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HN commenters recommend it as one of the best short clips on YouTube for illustrating Balkan versus Central European identity.
A one-minute clip of Slavoj Zizek showing what he calls the official geographical limit between the Balkans and Central Europe, standing at a river in Ljubljana. It is a short, absurd and funny piece of cultural geography.
“this short clip [1] of Zizek explaining the geography that separates Central Europe from the Balkans is one of the best things on YT” (HN, 2020)
People on an website like this should at least have a general idea of who Zizek is. I've never yet read any of his books but as a guy living in the Balkans this short clip [1] of Zizek explaining the geography that separates Central Europe from the Balkans is one of the best things on YT. [1] [this video]
Zizek explains the geography separating Central Europe from the Balkans.
> The actual meaning of democracy is the "power of the people". Nowhere that implies a western-like electoral system. Correct. “we” used to do it simply by killing the leaders that were disliked. Elections are a bit friendlier than that :) You might enjoy this Zizek video on the border between the west and the balkans: [this video] . I think he captures the sentiment well. > I'd argue in your average western democracy the people have very little power, with lots of symbolic processes to reinforce the illusion. This was Chomsky’s whole point in Manufacturing Consent.
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