"Why are so many problems today perceived as problems of intolerance, rather than as problems of inequality, exploitation, or injustice? Why is the proposed remedy tolerance, rather than emancipation, political struggle, or even armed struggle?"

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Source : Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek (2011). “Living in the End Times”, p.5, Verso

Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek

#Struggle Quotes #Political Quotes #Tolerance Quotes

“Boxing is fascinating. It's good for the soul to be made to feel clumsy. I swank around during the week thinking I'm a big cheese, but you don't feel like that when you're in the ring with a chap who knows what he's doing. It's ritual humiliation. I'm going to be slugged about and probably killed, but I love it and have to do something to keep fit.”
“I honestly think being single's great. Being in a relationship's great. It's all about the timing.”
“There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.”
“How many n-bombs are dropped? It depends on what I post.”
“Redd's face contorted with a sudden realization. "How could I have been so stupid?" The Cat was trying to decide if this was a rhetorical question when she roared, "It's a construct!" With a dismiissive swing of Redd's arm, Alyss and her army began to shimmer, the billon points of engery that formed them monentarily visible before exploding apart into nothing. Redd scoped the queendom with her imagination's eye. "Where are you, Alyss? Where is my dear little niece?”
“I'm like a mad professor, but without the spiky hair.”

Source : "Microsculptor's Incredible Hulk Fits in Eye of Needle" by Hugh Hart, www.wired.com. August 19, 2009.
“They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you.”
“Either you can lie down or you can stand up and say, 'I'm going to be a man about it, go out and deal with the pain and help my team win.'”

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