[lbo-talk] Slavoj Zizek: The Philanthropic Enemy

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Tue Apr 4 08:58:01 PDT 2006


Excellent!

J.

B. wrote:


>Strangely (or maybe not so strangely), I think
>Nietzsche has it right when it comes to analyzing the
>apparent contradiction of philanthropic capitalism.
>(No, I do NOT agree with everything Nietzsche said --
>don't even start). This little gem of a quote is from
>HL Mencken's book on Nietzsche; Mencken is summing up
>Nietzsche's view on why the powerful can present as
>kind masters:
>
>"He helps the unfortunate, perhaps, but it is not out
>of sympathy. The impulse, when it comes at all, rises
>out of his super-abundance of power -- his thirst to
>function."
>
>
>-B.
>
>--
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>"No, Zizek's point is that billionaires are 100
>percent toxic waste, whether they "note the
>contradictions" of their business/philanthropic
>activities or not."
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