Slavoj Zizek: We Must Rise from the Ashes of Liberal Democracy
Trump is a threat to global stability—only a new Left international can beat him
...Yet, the most depressing aspect of the post-electoral period in the
United States is not Trump’s policies, but the Democratic Party
establishment’s reaction to its historic defeat: an oscillation between
two extremes, the horror at the Big Bad Wolf called Trump and its
obverse, the normalization of the situation, the idea that nothing
extraordinary happened. On the one hand, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said he
detected in Trump’s inaugural address something “Hitlerian.” On the
other, Politico’s John Bresnahan reported that Nancy Pelosi “repeatedly
brings up the events of a decade ago. For her, the lesson is clear—past
is prologue. What worked before will work again. Trump and the
Republicans will overreach, and Democrats have to be ready to jump at
the opportunity when they do.” link
