Why do people think Zizek is a hipster communist?

[ed miliband]

It's like when people slag off hipsters by saying summin' like "oh those hipsters, wearing their scarfs and listening to Arcade Fire...", when that hasn't been a hipster stereotype for like half a decade.

Zizek's probably the opposite of hipster communism, except maybe when he's like "yeah, I don't want people to think of me as a cuddly liberal but as greedy and self-interested" or whatever, but even then his actual politics don't really seem to reflect that.

There it is: Zizek is the Arcade Fire of communism.

[Robespierre Richard]

That's why we need to Foster the People.

[The Douche]

I know a lot of hipsters who are into Zizek, but most of them really don't consider themselves communist.

I think including Zizek in the hipster communism cannon is really a tendency of those outside of the left. The kind of people who think "real communism" is Marx and Lenin and Stalin, and so those hipsters reading Zizek and Badiou are "hipster communists".

[Robespierre Richard]

I know a lot of hipsters who are into Zizek, but most of them really don't consider themselves communist.

I think including Zizek in the hipster communism cannon is really a tendency of those outside of the left. The kind of people who think "real communism" is Marx and Lenin and Stalin, and so those hipsters reading Zizek and Badiou are "hipster communists".

We are the 99%?

[ed miliband]

I know a lot of hipsters who are into Zizek, but most of them really don't consider themselves communist.

I think including Zizek in the hipster communism cannon is really a tendency of those outside of the left. The kind of people who think "real communism" is Marx and Lenin and Stalin, and so those hipsters reading Zizek and Badiou are "hipster communists".

hipster communism is outside the left tho, innit?

[NoOneIsIllegal]

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[9]

I know a lot of hipsters who are into Zizek

This.


hipster communism is outside the left tho, innit?

lol. Yeah.. right...

but seriously, I dont think there really is such a thing as "hipster communism" outside of a dumb revleft meme.

[ed miliband]

but seriously, I dont think there really is such a thing as "hipster communism" outside of a dumb revleft meme.

Hence this being in chit chat and not theory or whatever.

[The Douche]

hipster communism is outside the left tho, innit?

Hahaha, guess you got me there, "bruv".

[Robespierre Richard]

Hello my name is hipster and this is communism

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6984/fostertheentrylevs.png

[Sasha]

Man that foster the people sucked balls when they played my work, I got payed to be there and I still wanted it to end ASAP.

[Robespierre Richard]

Man that foster the people sucked balls when they played my work, I got payed to be there and I still wanted it to end ASAP.

You should watch what you say, they are very cool hipsters, might come back and kick your ass.