"You have the freedom between Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola,
but what if you want something more radically different?"
Slavoj Žižek, Great Mind Lecture 1, The Concept of Freedom (link)
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"She makes it clear that she didn't mean coffee at all, it's an invitation to sex."
Slavoj Žižek, Great Mind Lecture 2, Freedom and Language (link)
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Slavoj Žižek, Great Mind Lecture 3, How to Change the Past (link)
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"It's natural for me to work at home, to obey husband, and so on."
Slavoj Žižek, Great Mind Lecture 4, Why Feminism is Diverse (link)
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"I can expect other people to follow certain rules of decency,
that they will not beat me..."
"Let's say that I have more money than you,
and I invite you out to dinner.
It's clear to both of us that I will pay.
That when the bill arrives,
you have to pretend: let me pay,
and so on.
The worst thing I can do to you is to say:
OK, then you pay."
Slavoj Žižek, Great Mind Lecture 5, Liberty and Freedom (link)
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Slavoj Žižek, Great Mind Lecture 6, False Freedom (link)
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"We call it obsessional neurosis.
And I know what I'm talking about,
because I think I'm one of them:
an obsessional neurotic talks all the time."
"I know I'm a piece of shit:
I cheat, I inform to police..."
Slavoj Žižek, Great Mind Lecture 7, Cynical Reason (link)
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Slavoj Žižek, Great Mind Lecture 8, False Peace (link)
