Slavoj Zizek: Lessons From the “Airpocalypse” (January 10, 2017 )
The moment we fully accept the fact that we live on a Spaceship Earth
"The moment we fully accept the fact that we live on a Spaceship Earth, the task that urgently imposes itself is that of civilizing civilizations themselves, of imposing universal solidarity and cooperation among all human communities, a task rendered all the more difficult by the ongoing rise of sectarian religious and ethnic “heroic” violence and readiness to sacrifice oneself (and the world) for one’s specific Cause. The overcoming of capitalist expansionism, wide international cooperation and solidarity should also be able to transform itself into an executive power ready to violate state sovereignty, etc. Are these not all measures destined to protect our natural and cultural commons? If they do not point towards communism, if they do not imply a communist horizon, then the term “communism” has no meaning at all."
Slavoj Zizek: Lessons From the “Airpocalypse” (January 10, 2017 )
Slavoj Zizek: Lessons From the “Airpocalypse” (January 10, 2017 )