Re: [Marxism] zizek on tibet and china

["Paula" <Paula_cerni@xxxxxxx>]

Ruthless wrote:
> I think this is a dangerous argument that you are making. While
> bourgeois democracy is far inferior to genuine socialist democracy, it
> is usually better than authoritarianism, and should be defended by
> Marxists.

Perhaps Ruthless misunderstood Paul's point. It isn't that democracy is not 
worth defending (I think it definitely is, and my guess is that Paul 
agrees), but that Western elites often act in extremely undemocratic ways. 
Paul is right to criticize those Western 'Decent leftists and liberals' who 
condemn Eastern tyranny, 'Islamofascism', etc, while at the same time 
supporting the West's most brutally anti-democratic policies.

[I am using the expression 'the West' as a shortcut only. There is no such 
thing as a united 'West', or 'East', or 'South', beyond temporary 
alliances].

Paula 


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