense to join the civilized industrialized world
@@nickpdxx I don't know if you had history lessons where you went to school but yes there was such a. Thing. Funnyly enough, the main idea of a camera,which u watch a recorded version of it on UA-cam, was developed in that age
@@ZztheProZZ123 It was the majority. Even here in the Netherlands, Iranians are the highest educated people. Persian culture emphasizes wisdom/progression.
Zizek's book "Violence: 6 sideways reflections" has been translated to Persian as "5 sideways reflections" The final chapter talks very much about atheism and has been eliminated. The publications in Iran are under direct supervision of the islamists and are censored.
Oh, I 'love' this. I imagine by the time it reaches Saudi Arabia, the title'll be "Violence: 1 sideway reflection". And then if asked, Sahib will be like, 'what, habib, we translated your book'..
I’ve got a personal theory called the paradox of Middle East: The only government of the region that enforces the law of Islam officially, rules _ by far_ the most educated nation of the region. ---------- The 1979 revolution in Iran was among the most mysterious phenomena in 20th century. It always reminds me of Wales’ mass suicide.
Persian Pride World Wide! The 13th century was indeed an important moment in history for the revival of the Persian civilization where Khorasan - modern day Afghanistan - was the epicenter of it. This was also known as the Persian Renaissance where the Shahnama of Ferdawsi was completed in the historical place, Ghazni, after roughly 25 years. Hadn't it been for the amazing work of the Persian universal man, Ferdawsi, the Persian language would have largely disappeared. An Egyptian professor was right when he noted: the ancient Egyptian language could not survive as we did not have our own Shahnama Ferdawsi. Thank you Slavoj Zizek. Love to Iran, Khorasan (Afghanistan), Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Bukharah and Samarqand in particular).
@Alexander The USA never slaughtered 100 million corpses in less than 70 years like the commies. This is morally a much better record than the Marxists.
@@ArmchairPhilosopher360 that's retarded, if you're going by the amount of people killed as measurement of good than the USA is the most evil in the world, Iran hasn't invaded a single country and how many wars has any single us president started?
@1 looper That's quite a fantasy. Go say that to a pro-government "Death to America" rally and see what the reaction is. But you're right, never trust islamists.
Hagelian dialectics: thesis + antithesis = synthesis. You need to try, overcorrect, and correct again. You cannot self-orient. Others have to point out your mistakes to correct them because we are bad at telling our own
I'm sad, upset and now joyful that I found out about this brilliant mastermind, mr zizek. Sir you are truly someone to admire. I will follow you for rest of my life🙏
The whole west include France n Germany supported Saddam Hussein during 1980s Iraq-Iran war. For instance; Germany provided Saddam Hussein chemical weapons that used against civilians.
@ abtin kiani The west and East (Soviet union) ensured to support both Iran and Iraq in order to deteriorate both nations power... Initially they helped Iraq more because Iran was more powerful, but when Iran started losing, the Iran-contra happens, where Iran bought US weapons and plane parts from Israel...look it up
So right at 4:28. Three neighbouring countries: A, B, and C. They become embroiled in some sort of tension or conflict that is strictly regional. Country A invades Country B for its oil or some other resource, Country C comes to the aid of B and they push back A. It's a relatively obvious that A is at fault, the victim B and its ally C are victorious, and due to the strain of the war effort, A's government is on the brink of collapse-. _However,_ a superpower bloc is allied with A's leadership and will use its vast resources to prop it up, prolonging the conflict. A separate power bloc has a vested interest in the oil or resources that started the conflict _and_ were covertly behind the uprising among A's populace following the military defeat in an attempt to install a client regime that's willing to play ball. A regional conflict has turned into a global hotspot and potential source of wider conflict due to its connection to the global community and tangled alliances. These complicated relationships are unrelated to morality. A nation that, for the most part, has been a force for good globally and historically can be just as easily aligned with a regional warmonger as the victim because the sole determining factor is securing resources. They do what they want because the three regional countries are bit-players and then simply apply an ideological bandaid for justification.
@ behrad bahrami Rad So ur so happy that this ignorant fool talks about our country, by supporting a dictatorship that is ruining it? U must be slow... So many people talk about our country and it’s beautiful things...and don’t resort to. Supporting this corrupt regime... Ablah ke 100% khodeti!
Ideas of socialism and marxism entered the arena of social and political life in Iran right after Bolsovic revoloution of 1917. Right after 1917 revoloution of Russia, with the support of Bolsovic party and direct contact with Lenin the northern province of Gilan under the leadership of a coalition of communist and nationalist forces announced the cedition of Gilan from Iran, as an independent socialist republic, only to be defeated and demolished when Lenin stopped his support after his geopolitical agreements with Reza Shah. Perhaps Iran is the only country in middle East that the idea of socialism and philosophy of Marxism is extemely popular among intellectuals and sections of working class. During 1980s an estimated 10,000 Leftist political dissident , religious and communists were murdered or executed by islamic forces of Khomeini regime.
Iranian here. It's great to hear this great man's opinion on persian matters. We're just tired people who have been suffering since the day the islamic republic formed. In here it's just survival, and the people who speak up disappear... so its great to have someone speak for/about us.
He is not great! The man is essentially supporting the regime that has made us so poor, economically, socially, culturally, politically... What r u talking about?
@@k9k9k9er6 Are you seriously that thick?!! Let me guess you must be a Shah supporter!!!! Where the F did he support the regime?! He's talking about a secular, progressive undercurrent in the Iranian society, and saying that the West often play their card wrong in the middle-east! By your logic he's supporting Taliban in Afghanistan too?
@@observer5542 I listened to the entire speech dude. And I'm neither blind nor unconscious. I pay attention to whatever my mind and my senses are able to catch. And I don't ignore them. And I'm not watching lord of the rings and don't want to get paralyzed by the magic of the movie. ( nor the speech magic if it has some ) Because when someone speaks about people and the nations and so on, you'd better don't get paralyzed. That's the way of Islamic mosques and that kind of speaker and listener. I don't like that. I want free-thinking. free of emotions and things like that. I don't want to get controlled by emotions that may be the (any) speaker put on me. ( especially when it's about people and nations... ) Don't you agree? ( what "sth" mean? ) But still, that is my question. This person's behavior is what he has to. He can't ask his nose to stop and the nose follows. But why no one cares about his situation. No one helps him. Can we say that people like good speaks but not good actions?
@@hildegardvonbingen9092 first of all guy has ticks which is a medical condition and saying that it's discusting to listen to someone talk is insulting and ignorant so I was responding to remarks of an asshole wich is you. Second... 90% of famous filosophers contradict themselfs. Some more some less. It's filosophy dude... it neer ends.. Third.. I am not putting no one on a pedestale I was just anoyed by assholes who are having ignorant remarks.. If your left leg is shorter the the right leg, you think is right to say you look stupid and hilarious when you walk? Its just wrong. No explanation needed.
Iran and Turkey are the ones who can bring a healthy change in the entire islamic world. Turkey with its founding state principles. Iran with its people.
In the beggining he says things in Iran aren't so bad and then he says how everything is controlled, censored, people are afraid and thirsty for foreign input...
Great speech! A few points: Egypt, Israel, and Saudi used to collaborate well before because of Shah's policies and his role in the Middle East region. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the ayatollah's simply destroyed everything by their backword policies. Green Movement in 2009 was a good opportunity for Iranian people to announce their dissatisfactions with the system, but it did not result in a sustainable change, because it was defined within the Islamic Republic framework. People still trusted the system and hoped for a better option for presidency. They did not know that to improve the situation, there is no way but changing the political structure. Now, they know. Just see the recent movements (women, workers, teachers,...).
I could see that he knew so much about iran, and the Iranian new generation and the cultural legacy there, which is I always respect, but he have so much things that he have no idea about there in the region or he never search about it, and that’s not fair for making Judges, totally unfair
He is absolutely right about the comparison of Iran with Saudi Arabia. But of course all the positive aspects of Iran have to do with the country's amazing culture, not with the regime.
@ Soul Rebel Yeah, a lot of people talked about Naazis in 1940s...so what? What a foolish comment Our country and culture doesn’t need a corrupt terrorrist regime in order to be talked about We have many things to offer the world... Ur a moron!
@@seanisgone5413 sympathy for Iran! the people of Iran or terrorist government which kills Iranian people who protest. much better than saudi Arabia? look at the democracy and life comfort in saudi and then in Iran! we have oil and then there are villages in Iran that are living along scorpions and people who don't have clean water to drink. u dont know who is telling lies? i dont care about usa but defending Irans regime... means supporting a regime which supports militia terrorists in middle east. a regime that proudly says we support Iraq and Syria and Lebanon with oil money and everything while it's own people are in horrible life. Iran's offical Army is in horrible situation. no attention no budget supporting nothing. hope for Muslim world? well Shia definitely has no place in Islam. not even sunni. there was no shia or sunni in islam just islam its self with this particular law as obeying God and the message sent by him to the prophet which is kindness friendship brotherhood peace and learning science. the Shia which irans government tries to make a big screen from is a disgrace to Islam and Iran. by the power of brainwashing from the belief of Shia there are stupid brainwashed people in the streets of Iran which passionately support the government and try to force fascism like hijab on women who don't want it. there were even god damn people who used acid to hurt girls and women who don't wear hijab while in Islam it's always said there's no force in our religion. look at saudi. they have freedom of clothes. every arab and Muslim countrys women's sports team are free to wear what they need but Iran forces Iranian women to always cover. one thing was said right by this guy and it was about the youth generation. yes the new generation understand peace and democracy. they don't say death to usa they don't burn flags they don't disrespect others beliefs. just like the last huge anti government protests in which Iran students refused to walk on usa and Israel flags ua-cam.com/video/aNJLG8jCq1Q/v-deo.html
The US Mideast policy following 9/11 led to the destruction of Arab states, which pardoxically paved the way for a stronger Shiite presence in the region. Now when Iran is much stronger, it seems unlikely whether Zog America is willing to pursue another regime change.
Im a sunni muslim, and iran has its issuues but its way better than compared to Saudia in most ways ... plus they don't sell out like Saudia does to every country like America, Isreal Uk France
Why is this guy such a superstar on the left? He's really not saying anything particularly interesting, anyone with a book or two on the region and an al-Monitor account already knows all this. He brings mild regional knowledge and pairs it with an incredible batshit take. Anyone who considers a nuclear Iran (retracted opinion or not) to be a worthy goal doesn't understand the region. Iran isn't the noble underdog that needs protection, they're a theocratic regime with a gradual swell of internal dissent. We need to prevent the IRGC from gaining too much strength (aka attaining nuclear power), but we also need to allow democratic reform to take its course.
I think you should study deeply Zizek. Zizek is not actually a superstar of the left. He is quite disliked by many leftists. But in this case, I partially agree with you. Iran having nuclear weapons may not be the best-case scenario. But this demonization of Iran is still extremely unfair considering all the horrible deeds and human rights violations done by Saudi Arabia. So, why media do not vocally condemn Saudi's actions in Yemen? What about Khashoggi? What about all the laws against women rights? Even if there are few articles and controversies regarding these topics, there is never serious talk about this. But lets also not forget that Saudi is a monarchy while in Iran they still hold elections...which basically means that Saudi is much more of a dictatorship than Iran. And as the last point, I want to criticise your final sentence. What do you mean "allow democratic reform to take its course". You are assuming that democracy is an inevitable and certain outcome of political evolution, but it is not always the case. And again, the rhetoric that democratic reform should be allowed, is very close to the rhetoric that democratic reforms should push, which basically created all the modern problems with Egypt military taking power or Iraq's government weakness. When people think that democracy is the only solution, without understanding the country's historical and cultural background, they tend to create disasters
And one last point...Zizek is not actually saying he perfectly knows the geopolitical implications of the modern middle east. He admits he lacks deep knowledge regarding this. But his argument is revolving more on the twisting of the images done by the media and by the US for their agenda. Do you honestly believe that the US is doing all the things they are doing to promote democracy? I hope not because that would be extremely naive
@@karimrashidpour9378 I'm not responding to most of that because we mostly agree. But democratization in Egypt wasn't through the process of reform, it was basically a revolution, which naturally causes social upheaval. Iran is theocratic, and the IRGC is dominant, but they do allow elections like you said. When I say that democratic reform should be allowed to happen I'm talking about the work of people like Rouhani, Javad Zariff, the Middle Eastern universities like al-Qud hosting forums and changing the minds of young people who will go on to be political movers. I think I recently read that 70% of the Iranian population is under 30 (which when connected to social media means they're likely falling in with the progressive youth of today, I have Iraqi friends who have done just that, advocating for everything from separation of church... to veganism lol). Iran has a chance for radical (and peaceful) reform, but anyone paying attention to Iranian politics knows that the Revolutionary Guard would be more brutal if they had the security provided by nukes. In my opinion, anyone suggesting they out to have one (Zizek included) out to refrain from commenting on the region's politics. He's right about the Saudis being worse though, MBS is a vomitous person (although he has responded recently to popular pressure, so we'll see what happens in the coming years)
I'm an iranian citizen,and I'll glad to see you in iran,if you and evryone come to iran and see it deeply,will figure out how wonderfull is this country and its people.you are so famous in Iran Mr zizek,Iranian mostly are edjucated,warm,smooth people,and I'm proud that we are people that couldnt tolerate empirealism of some sistem(even they are not contry,they are not real nation-state)like USA(Union Sistems of Athoritarians😏)😁😁 some raw,violent,yankis that they live by misundrestanding about themselves,they like to be real nation by deep culture and history,but sadly they are just some people who works for rich oligarchi of mafia and treaten with them like slave,no respect,no humanity,just fake hallywood and mafia of media which produce some bullshit propaganda against respectfull nations
Cut the bullsh.t and correct your dictation first. What we were in past and what they are doing in west just shows their hypocrisy and does not give any credit to hypocrisy of our ayatollahs government and their admirers.
03:13 If you don’t know much about the situation in the Middle East you can easily just shut up and do your research and when you feel you have enough information talk. Its easy.
@B olton not quite, it was Western Germany that provided the mustard and sarin gas, granted likely at the behest of the United States since this is prior to German unification. The United States did in fact provide Iraq with GPS positioning of Iranian troop concentrations though to ensure the chemical weapons attacks would be as effective as possible with pinpoint accuracy.
@@gdi1093 I don't think Saddam needed GPS positioning to gas towns, a simple map did do the job. but yes, to attack the military targets he used American intelligence.
VIVA IRAN im not muslem but i I live comfortably in Iran, they are name's Muslims, but many people are intelligent, democratic and even better than the Americans ،Turkey and Saudi Arabia. I talked about people, not governments
Iran is a good example of how religion and culture can make a stable society, however not other islamic countries are like this. If you learn islam by knowledge and reason it will be good.
@@460mas compared to norway no, compared to every other country in the middle east, yes it is extremely stable unlike other countries that relied on foreign backing to come to power and need foreign backing to survive and can easily be invaded if foreign backing is lost
True leftists stand in solidarity with all of the oppressed people despite religion or where in the world they reside. Harkiam is from Iraq and does lefty analysis of what's going on, that side of the world.
I've never heard a leftist demand the muslim nations (except Jordan!) stop oppressing the palestinian people in camps and instead let them live and work in their countries. When Christians and Jews fled the muslim nations of the middle east and around the mediterranean sea, they came to nations that let them work and live instead of putting them into camps. Why is that so difficult in the case of the palestinians? Why won't Syria and Lebanon allow their muslim brothers and sisters in?
@ J C Leftist don’t care about or love the poor and the “oppressed”, they simply hate those that are wealthier than themselves... They use the poor and the “oppressed” as the excuse and political “tools” to bash those that are better off than themselves and to climb up themselves Hence once at the top, like Mao and Stalin, not only do the poor and the “oppressed” not better off, but rather have to fight for survival...
@@k9k9k9er6 اینا نمیفهمن اصلا گوش نمیدن فقط میان یه کامنت میزارن جانم فدای فلانی . یه مشت احمقن . این احمق اومده میگه تو ایران خیلی آزادی بیشتری هست تا آمریکا . معلوم نیست اصلا چه موادی میزنن
OMG!!! I am Persian myself and admire his supportive expressions but on the other hand I can't help laughing either... He's too funny to believe... Hahaha
@ S.AMIN.J U enjoy an ignorant foreigner supporting a theocratic dictatorship that has destroyed our country? socially, politically, culturally, economically... Wow! Well I guess a minority of Germans in 1939 supported their regime and enjoyed others telling them how good they have it under a fascist dictatorship too and we saw how that ended 6 years later for ALL the poor Germans...
All you said is correct except one thing, you consider the regime of Iran as same as its people. We the nation of Iran have nothing to do with this brutal regime.
@ Azeri Bülbül Well unlike u, is Iranians know a lot more about our country... And know how hated this corrupt, mismanaged evil regime is among the people.. from sitting in a taxi, to family gatherings, to friends... So I suggest u worry about whatever hellhole ur from and we worry about Iran and u worry about ur own hellhole... Ok buddy?
@ Azeri Bülbül lol any Iranian will laugh at ur non-sense... I am assuming that since u think Irani under this regime is so great, u have already applied for Iranian citizenship? And I’ll be seeing u soon in imam Khomeini airport? Ur a joke...Writing this none-sense I bet u can’t even name five major cities in my country off the top of ur head... Yes Iranians know pretty well how horrible our regime is...simple buddy :) And be sure that silly comments like urs, do not change the horrible reality on the ground that poor Iranians had to go through in the last 42 year under this evil corrupt mismanaged regime.. they have felt it in their bones!
@@k9k9k9er6 well said buddy. Probably aghaye bol bole azari dar veleayat zob shode and all he wants is a shiaa regime which kills people in name of allah
@Gottlose Philosophie Ye Olaghe dige! Maloon nist az koodoom jahanam dare oomade Ver mizane. Iranians know the truth, that’s all that matters and will get rid of this regime...impossible for this level of corruption and mismanagement to last forever....laws of universe
I am Iranian and I don't think Iran is "better" than Saudi Arabia, actually Saudi Arabia takes better care of its citizens than Iran. Their quality of life is higher because they are pro-US while Iran is anti-US. Although I would agree, Iranian people are more "open" than Arabs in general and less religious, probably why they'd more interested in reading books by Slavoj Zizek, a leftist.
Look at the populations of the two countries and their oil revenues per capita. Most of the Arabian peninsula remains much like it was two thousand years ago: a vast, desolate, sparsely populated wilderness. It's a ridiculous comparison.
@ observer Lol out of all the persian gulf states that extract oil, Iran is the only one that has declined in the last 40years, politically, socially and economically... Don’t be so ignorant... Btw I am Iranian too... How is it that all these no -Iranians like to lecture us Iranians on how great we are or how great we have it? We know better than u and this I grant fool int his video..lol
@@k9k9k9er6 being held down under siege by the world's mightiest superpower for forty years might have a bit to do with it too, just sayin. No country subjected to similar treatment has fared much better, after all.
@ observer Oh so now ur back pedalling from ur initial statement that Iran under “Islamic republic” is doing better that other Persian gulf nations? So u already agree that it is doing worst...lol Secondly, well if they can’t handle it and their useless picking fights with the world, is causing nothing but pain for Iranians and destroying our culture and economy, they need to go to plan B then...don’t they? They were the ones that invaded the US embassy and took hostages and yell death to other countries and have a record in invading embassies from Denmark’s to Saudi... So u have no point!...they picked a fight in which they don’t even really believe it, as they send their own kids to US and Canada to study and party with Iranian people money, and they can’t win, yet they keep dragging on our suffering...NO GLORY in that!
1- Iran is 200 years old, Saudi Arabia is barely 80 years old and with hardly any modernism before the 1970s. Saudi Arabia was a nation created from scratch, with zero legacies of statehood and exhausting tribal traditions. Iran is 80 million people, Saudi is 30. The mere comparison between the two speaks volumes of Saudi power and potential. 2- Zizek is ignorant of the "incredible intellectual life" of the Arab world, utterly ignorant, including Saudi Arabia's liberal democratic voices, not only silenced by political autocracy and social ultra-orthodoxy but also obscured by ignorant Western intellectuals and militant Iranian propagandists. This is disgusting.
So what? I'm talking about modern political societies. Oman and Yemen are also part of a +3000-year-old Arabian civilization, but that's irrelevant history. Modern Iran is also the product of Western intrusion and Anglo-Russian wars, and it lost much of its historical territory. Britain could never in a million years unify a vast country without the local power dynamics of religion and conquests.
Zizek should understand Yemeni ecumenism which can unify Islamic world against western imperialism. It is like Jordan Peterson starting to keep commandments.
Zizek says naively Iran is most better than Saud Arabia?? Lol this is the most stupid statement I’ve ever heard Zizek also says that the saud foreign minister asks the Iranian to accept the basic democracy!! I have no idea where Zizek got this fake news?! Saudis have never claim that their are a democratic country nor they ever did encourage others to accept or not accept the democracy, simply Saudis never talk about it. Zizek says that Saud Arabia has put pressure on Israel to bomb Iran, i can’t handle this fake stupidity of such a statement. I encourage zizek to read profoundly deeper on the situation in the Middle East. Zizek reminds me of other “scholars” outsider of course who is persisting in teaching us about us!! I don’t think so that zizek knows Arabic, Person and Hebrew as I know.. I assume that Zizek has never read about our history, religion, culture, society etc etc, I believe that all his information about the Saudis, Iranians comes from a friend told him a story. How come an educated person based his statement on a story!! Im deeply concern about such people like Zizek to be naive and simple in such a very important region. Im sad really sad to hear him talk with no actual evidence.
If you want to get Zizek's 'I WOULD PREFER NOT TO' t-shirt you can do so here:
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Yes, I am an Afghan who become familiar with your bright thoughts by persian translation of your books in Iran.
@Augustus Mars Yes, Afghanistan is a shithole, but what a cheap reasoning.
@Augustus Mars These countries have different socio-economic and also political situations as well as my country. Please don`t be a reductionist. I think the world is more complicated that you might imagine.
@Augustus Mars The communism of Zizek is too naive to be called the classic one. After all I just like him because of his brilliant interpretations about christanity.
Augustus Mars you’re an arsehole...
@Augustus Mars Cuba is helping the EU with pandemic treatment. their medical system is a miracle considering US sanctions for decades. in many places, communism is actually totalitarianism. many socialist countries are targeted by capitalists. free-floating capital and virtual senate make sure that progressive politics doesn't succeed. those are just a few points. you need some education. and be more humble too.
i admire him ,
but i will never shake his hand
hahaha maybe he's patient zero of the coronavirus
Ditto 😂
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ts1603 He is a superspreader
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It's refreshing to hear people like Zizek. Being Lebanese, I see a lot of deformities in the way the west portrays the Middle East, it is hard to decrypt middle eastern political reality whilst in the west which is why the media cannot be trusted but even worse the media here is not even reliable anymore since the protests started.
The problem in the west is that we culturally have some things that we cannot put aside. And it makes it so that many nuances are lost in discourse and in the portrayal of other countries.
@@Blag_Cog By nuances, you mean the 100 million corpses brought to the world by what commies like Zizek say.
@@ArmchairPhilosopher360 no. I mean the greater context of why the world is the way it is.
What would you say are some good outlets/resources/twitter accounts to help me understand middle eastern politics better? I use electronic intifada already but more suggestions would be welcome! Thank you :)
@@usxnews1834 Sure. However, you have to follow a bunch of accounts on Twitter because objectivity is basically non existent and you need opinions from both ends of the spectrum. When it comes to Lebanon:
Newspapers: Annahar, Al Akhbar, Daily Star
Tv channels: LBCI, AL JADEED(NEW TV), MTV
Political party accounts: Lebaneseforces.com, Tayyar.org
You can also follow arab outlets:
Al Jazeera, Al Mayadeen etc...
Zizek is the *perfect* person to go on the Joe Rogan show.
yes but has he tried DMT?
Joe Rogan doesn't have commies on his show. He loves his country.
@WageSlaving2TheTop ! Oh, the irony! Commies like Zizek stand on the shoulders of 100 million corpses. Communism is the antithesis of Libertarians and liberty in general. Get a grip!
Otto Von Bismarck another Joe Rogen fan
@@ArmchairPhilosopher360 lmao read a book dumbass
In the context of the region of Middle East, Iran is actually the most progressive side you could support. Having an alliance of Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US dead set on destroying their influence is enough proof, but there is many more. Iranian people are very well read and educated.
The Iranian people yes, but the revolutionary guards, hizbollah and Khamenei are facists. This isnt hyperbole the analogy is accurate given the blending of stolen leftist 'anti-imperial' ideas and strict anti-modernism/worship of traditional order. They are preferable to Saudi monarchy but actual leftists and even liberals in the middle east are preferable to all Islamists, which is a real and facist political ideology beyond western 'framing'..
@fafar gol to suggest that the level of crisis, by every definition, that Iranian society finds itself in currently is comparable to the Pahlavi era is ignorant at best and apologetic at worst. This regime in unapologetically kleptocratic.
Their education is used mostly in western countries. Not in Iran. Each year 300,000 people leave Iran forever & go to a western or democratic country. The reason Trump is putting pressure on the regime is the letters of educated Iranians based in the US.
There are many socialists in the Arab world still that support Hezbollah and Iran against Isreal/ gcc/ the West
They live under a dictatorship which is openly hostile to Jerusalem and the West. Little hard to be pro aggressive dictatorship
4:06 "Fuck it, here is my bank account. Where are my millions?"
~ Slavoj Zizek
Iranian and Afghanian have so much potential, incredible people, extraordinary resilience, they have so much pride in resisting the evil that giving them a sense of true liberty. While majority of the Arab governments have sold themselves.
No , all they have is delusions that keep them drowned in shit . While most Arab countries have finally gained enough sense to join the civilized industrialized world
Don’t compare Afghanistan to iran!.!.! Never ever
Iran supports russian genocidal invasion.
Iranian people are far more superior compared to afghan people. Without any question.
The vast majority of intellectuals in the Islamic golden age were Persians.
not true. There were a alot and they invented alot of things that changed our world but not the majority.
Islamic golden age? Isn't that an oxy......moron?
@@nickpdxx What part of it is an oxymoron
@@nickpdxx I don't know if you had history lessons where you went to school but yes there was such a. Thing. Funnyly enough, the main idea of a camera,which u watch a recorded version of it on UA-cam, was developed in that age
@@ZztheProZZ123 It was the majority. Even here in the Netherlands, Iranians are the highest educated people. Persian culture emphasizes wisdom/progression.
Zizek's book "Violence: 6 sideways reflections" has been translated to Persian as "5 sideways reflections"
The final chapter talks very much about atheism and has been eliminated.
The publications in Iran are under direct supervision of the islamists and are censored.
Oh, I 'love' this. I imagine by the time it reaches Saudi Arabia, the title'll be "Violence: 1 sideway reflection". And then if asked, Sahib will be like, 'what, habib, we translated your book'..
everythings censored in Iran
I have the Persian translation. You are completely right.
What arguments does he make for atheism?
@@omarn7650 read the online version in english, iranian internet is pretty censored, can you use a vpn?
His argument misses an important piece: a handkerchief
🤣🤣
I’ve got a personal theory called the paradox of Middle East:
The only government of the region that enforces the law of Islam officially, rules _ by far_ the most educated nation of the region.
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The 1979 revolution in Iran was among the most mysterious phenomena in 20th century. It always reminds me of Wales’ mass suicide.
"Shniff"
~ Slavoj Zizek
is that what you learned from his speech?
😂😂😂
Me: ....The mans a genius! O:
@@ZzolllozZ its OCD or neurological as far as ive heard.
"and so on and so on"
Persian Pride World Wide! The 13th century was indeed an important moment in history for the revival of the Persian civilization where Khorasan - modern day Afghanistan - was the epicenter of it. This was also known as the Persian Renaissance where the Shahnama of Ferdawsi was completed in the historical place, Ghazni, after roughly 25 years. Hadn't it been for the amazing work of the Persian universal man, Ferdawsi, the Persian language would have largely disappeared. An Egyptian professor was right when he noted: the ancient Egyptian language could not survive as we did not have our own Shahnama Ferdawsi. Thank you Slavoj Zizek. Love to Iran, Khorasan (Afghanistan), Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Bukharah and Samarqand in particular).
You are so right. Ferdowsi saved the Persian culture,
Iran has a right to defend themselves against bloodthirsty oilthirsty US troops
Too bad other muslims don't have the right to defend themselves against bloodthirsty Ayatollahs and Islamo-fascists.
@Alexander The USA never slaughtered 100 million corpses in less than 70 years like the commies. This is morally a much better record than the Marxists.
@@ArmchairPhilosopher360 that's retarded, if you're going by the amount of people killed as measurement of good than the USA is the most evil in the world, Iran hasn't invaded a single country and how many wars has any single us president started?
@1 looper That's quite a fantasy. Go say that to a pro-government "Death to America" rally and see what the reaction is. But you're right, never trust islamists.
@Pasdar Nobody has a body count higher than the Marxists. Not even close. The whole last century proves it.
Would you stop commenting about his mannerisms? He is discussing something illuminating, and you guys...
When a philosopher tells me that it’s hard to orient yourself, It s very demoralizing
Hagelian dialectics: thesis + antithesis = synthesis. You need to try, overcorrect, and correct again. You cannot self-orient. Others have to point out your mistakes to correct them because we are bad at telling our own
*watching this in iran*
Damn , how you're holding up my persian brotendo?
Well what he told was happening in Afghanistan was heartwarming.
I'm sad, upset and now joyful that I found out about this brilliant mastermind, mr zizek. Sir you are truly someone to admire. I will follow you for rest of my life🙏
dont touch your face,your nos..
Zizek : *dies
Best comment lol
Even after 8 months, ur comment is still relevant 😐😷😢
The whole west include France n Germany supported Saddam Hussein during 1980s Iraq-Iran war.
For instance; Germany provided Saddam Hussein chemical weapons that used against civilians.
@ abtin kiani
The west and East (Soviet union) ensured to support both Iran and Iraq in order to deteriorate both nations power...
Initially they helped Iraq more because Iran was more powerful, but when Iran started losing, the Iran-contra happens, where Iran bought US weapons and plane parts from Israel...look it up
So right at 4:28. Three neighbouring countries: A, B, and C. They become embroiled in some sort of tension or conflict that is strictly regional. Country A invades Country B for its oil or some other resource, Country C comes to the aid of B and they push back A. It's a relatively obvious that A is at fault, the victim B and its ally C are victorious, and due to the strain of the war effort, A's government is on the brink of collapse-. _However,_ a superpower bloc is allied with A's leadership and will use its vast resources to prop it up, prolonging the conflict. A separate power bloc has a vested interest in the oil or resources that started the conflict _and_ were covertly behind the uprising among A's populace following the military defeat in an attempt to install a client regime that's willing to play ball. A regional conflict has turned into a global hotspot and potential source of wider conflict due to its connection to the global community and tangled alliances. These complicated relationships are unrelated to morality. A nation that, for the most part, has been a force for good globally and historically can be just as easily aligned with a regional warmonger as the victim because the sole determining factor is securing resources. They do what they want because the three regional countries are bit-players and then simply apply an ideological bandaid for justification.
INTELLECTUAL MIRACLES AND SPIRITUAL IMPROVEMENT ARE TRULY NEEDED
Glad someone is saying this.
Thank you zizek!, From iran, I didn't know you analyze like that these information from such a unknown country like iran!
And who’s told you that Iran is an unknown country?
@@FanoosCast I know believe me I'm iranian
@ behrad bahrami Rad
Khak to saret basiji!
U must be an “Islamic republic” tool!
@@k9k9k9er6 ابله منظورم اینه که چه جالب ژیژک راجب ما حرف می زنه!
Idiot,i mean it's interesting that zizek talked about us IRANIANS not REGIME!
@ behrad bahrami Rad
So ur so happy that this ignorant fool talks about our country, by supporting a dictatorship that is ruining it?
U must be slow...
So many people talk about our country and it’s beautiful things...and don’t resort to. Supporting this corrupt regime...
Ablah ke 100% khodeti!
i love zizek. He is the best and so on
Ideas of socialism and marxism entered the arena of social and political life in Iran right after Bolsovic revoloution of 1917. Right after 1917 revoloution of Russia, with the support of Bolsovic party and direct contact with Lenin the northern province of Gilan under the leadership of a coalition of communist and nationalist forces announced the cedition of Gilan from Iran, as an independent socialist republic, only to be defeated and demolished when Lenin stopped his support after his geopolitical agreements with Reza Shah. Perhaps Iran is the only country in middle East that the idea of socialism and philosophy of Marxism is extemely popular among intellectuals and sections of working class. During 1980s an estimated 10,000 Leftist political dissident , religious and communists were murdered or executed by islamic forces of Khomeini regime.
Iranian here. It's great to hear this great man's opinion on persian matters. We're just tired people who have been suffering since the day the islamic republic formed. In here it's just survival, and the people who speak up disappear... so its great to have someone speak for/about us.
I think Iranian people started suffering when USA expelled democratically elected Iranian president
@@minuteman259 this guy doesn’t know much ,
He is too young to know that
@ Minuteman 2
Lol, ok bud!
Seems like u have absolutely no clue
He is not great!
The man is essentially supporting the regime that has made us so poor, economically, socially, culturally, politically...
What r u talking about?
@@k9k9k9er6 Are you seriously that thick?!! Let me guess you must be a Shah supporter!!!! Where the F did he support the regime?! He's talking about a secular, progressive undercurrent in the Iranian society, and saying that the West often play their card wrong in the middle-east! By your logic he's supporting Taliban in Afghanistan too?
Why no one gives him a tissue paper
?!! It's even more important than water in his situation.
Because everyone is listening to his speech and intellectual body, not his personal behavior. please learn to focus on sth which is important
@@observer5542 I listened to the entire speech dude. And I'm neither blind nor unconscious. I pay attention to whatever my mind and my senses are able to catch. And I don't ignore them. And I'm not watching lord of the rings and don't want to get paralyzed by the magic of the movie. ( nor the speech magic if it has some ) Because when someone speaks about people and the nations and so on, you'd better don't get paralyzed. That's the way of Islamic mosques and that kind of speaker and listener. I don't like that. I want free-thinking. free of emotions and things like that. I don't want to get controlled by emotions that may be the (any) speaker put on me. ( especially when it's about people and nations... ) Don't you agree?
( what "sth" mean? )
But still, that is my question.
This person's behavior is what he has to. He can't ask his nose to stop and the nose follows. But why no one cares about his situation. No one helps him. Can we say that people like good speaks but not good actions?
play this on 1.5 speed
The most relatable rant on the internet today!
Lol? R u even iranian? What do u relate to not being able to blow ur nose in a tissue?
So funny how casuals (dummy/losers) are sooo occupied with his sniffling...
@@hildegardvonbingen9092 then don't and listen to a scam artist called Jordan Peterson. I'm sure you won't have trouble understanding him lol
@@hildegardvonbingen9092 first of all guy has ticks which is a medical condition and saying that it's discusting to listen to someone talk is insulting and ignorant so I was responding to remarks of an asshole wich is you.
Second... 90% of famous filosophers contradict themselfs. Some more some less. It's filosophy dude... it neer ends..
Third.. I am not putting no one on a pedestale I was just anoyed by assholes who are having ignorant remarks..
If your left leg is shorter the the right leg, you think is right to say you look stupid and hilarious when you walk? Its just wrong. No explanation needed.
@Radle dumbass should be sent to gulag
@@denisjelicic1093Jordan Peterson is a scam artist??? lol
You just lost all credibility... and you sound really foolish.
@@MrHousetronic that one got you goin a? :)
The first person who talked about America helping Iraq
Informative!!
Iran and Turkey are the ones who can bring a healthy change in the entire islamic world.
Turkey with its founding state principles.
Iran with its people.
Perfect 👌
This is not about the Muslim world-its about Saudi and Iranian geopolitical games
the muslim world is long dead sadly
@@DarkCrusade we are never dead baby 👶,,,,, it's our time for revival... Just wait a little
@@omarlone4904 I am muslim myself bro
@@DarkCrusade muslim world still medieval age
@@monarchyking5417 fucking islam . everything is wrong about this religion . persian people were Zoroastrian . islam just fucked this country
Love this guy
In the beggining he says things in Iran aren't so bad and then he says how everything is controlled, censored, people are afraid and thirsty for foreign input...
Viva IRAN🌷
Was that Virgil Texas laughing
zizek has lots of fans here in Iran
Thank you Dr. Z.
Slavoj spits even more than Daffy Duck
Great speech! A few points:
Egypt, Israel, and Saudi used to collaborate well before because of Shah's policies and his role in the Middle East region. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the ayatollah's simply destroyed everything by their backword policies.
Green Movement in 2009 was a good opportunity for Iranian people to announce their dissatisfactions with the system, but it did not result in a sustainable change, because it was defined within the Islamic Republic framework. People still trusted the system and hoped for a better option for presidency. They did not know that to improve the situation, there is no way but changing the political structure. Now, they know. Just see the recent movements (women, workers, teachers,...).
BRAVO 😍❤😍❤😍❤
this man is just brilliant
PROTECT ZIZEK AT ALL COST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is a clueless moron
1:06 simulation theory confirmed
I could see that he knew so much about iran, and the Iranian new generation and the cultural legacy there, which is I always respect, but he have so much things that he have no idea about there in the region or he never search about it, and that’s not fair for making Judges, totally unfair
I bet he can’t even name 5major cities in Iran lol...he didn’t even know the name of the guy he supposedly supported in the green movement lol
PSA: don't make generalizations about muslims/islam based on muslim country leaders. Their people hate them more than you do
couldnt agree more with you
Then go for boycotts .•°
He is absolutely right about the comparison of Iran with Saudi Arabia. But of course all the positive aspects of Iran have to do with the country's amazing culture, not with the regime.
Because of regime all world know Iran and talking about it
@ Soul Rebel
Yeah, a lot of people talked about Naazis in 1940s...so what?
What a foolish comment
Our country and culture doesn’t need a corrupt terrorrist regime in order to be talked about
We have many things to offer the world...
Ur a moron!
Of course a disbeliever will side with the traitors and filthiest ideology of Iran falsehood love falsehood that’s why hahahaha
i think Iran and Afghanistan are part of a civilization very different from middle eastern Arabs.
Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, parts of iraq were part of an older body until Britain started drawing lines on the map
Yes mate nice material u using
this guy has no idea what's going on in Iran and what Iran is about
Bale! Exactly!
He is a Moron...I bet he can’t even name 3 cities in Iran...yet he talks about its complicated politics as if he is living there...lol
could you elaborate what part you didn't agree with ?
@@seanisgone5413 sympathy for Iran! the people of Iran or terrorist government which kills Iranian people who protest. much better than saudi Arabia? look at the democracy and life comfort in saudi and then in Iran! we have oil and then there are villages in Iran that are living along scorpions and people who don't have clean water to drink. u dont know who is telling lies? i dont care about usa but defending Irans regime... means supporting a regime which supports militia terrorists in middle east. a regime that proudly says we support Iraq and Syria and Lebanon with oil money and everything while it's own people are in horrible life. Iran's offical Army is in horrible situation. no attention no budget supporting nothing. hope for Muslim world? well Shia definitely has no place in Islam. not even sunni. there was no shia or sunni in islam just islam its self with this particular law as obeying God and the message sent by him to the prophet which is kindness friendship brotherhood peace and learning science. the Shia which irans government tries to make a big screen from is a disgrace to Islam and Iran. by the power of brainwashing from the belief of Shia there are stupid brainwashed people in the streets of Iran which passionately support the government and try to force fascism like hijab on women who don't want it. there were even god damn people who used acid to hurt girls and women who don't wear hijab while in Islam it's always said there's no force in our religion. look at saudi. they have freedom of clothes. every arab and Muslim countrys women's sports team are free to wear what they need but Iran forces Iranian women to always cover. one thing was said right by this guy and it was about the youth generation. yes the new generation understand peace and democracy. they don't say death to usa they don't burn flags they don't disrespect others beliefs. just like the last huge anti government protests in which Iran students refused to walk on usa and Israel flags
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I want him to talk about Kashmir , India and Pakistan
The US Mideast policy following 9/11 led to the destruction of Arab states, which pardoxically paved the way for a stronger Shiite presence in the region. Now when Iran is much stronger, it seems unlikely whether Zog America is willing to pursue another regime change.
Iran is not an Arab country!
@@LionKing-ew9rm When did I ever mention that Iran is an Arab state. All I said was that the US policies towards Arab countries has strenghtened Iran.
Iran is not as strong as much as it's enemies are weak, Turkey could soon displace their gains
Are you an Arab? That’s rather a very smart analysis that I don’t usually see under western videos d:
@@KD-oy8qt hey bro. Croatian background.
Someone give this man a handkerchief xD
What the faz ya seyedi?
As someone born and living in Iran, the Islamic Republic deserves no sympathy but only hate until it's overthrown
Im a sunni muslim, and iran has its issuues but its way better than compared to Saudia in most ways ... plus they don't sell out like Saudia does to every country like America, Isreal Uk France
Weirdest philosopher I’ve ever witnessed
Agreed
The irony of a great atheist statement. Intillectual miracles".
no one:
absolute no one:
youtube: netherlands subs
Superficial oppression?! Are you kidding?
Why is this guy such a superstar on the left? He's really not saying anything particularly interesting, anyone with a book or two on the region and an al-Monitor account already knows all this. He brings mild regional knowledge and pairs it with an incredible batshit take. Anyone who considers a nuclear Iran (retracted opinion or not) to be a worthy goal doesn't understand the region. Iran isn't the noble underdog that needs protection, they're a theocratic regime with a gradual swell of internal dissent. We need to prevent the IRGC from gaining too much strength (aka attaining nuclear power), but we also need to allow democratic reform to take its course.
I think you should study deeply Zizek. Zizek is not actually a superstar of the left. He is quite disliked by many leftists. But in this case, I partially agree with you. Iran having nuclear weapons may not be the best-case scenario. But this demonization of Iran is still extremely unfair considering all the horrible deeds and human rights violations done by Saudi Arabia. So, why media do not vocally condemn Saudi's actions in Yemen? What about Khashoggi? What about all the laws against women rights? Even if there are few articles and controversies regarding these topics, there is never serious talk about this. But lets also not forget that Saudi is a monarchy while in Iran they still hold elections...which basically means that Saudi is much more of a dictatorship than Iran.
And as the last point, I want to criticise your final sentence. What do you mean "allow democratic reform to take its course". You are assuming that democracy is an inevitable and certain outcome of political evolution, but it is not always the case. And again, the rhetoric that democratic reform should be allowed, is very close to the rhetoric that democratic reforms should push, which basically created all the modern problems with Egypt military taking power or Iraq's government weakness. When people think that democracy is the only solution, without understanding the country's historical and cultural background, they tend to create disasters
And one last point...Zizek is not actually saying he perfectly knows the geopolitical implications of the modern middle east. He admits he lacks deep knowledge regarding this. But his argument is revolving more on the twisting of the images done by the media and by the US for their agenda. Do you honestly believe that the US is doing all the things they are doing to promote democracy? I hope not because that would be extremely naive
@@karimrashidpour9378 I'm not responding to most of that because we mostly agree. But democratization in Egypt wasn't through the process of reform, it was basically a revolution, which naturally causes social upheaval. Iran is theocratic, and the IRGC is dominant, but they do allow elections like you said. When I say that democratic reform should be allowed to happen I'm talking about the work of people like Rouhani, Javad Zariff, the Middle Eastern universities like al-Qud hosting forums and changing the minds of young people who will go on to be political movers. I think I recently read that 70% of the Iranian population is under 30 (which when connected to social media means they're likely falling in with the progressive youth of today, I have Iraqi friends who have done just that, advocating for everything from separation of church... to veganism lol). Iran has a chance for radical (and peaceful) reform, but anyone paying attention to Iranian politics knows that the Revolutionary Guard would be more brutal if they had the security provided by nukes. In my opinion, anyone suggesting they out to have one (Zizek included) out to refrain from commenting on the region's politics. He's right about the Saudis being worse though, MBS is a vomitous person (although he has responded recently to popular pressure, so we'll see what happens in the coming years)
@@econometrics469 : democratizing 🇪🇬 Egypt ?
What did I miss ?
A former general is on top for several years right nOw and that says it aLL .•°
I'm an iranian citizen,and I'll glad to see you in iran,if you and evryone come to iran and see it deeply,will figure out how wonderfull is this country and its people.you are so famous in Iran Mr zizek,Iranian mostly are edjucated,warm,smooth people,and I'm proud that we are people that couldnt tolerate empirealism of some sistem(even they are not contry,they are not real nation-state)like USA(Union Sistems of Athoritarians😏)😁😁 some raw,violent,yankis that they live by misundrestanding about themselves,they like to be real nation by deep culture and history,but sadly they are just some people who works for rich oligarchi of mafia and treaten with them like slave,no respect,no humanity,just fake hallywood and mafia of media which produce some bullshit propaganda against respectfull nations
@ bamdad shamloo
Where in Iran r u?
I’ll come and pay u a visit
Cut the bullsh.t and correct your dictation first. What we were in past and what they are doing in west just shows their hypocrisy and does not give any credit to hypocrisy of our ayatollahs government and their admirers.
03:13 If you don’t know much about the situation in the Middle East you can easily just shut up and do your research and when you feel you have enough information talk. Its easy.
Zlavoj Snizek
1:34 Shouldn't it be "not only satellite images, but _poisonous gases_ too"?? XD
@B olton not quite, it was Western Germany that provided the mustard and sarin gas, granted likely at the behest of the United States since this is prior to German unification. The United States did in fact provide Iraq with GPS positioning of Iranian troop concentrations though to ensure the chemical weapons attacks would be as effective as possible with pinpoint accuracy.
@@gdi1093 I don't think Saddam needed GPS positioning to gas towns, a simple map did do the job. but yes, to attack the military targets he used American intelligence.
Slavoj is wishing that Zeus were real
Somebody please invite this guy to cnn and fox so ppl in america can see how stupid their media is.
Appreciate the truth about Israel and Saudi Arabia..
VIVA IRAN im not muslem but i I live comfortably in Iran, they are name's Muslims, but many people are intelligent, democratic and even better than the Americans ،Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
I talked about people, not governments
Anyone got any intel of ZiZek is [or not] actually an Agent....
Does Cathy Newman interview non agents? I'm j/k I don't actually know or have a basis to know, I have seen less than 5 of her interviews.
Saudi Arabia has never asked any country to adapt democracy I don’t know here zizek got this statement from!
Lol they have .ritard
auto subtitles hear him speaking dutch funnyy
Those Iranian philosophers you mentioned were not Muslims, they were tortured, jailed , killed
The second islamic golden age is upon us.
Islamic golden age is fake
@@monarchyking5417 true dude . im persian and im telling you we dont need fucking islam anymore we just want freedom .
LOVELY SLAVOJ ZIZEK
Iran is a good example of how religion and culture can make a stable society, however not other islamic countries are like this. If you learn islam by knowledge and reason it will be good.
@@460mas compared to norway no, compared to every other country in the middle east, yes it is extremely stable unlike other countries that relied on foreign backing to come to power and need foreign backing to survive and can easily be invaded if foreign backing is lost
This is very interesting. Saudi Arabia advised Iranians to learn and stick to democracy.
False statement
Why doesn't this guy talk about the petrodollar and overthrowing it by creating new liquid portable fuels like hemp-based fuel?
True leftists stand in solidarity with all of the oppressed people despite religion or where in the world they reside. Harkiam is from Iraq and does lefty analysis of what's going on, that side of the world.
I've never heard a leftist demand the muslim nations (except Jordan!) stop oppressing the palestinian people in camps and instead let them live and work in their countries.
When Christians and Jews fled the muslim nations of the middle east and around the mediterranean sea, they came to nations that let them work and live instead of putting them into camps.
Why is that so difficult in the case of the palestinians? Why won't Syria and Lebanon allow their muslim brothers and sisters in?
@@Jelissei they do that, the problem is Syria and Lebanon are also bad countries
@@DarkCrusade They allow Palestinians to work? Do you have a source?
@ J C
Leftist don’t care about or love the poor and the “oppressed”, they simply hate those that are wealthier than themselves...
They use the poor and the “oppressed” as the excuse and political “tools” to bash those that are better off than themselves and to climb up themselves
Hence once at the top, like Mao and Stalin, not only do the poor and the “oppressed” not better off, but rather have to fight for survival...
So much freedom in Iran than the USA or European countries
علی اقا این راجب ایران چی میگه
@@رضایی-ن7ج 😂 چرت و پرت
Are jooneh nanat
@@k9k9k9er6 اینا نمیفهمن اصلا گوش نمیدن فقط میان یه کامنت میزارن جانم فدای فلانی . یه مشت احمقن . این احمق اومده میگه تو ایران خیلی آزادی بیشتری هست تا آمریکا . معلوم نیست اصلا چه موادی میزنن
@ hossein shakarami
Nafahm neestan, beesharafan
OMG!!! I am Persian myself and admire his supportive expressions but on the other hand I can't help laughing either... He's too funny to believe... Hahaha
You admire him supporting the Islamic Regime?
@@ellieka2437 You mean IZLAMIK REJEEM? Haha Joking aside you're an Iranian fellow yourself?
@@Jahanbakht1977 Whatever! Yes, I am Iranian and find this man and his admirers disgusting in any way.
@ S.AMIN.J
U enjoy an ignorant foreigner supporting a theocratic dictatorship that has destroyed our country? socially, politically, culturally, economically...
Wow!
Well I guess a minority of Germans in 1939 supported their regime and enjoyed others telling them how good they have it under a fascist dictatorship too and we saw how that ended 6 years later for ALL the poor Germans...
so true
All you said is correct except one thing, you consider the regime of Iran as same as its people. We the nation of Iran have nothing to do with this brutal regime.
@ Azeri Bülbül
Well unlike u, is Iranians know a lot more about our country...
And know how hated this corrupt, mismanaged evil regime is among the people.. from sitting in a taxi, to family gatherings, to friends...
So I suggest u worry about whatever hellhole ur from and we worry about Iran and u worry about ur own hellhole...
Ok buddy?
@ Azeri Bülbül
lol any Iranian will laugh at ur non-sense...
I am assuming that since u think Irani under this regime is so great, u have already applied for Iranian citizenship? And I’ll be seeing u soon in imam Khomeini airport?
Ur a joke...Writing this none-sense
I bet u can’t even name five major cities in my country off the top of ur head...
Yes Iranians know pretty well how horrible our regime is...simple buddy :)
And be sure that silly comments like urs, do not change the horrible reality on the ground that poor Iranians had to go through in the last 42 year under this evil corrupt mismanaged regime.. they have felt it in their bones!
@@k9k9k9er6 well said buddy. Probably aghaye bol bole azari dar veleayat zob shode and all he wants is a shiaa regime which kills people in name of allah
@Gottlose Philosophie
Ye Olaghe dige! Maloon nist az koodoom jahanam dare oomade Ver mizane.
Iranians know the truth, that’s all that matters and will get rid of this regime...impossible for this level of corruption and mismanagement to last forever....laws of universe
@@AzariBulbul گم شو بابا، احمق
We get it, he touches his nose and sniffs a lot. Can people please comment something constructive?
From now on my preferred topic for research would be 'human rights and so on....'😃
The thumbnail is misleading. It should have been *Meet the zero patient of Coronovirus*
Cocaine is a hell of a drug..
lmfao dude
No subtitles for this clip
slavoj
there was a scholar from england
he got a call from the pope...
and so another chance missed for humanity
another forgotten genius
I am Iranian and I don't think Iran is "better" than Saudi Arabia, actually Saudi Arabia takes better care of its citizens than Iran. Their quality of life is higher because they are pro-US while Iran is anti-US. Although I would agree, Iranian people are more "open" than Arabs in general and less religious, probably why they'd more interested in reading books by Slavoj Zizek, a leftist.
Look at the populations of the two countries and their oil revenues per capita. Most of the Arabian peninsula remains much like it was two thousand years ago: a vast, desolate, sparsely populated wilderness. It's a ridiculous comparison.
@ observer
Lol out of all the persian gulf states that extract oil, Iran is the only one that has declined in the last 40years, politically, socially and economically...
Don’t be so ignorant...
Btw I am Iranian too...
How is it that all these no -Iranians like to lecture us Iranians on how great we are or how great we have it?
We know better than u and this I grant fool int his video..lol
@@k9k9k9er6 being held down under siege by the world's mightiest superpower for forty years might have a bit to do with it too, just sayin. No country subjected to similar treatment has fared much better, after all.
@@rgzhaffie The Iranian regime is just corrupt that's why they aren't doing well. Every Iranian knows that.
@ observer
Oh so now ur back pedalling from ur initial statement that Iran under “Islamic republic” is doing better that other Persian gulf nations? So u already agree that it is doing worst...lol
Secondly, well if they can’t handle it and their useless picking fights with the world, is causing nothing but pain for Iranians and destroying our culture and economy, they need to go to plan B then...don’t they?
They were the ones that invaded the US embassy and took hostages and yell death to other countries and have a record in invading embassies from Denmark’s to Saudi...
So u have no point!...they picked a fight in which they don’t even really believe it, as they send their own kids to US and Canada to study and party with Iranian people money, and they can’t win, yet they keep dragging on our suffering...NO GLORY in that!
1- Iran is 200 years old, Saudi Arabia is barely 80 years old and with hardly any modernism before the 1970s. Saudi Arabia was a nation created from scratch, with zero legacies of statehood and exhausting tribal traditions. Iran is 80 million people, Saudi is 30. The mere comparison between the two speaks volumes of Saudi power and potential.
2- Zizek is ignorant of the "incredible intellectual life" of the Arab world, utterly ignorant, including Saudi Arabia's liberal democratic voices, not only silenced by political autocracy and social ultra-orthodoxy but also obscured by ignorant Western intellectuals and militant Iranian propagandists.
This is disgusting.
So what? I'm talking about modern political societies. Oman and Yemen are also part of a +3000-year-old Arabian civilization, but that's irrelevant history. Modern Iran is also the product of Western intrusion and Anglo-Russian wars, and it lost much of its historical territory. Britain could never in a million years unify a vast country without the local power dynamics of religion and conquests.
Saudi Arabia dates back to the 1700s you historically illustrate Neanderthals
Zizek should understand Yemeni ecumenism which can unify Islamic world against western imperialism. It is like Jordan Peterson starting to keep commandments.
Elaborate.
welp.. this didnt age that well
Zizek says naively Iran is most better than Saud Arabia?? Lol this is the most stupid statement I’ve ever heard
Zizek also says that the saud foreign minister asks the Iranian to accept the basic democracy!! I have no idea where Zizek got this fake news?! Saudis have never claim that their are a democratic country nor they ever did encourage others to accept or not accept the democracy, simply Saudis never talk about it.
Zizek says that Saud Arabia has put pressure on Israel to bomb Iran, i can’t handle this fake stupidity of such a statement. I encourage zizek to read profoundly deeper on the situation in the Middle East. Zizek reminds me of other “scholars” outsider of course who is persisting in teaching us about us!! I don’t think so that zizek knows Arabic, Person and Hebrew as I know.. I assume that Zizek has never read about our history, religion, culture, society etc etc, I believe that all his information about the Saudis, Iranians comes from a friend told him a story. How come an educated person based his statement on a story!!
Im deeply concern about such people like Zizek to be naive and simple in such a very important region. Im sad really sad to hear him talk with no actual evidence.
yeah and hes famous too and many people who really impressed by him. so im concern like you of what lies he can tell