On Nov 15, 2008, at 6:46 PM, John E. Norem wrote:
> Why Cynics Are Wrong
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> The sublime shock of Obama’s victory
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> By SLAVOJ ZIZEK <http://www.inthesetimes.com/community/profile/70>
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> Obama’s victory is a sign in which the long past of slavery and the
> struggle for its abolition reverberates.
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> Days before the election, Noam Chomsky told progressives that they
> should vote for Obama, but without illusions. I fully share
> Chomsky’s doubts about the real consequences of Obama’s victory:
> From a pragmatic-realistic perspective, it is quite possible that
> Obama will just do some minor face-lifting improvements, turning out
> to be “Bush with a human face.” He will pursue the same basic
> politics in a more attractive mode and thus effectively even
> strengthen U.S. hegemony, which has been severely damaged by the
> catastrophe of the Bush years.
> http://voidmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/zizek-on-the-obama-victory/
Touching. Really. I mean that.
Doug